NUR 370 DSN Promote Positive Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Delivery Discussion

NUR400 Discussion post:

Step 1 Answer the following prompts:

1. How does dissemination of nursing research facilitate implementing change?

2. What are communication strategies to facilitate change?

Step 2 Read and respond to two other students’ post

Read other students’ posts and respond to at least two of them. Use your personal experience, if it’s relevant, to support or debate other students’ posts. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support your opinions.

Cite any sources in APA 7th edition format.

NUR400 Student Posts:

Student#1: Dissemination of nursing research is essential to implementing change. We are human; we are creatures of habit; we get comfortable doing things we do, think, and say. But, as with everything in this world, healthcare is always evolving. It is critical to continue disseminating or spreading the knowledge and EBP to all new and old nurses and healthcare providers. If we don’t spread the wealth of knowledge to change, nothing will change, and there would not be ways to improve healthcare.

Change is essential to adapt to a changing environment and continue with growth and prosperity (Spear, 2016). Communication strategies to facilitate change are through talks, frequent talks, emails, letters, and face-to-face communication among administrators, management, and all-around leadership wherever you work (Spear, 2016). Having daily reminders and interacting with people also is a critical step in change.

Student #2: Dissemination is the act of spreading or sharing information with others. Targeting the appropriate end-users is important. Reaching the right individuals with your message, health care workers, or delivery organizations is key to initiating change to take place. Once you have gotten the attention of your selected audience you can focus on your communication strategy. Things like tailoring the message based on the individual or framing the message can really grab someone’s attention. Using a narrative form and delivering the communication in the form of a story, testimonial or entertainment-education can also be very powerful as well.

NUR370 Discussion Post:

Step 1: Answer the following prompts:

• Is there an universal ethic that transcends cultures, and is it possible to determine right and wrong across cultures?
• How does culture influence your own ethical decision-making?
• How does ethical behavior among providers promote a culture of safety?

Step 2 Read other students’ posts and respond to at least two of them

Use your personal experience, if it’s relevant, to support or debate other students’ posts. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support opinions.

Cite any sources in APA format.

NUR370 Student Post:

Student#1: Ethics are a “set of moral issues or aspects (such as rightness)” (Definition of ETHIC, 2019). Ethics are different throughout many different cultures. However, there are some ethics that are considered universal ethics, such as murder. With that being said, different cultures view murder and the reasons for it very differently. With such a varied representation of ethics across different cultures it would be hard to determine what is right and wrong. Yes, you may think that something that a culture is doing is wrong, but they may not see it that way at all.

Culture helps me to make my own ethical decisions because it has attributed to the beliefs that I currently have. I have my own beliefs of what is right and wrong and what should be done if I do feel like something is wrong. Everyone’s own culture affects their own beliefs.

Most of us have heard the term for doctors and other medical professionals of ‘do no harm’. This is one way that ethical behavior influences and promotes a culture of safety. If a provider is acting ethically, in theory, they will do no harm to the patient.

Student #2: “Moral Universalism is the meta-ethical position that there is a universal ethic which applies to all people, regardless of culture, race, sex, religion, nationality, sexuality or other distinguishing feature, and all the time. A universal ethic is a moral system that applies universally to all of humanity, and thus transcends culture and personal whim” (Moral Universalism – By Branch / Doctrine – The Basics of Philosophy, 2021). Yes, I believe that it is possible to get it wrong.

As we have all learned throughout the weeks that everyone cultures, and beliefs are different so what we may think the universal ethic system applies to everyone it can be very offensive to another culture whom doesn’t have the same ethics, or morals as another. Culture influence effects my own decision making, especially in the end-of-life care. Some families want to keep the final diagnosis, from their loved ones in an attempt to assist them with not giving up hope. As I can understand why they want to hide some things from their loved one’s nurses are ethically responsible to provide the truth, to our patients at all times. We took an oath to do no harm, to always be honest and are we upholding this when we leave out the entire truth?

Ethical behavior among providers is essential for cultural of safety. If the provider is lacking in cultural competence, and knowledge then they will not be able to promote cultural safety which will in turn end up hurting the patient as they tailored treatment plan is not tailored to them, their cultures, their beliefs. The patient will not be comfortable with care, they won’t trust the provider or the process.