Purpose The student will apply the priority concept (topic) to evidence-based professional practice upon which nurses have the ability to resolve or have a positive impact. There is a focus on the healthcare disparities of the individual, as well as ethical and legal implications to professional practice. The student will discuss how an interdisciplinary approach promotes quality improvement for the patient and evidence-based professional practice, driving positive outcomes
Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to review previously taken ATI comprehensive assessments and identify a priority concept topic that is an area of weakness which requires more attention in preparation for the NCLEX. The priority concept topics include assurance of a safe and effective care environment which includes management of care and safety and infection control. Health promotion and maintenance, Preservation of the patient population’s psychosocial integrity and preservation of the patient population’s physiological integrity. The psychosocial integrity should include things such as religious and spiritual influences on a patient’s health and promoting coping and adapting to illnesses. The physiological integrity includes basic care and comfort, pharmacological and parenteral therapies, reduction of risk potential and physiologic adaptation (Liu, 2017). An area of weakness that was identified after reviewing the ATI comprehensive assessments is preservation of the patient population’s physiological integrity. In this case I should specifically concentrate on the basic care and comfort, which I scored a 38.5% on Form A. It includes the nursing care that encourages promotion of comfort as well as encouraging performance of activities of daily living. Physiological integrity, according to the Ncsbn test plan, refers to promotion of physical health and wellness by providing both care and comfort (NCLEX-RN examination, 2019). This should be done by reducing the patient’s risk potential as well as managing health alterations. The basic care of comfort consists of approximately 6-12% of the items on the NCLEX according to the Ncsbn test plan (NCLEX-RN examination, 2019)