Your vision for your nursing practice as a master’s prepared nurse. Be sure to incorporate:? The AACN Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nu

Domain

MSN PSLOs

Competency

Advanced Sub-competency

1 Knowledge for Nursing Practice

1. Synthesize knowledge from the humanities and sciences with the art and science of nursing to inform education, practice, and research.

1.1 – Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist with other disciplines

1.1e Translate evidence from nursing science as well as other sciences into practice.

1.1f Demonstrate the application of nursing science to practice.

1.1g Integrate an understanding of nursing history in advancing nursing’s influence in health care.

1.2 – Apply theory and research-based knowledge from nursing, the arts, humanities, and other sciences.

1.2f Synthesize knowledge from nursing and other disciplines to inform education, practice, and research.

1.2g Apply a systematic and defendable approach to nursing practice decisions.

1.2h Employ ethical decision making to assess, intervene, and evaluate nursing care.

1.2i Demonstrate socially responsible leadership.

1.2j Translate theories from nursing and other disciplines to practice.

1.3 – Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.

1.3d Integrate foundational and advanced specialty knowledge into clinical reasoning.

1.3e Synthesize current and emerging evidence to Influence practice.

1.3f Analyze decision models from nursing and other knowledge domains to improve clinical judgment.

2 Person Centered Care

2. Model compassionate, holistic person-centered care of diverse individuals, families, groups, populations, and their communities.

2.1 – Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship.

2.2 – Communicate effectively with individuals.

2.2g Advanced – Demonstrate advanced communication skills and techniques using a variety of modalities with diverse audiences.

2.2h Advanced – Design evidence-based, person-centered engagement materials.

2.2i Advanced – Apply individualized information, such as genetic/genomic, pharmacogenetic, and environmental exposure information in the delivery of personalized health care.

2.2j Advanced – Facilitate difficult conversations and disclosure of sensitive information.

2.3 – Integrate assessment skills in practice.

2.3h Advanced – Demonstrate that one’s practice is informed by a comprehensive assessment appropriate to the functional area of advanced nursing practice.

2.4 – Diagnose actual or potential health problems and needs.

2.4f Advanced – Employ context driven, advanced reasoning to the diagnostic and decision-making process.

2.4g Advanced – Integrate advanced scientific knowledge to guide decision making.

2.5 – Develop a plan of care.

2.5h Advanced – Lead and collaborate with an interprofessional team to develop a comprehensive plan of care.

2.5i Advanced – Prioritize risk mitigation strategies to prevent or reduce adverse outcomes.

2.5j Advanced – Develop evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes and safety.

2.5k Advanced – Incorporate innovations into practice when evidence is not available.

2.6 – Demonstrate accountability for care delivery.

2.6e Advanced – Model best care practices to the team.

2.6f Advanced – Monitor aggregate metrics to assure accountability for care outcomes.

2.6g Advanced – Promote delivery of care that supports practice at the full scope of education.

2.6h Advanced – Contribute to the development of policies and processes that promote transparency and accountability.

2.6i Advanced – Apply current and emerging evidence to the development of care guidelines/tools.

2.6j Advanced – Ensure accountability throughout transitions of care across the health continuum.

2.7 – Evaluate outcomes of care.

2.7d Advanced – Analyze data to identify gaps and inequities in care and monitor trends in outcomes.

2.7e Advanced – Monitor epidemiological and system-level aggregate data to determine healthcare outcomes and trends.

2.7f Advanced – Synthesize outcome data to inform evidence-based practice, guidelines, and policies.

2.8 – Promote self-care management.

2.8f Advanced – Develop strategies that promote self-care management.

2.8g Advanced – Incorporate the use of current and emerging technologies to support self-care management.

2.8h Advanced – Employ counseling techniques, including motivational interviewing, to advance wellness and self-care management.

2.8i Advanced – Evaluate adequacy of resources available to support self-care management.

2.8j Advanced – Foster partnerships with community organizations to support self-care management.

2.9 – Provide care coordination.

2.9f Advanced – Evaluate communication pathways among providers and others across settings, systems, and communities.

2.9g Advanced – Develop strategies to optimize care coordination and transitions of care.

2.9h Advanced – Guide the coordination of care across health systems.

2.9i Advanced – Analyze system-level and public policy influence on care coordination.

2.9j Advanced – Participate in system-level change to improve care coordination across settings.

3 Population Health

Population health spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from affected communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and others for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes. (Kindig & Stoddart, 2003; Kindig, 2007; Swartout & Bishop, 2017; CDC, 2020).

3. Create partnerships that promote equitable health outcomes and effective advocacy policies to address the social determinants of health across the continuum of care.

3.1 – Manage population health.

3.1e Advanced – Apply an understanding of the public health system and its interfaces with clinical health care in addressing population health needs.

3.1j Advanced – Assess the efficacy of a system’s capability to serve a target sub-population’s healthcare needs.

3.1k Advanced – Analyze primary and secondary population health data for multiple populations against relevant benchmarks.

3.1l Advanced – Use established or evolving methods to determine population-focused priorities for care.

3.1m Advanced – Develop a collaborative approach with relevant stakeholders to address population healthcare needs, including evaluation methods.

3.1n Advanced – Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to implement a sociocultural and linguistically responsive intervention plan.

3.2 – Engage in effective partnerships.

3.2d Advanced – Ascertain collaborative opportunities for individuals and organizations to improve population health.

3.2e Advanced – Challenge biases and barriers that impact population health outcomes.

3.2f Advanced – Evaluate the effectiveness of partnerships for achieving health equity.

3.2g Advanced – Lead partnerships to improve population health outcomes.

3.2h Advanced – Assess preparation and readiness of partners to organize during natural and manmade disasters.

3.3 – Consider the socioeconomic impact of the delivery of health care.

3.3c Advanced – Analyze cost-benefits of selected population-based interventions.

3.3d Advanced – Collaborate with partners to secure and leverage resources necessary for effective, sustainable interventions.

3.3e Advanced – Advocate for interventions that maximize cost-effective, accessible, and equitable resources for populations.

3.3f Advanced – Incorporate ethical principles in resource allocation in achieving equitable health.

3.4 – Advance equitable population health policy.

3.4f Advanced – Identify opportunities to influence the policy process.

3.4g Advanced – Design comprehensive advocacy strategies to support the policy process.

3.4h Advanced – Engage in strategies to influence policy change.

3.4i Advanced – Contribute to policy development at the system, local, regional, or national levels.

3.4j Advanced – Assess the impact of policy changes.

3.4k Advanced – Evaluate the ability of policy to address disparities and inequities within segments of the population.

3.4l Advanced – Evaluate the risks to population health associated with globalization.

3.5 Demonstrate advocacy strategies.

3.5f Advanced – Appraise advocacy priorities for a population.

3.5g Advanced – Strategize with an interdisciplinary group and others to develop effective advocacy approaches.

3.5h Advanced – Engage in relationship-building activities with stakeholders at any level of influence, including system, local, state, national, and/or global.

3.5i Advanced – Demonstrate leadership skills to promote advocacy efforts that include principles of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

3.6 – Advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies.

3.6f Advanced – Collaboratively initiate rapid response activities to protect population health.

3.6g Advanced – Participate in ethical decision making that includes diversity, equity, and inclusion in advanced preparedness to protect populations.

3.6h Advanced – Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to lead preparedness and mitigation efforts to protect population health with attention to the most vulnerable populations.

3.6i Advanced – Coordinate the implementation of evidence-based infection control measures and proper use of personal protective equipment.

3.6j Advanced – Contribute to system-level planning, decision making, and evaluation for disasters and public health emergencies.

4 Scholarship for Nursing Practice

The generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care (AACN, 2018).

4. Engage in scholarly inquiry that results in translation of evidence to support advanced nursing practice including clinical prevention, wellness, and population health.

4.1 – Advance the scholarship of nursing.

4.1h Advanced – Apply and critically evaluate advanced knowledge in a defined area of nursing practice.

4.1i Advanced – Engage in scholarship to advance health.

4.1j Advanced – Discern appropriate applications of quality improvement, research, and evaluation methodologies.

4.1k Advanced – Collaborate to advance one’s scholarship.

4.1l Advanced – Disseminate one’s scholarship to diverse audiences using a variety of approaches or modalities.

4.1m Advanced – Advocate within the interprofessional team and with other stakeholders for the contributions of nursing scholarship.

4.2 – Integrate best evidence into nursing practice.

4.2f Advanced – Use diverse sources of evidence to inform practice.

4.2g Advanced – Lead the translation of evidence into practice.

4.2h Advanced – Address opportunities for innovation and changes in practice.

4.2i Advanced – Collaborate in the development of new/revised policy or regulation in the light of new evidence.

4.2j Advanced – Articulate inconsistencies between practice policies and best evidence.

4.2k Advanced – Evaluate outcomes and impact of new practices based on the evidence.

4.3 – Promote the ethical conduct of scholarly activities.

4.3e Advanced – Identify and mitigate potential risks and areas of ethical concern in the conduct of scholarly activities.

4.3f Advanced – Apply IRB guidelines throughout the scholarship process.

4.3g Advanced – Ensure the protection of participants in the conduct of scholarship.

4.3h Advanced – Implement processes that support ethical conduct in practice and scholarship.

4.3i Advanced – Apply ethical principles to the dissemination of nursing scholarship.

5 Quality and Safety

Employment of established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science. Quality and safety, as core values of nursing practice, enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.

5. Employ a culture of quality and safety, using improvement science, that advocates for change from an advanced nursing practice perspective.

5.1 – Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.

5.1i Advanced – Establish and incorporate data driven benchmarks to monitor system performance.

5.1j Advanced – Use national safety resources to lead team-based change initiatives.

5.1k Advanced – Integrate outcome metrics to inform change and policy recommendations.

5.1l Advanced – Collaborate in analyzing organizational process improvement initiatives.

5.1m Advanced – Lead the development of a business plan for quality improvement initiatives.

5.1n Advanced – Advocate for change related to financial policies that impact the relationship between economics and quality care delivery.

5.1o Advanced – Advance quality improvement practices through dissemination of outcomes.

5.2 – Contribute to a culture of patient safety.

5.2g Advanced – Evaluate the alignment of system data and comparative patient safety benchmarks.

5.2h Advanced – Lead analysis of actual errors, near misses, and potential situations that would impact safety.

5.2i Advanced – Design evidence-based interventions to mitigate risk.

5.2j Advanced – Evaluate emergency preparedness system-level plans to protect safety.

5.3 – Contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety.

5.3e Advanced – Advocate for structures, policies, and processes that promote a culture of safety and prevent workplace risks and injury.

5.3f Advanced – Foster a just culture reflecting civility and respect.

5.3g Advanced – Create a safe and transparent culture for reporting incidents.

5.3h Advanced – Role model and lead well-being and resiliency for self and team.

6 Interprofessional Partnerships

Intentional collaboration across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.

6. Model advanced level interpersonal collaboration and leadership to improve health systems and outcomes.

6.1 – Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery.

6.1g Advanced – Evaluate effectiveness of interprofessional communication tools and techniques to support and improve the efficacy of team-based interactions.

6.1h Advanced – Facilitate improvements in interprofessional communications of individual information (e.g. EHR).

6.1i Advanced – Role model respect for diversity, equity, and inclusion in team-based communications.

6.1j Advanced – Communicate nursing’s unique disciplinary knowledge to strengthen interprofessional partnerships.

6.1k Advanced – Provide expert consultation for other members of the healthcare team in one’s area of practice.

6.1l Advanced – Demonstrate capacity to resolve interprofessional conflict.

6.2 – Perform effectively in different team roles, using principles and values of team dynamics.

6.2g Advanced – Integrate evidence-based strategies and processes to improve team effectiveness and outcomes.

6.2h Advanced – Evaluate the impact of team dynamics and performance on desired outcomes.

6.2i Advanced – Reflect on how one’s role and expertise influences team performance.

6.2j Advanced – Foster positive team dynamics to strengthen desired outcomes.

6.3 – Use knowledge of nursing and other professions to address healthcare needs.

6.3d Advanced – Direct interprofessional activities and initiatives.

6.4 – Work with other professions to maintain a climate of mutual learning, respect, and shared values.

6.4e Advanced – Practice self-assessment to mitigate conscious and implicit biases toward other team members.

6.4f Advanced – Foster an environment that supports the con