Discussion 1—-You have been hired by a local healthcare facility that plans to

Discussion 1—-You have been hired by a local healthcare facility that plans to implement a health information system as an Electronic Health Record (EHR). Your supervisor asked you to prepare Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) documents for sending to EHR vendors. But first, your supervisor wants you to list the elements you would consider for the preparation of these documents. In this discussion, address the key similarities and key differences between RFI and RFP. Your initial post supported by at least two (2) scholarly references should be submitted by Saturday mid-night, followed by a minimum of two (2) responses to classmates’ posts comprising at least 150 words supporting, challenging, clarifying, or adding to the existing information by Tuesday mid-night. Make sure to follow APA 7.
Discussion 2—This week we discussed nursing theory and theorists. For this week, you will need to select a theory and a theorist to discuss. Visit Nurses Labs to review each of the theorists and their theories by clicking this link:https://nurseslabs.com/nursing-theories/
(please note that clicking this link will take you out of the learning management system)
Please address each of the following prompts in your discussion:
1. Identify and describe the theorist and theory you have chosen to discuss.
2. What level of nursing theory does the theorist fall under?
3. How would you apply this theory to practice?
Discussion guidelines: Create at least two full paragraphs in response to this discussion prompt. Build paragraphs that are 5-7 sentences in length. Use appropriate in-text citations and reference.
Discussion 3——-Please review the National Institute of Nursing Research website: https://www.ninr.nih.gov
Follow these steps:
Click to review the Research and Funding tab.
Then, click to review the Intramural and Extramural Programs.
Look at the Areas of Science and Program Contacts.
From the listing, please select an area of NINR Nursing Science that is most interesting to you.
When you click on the Research and Funding tab on the NINR website, a dropdown box will appear that lists the various areas of research science:
Discussion 4—-Review the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Working for Quality page: https://www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/about/index.html On this page, review the following list of AHRQ National Quality Strategy Priorities:
Making care safer by reducing harm caused in the delivery of care.
Ensuring that each person and family is engaged as partners in their care.
Promoting effective communication and coordination of care.
Promoting the most effective prevention and treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality, starting with cardiovascular disease.
Working with communities to promote wide use of best practices to enable healthy living.
Making quality care more affordable for individuals, families, employers, and governments by developing and spreading new health care delivery models.
Please address the following discussion prompt:
Select one of the AHRQ National Quality Strategy Priorities and discuss what is needed to promote this priority on your working unit. Please be sure to adhere to APA guidelines when citing sources.Create at least two full paragraphs in response to this discussion prompt. Build paragraphs that are 5-7 sentences in length
Discussion 5——-This week’s content serves as a primer for what you will learn in this program as it relates to applying evidence to improve practice. For this week’s discussion response, please address the following question:
1. What methods found in the literature have you used or seen used to develop, implement, or evaluate evidence-based practice in your clinical setting? please be sure to adhere to APA guidelines when citing sources.Create at least two full paragraphs in response to this discussion prompt. Build paragraphs that are 5-7 sentences in length
Discussion 6—-This week we focused on many aspects of research. In particular, we discussed the protection of research participants. In your discussion response for this week, please address each of the following prompts:
Attest that you have completed the Belmont Report Module.
What strategies are used to protect vulnerable populations (pregnant women, children, prisoners) from harm when conducting nursing research? Please include in this discussion a definition in your own words or a resource’s words of what a vulnerable population is. Remember that as nurses, we would be tempted to think of all of our patients as vulnerable, however, there are specific groups of patients that fall within this definition.
Please be sure to adhere to APA guidelines when citing sources. Build paragraphs that are 5-7 sentences in length.
Discussion 7—This week we reviewed how the use of Team STEPPS is effective in the promotion of collaboration and communication during quality improvement projects. In your discussion response this week, please address each of the following prompts:
What are the specific strategies you believe would be useful in ensuring the development of an evidence-based practice improvement plan that is inclusive of multiple members of the interdisciplinary team?
Identify barriers associated with working on a project with multiple members of the interdisciplinary team.
Please be sure to adhere to APA guidelines when citing sources. Build paragraphs that are 5-7 sentences in length.