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 competencies and underpinnings to continuously improve the safety and quality of healthcare. (POs 1, 5)
CO 2: Evaluate quality and safety initiatives to advance healthcare outcomes and equity across healthcare settings. (POs 1, 5)
CO 3: Appraise ethical, legal, regulatory, and professional standards for quality management and safety across healthcare settings. (POs 3, 4)
CO 4: Apply advocacy for quality and safety initiatives to advance healthcare outcomes and equity. (PO 5)
CO 5: Compare system-level emergency preparedness plans to protect patient, population, and provider safety. (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 practitioner?
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 5.2 Contribute to a culture of patient safety.
5.2g Evaluate the alignment of system data and comparative patient safety benchmarks.
5.2h Lead analysis of actual errors, near misses, and potential situations that would impact safety.
5.2i Design evidence-based interventions to mitigate risk.
5.2j Evaluate emergency preparedness system-level plans to protect safety.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
