Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of the graded Collaboration Café is to engage students with their peers in an interactive dialogue to organize, integrate, apply, and critically appraise knowledge for nurse practitioner (NP) practice. Meaningful dialogue fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This collaboration café supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine the role of epidemiology and population health in advancing healthcare outcomes and equity. (POs 1, 2, 5)
CO 2: Evaluate population health-based data to advance healthcare outcomes and equity at the local, national, and global levels. (POs 4, 5)
CO 3: Appraise ethical, legal, regulatory, and professional standards in epidemiology and population health to advance healthcare outcomes and equity. (POs 3, 4, 5)
CO 4: Apply advocacy for population health interventions to advance healthcare outcomes and equity. (PO 5)
CO 5: Develop processes to promote population health during disasters and public health emergencies. (POs 1, 5)
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the collaboration café. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Reflect on your learning experience in this course. Which concepts stood out to you and made an impact? How do you envision using these concepts in your future nursing practice as a masterâ€s prepared nurse?
Describe how course learning activities and assignments will help you achieve Program Outcome 3: Engage in lifelong personal and professional growth through reflective practice and appreciation of cultural diversity. (Cultural Humility)
Describe how course assignments or activities will help you achieve ONE of the sub-competencies from the advanced-level nursing education competencies from AACN Essentials Competency 3.1 Advance Population Health
3.1j Assess the efficacy of a systemâ€s capability to serve a target sub-population’s healthcare needs.
3.1k Analyze primary and secondary population health data for multiple populations against relevant benchmarks.
3.1l Use established or evolving methods to determine population-focused priorities for care.
3.1m Develop a collaborative approach with relevant stakeholders to address population healthcare needs, including evaluation methods.
3.1n Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to implement a sociocultural and linguistically responsive intervention plan.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
