Category: Nursing

  • A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction

    A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction Assignment

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    Examine 
    Case Study: A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction
    . You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes. A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction.

  • EBP Process Or Implementation

    EBP Process Or Implementation

    Select an article from a peer-reviewed nursing journal regarding an EBP process or implementation.

    Write a summary of 750-1,000 words that includes the following criteria:

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    An introduction that explains the focus of the article.

    A summary of key points of the article.

    A list of the steps taken by nursing to develop and implement an EBP.

    Application of the learned information to a practice setting where the student either identifies an EBP that has been applied to your setting or a practice problem that would benefit from the implementation of an EBP.

    A clear and concise conclusion.

    750-1000 words,  APA format, 3 references EBP Process Or Implementation

  • Development of health care in the Chinese and Guatemalan heritage and health care beliefs

    Development Of Health Care In The Chinese And Guatemalan Heritage And Their Similarity Between Both Cultures Regarding Health Care.

    1.  In your own words discuss and compare the development of health care in the Chinese and Guatemalan heritage.

    2.  Describe if there is any similarity  between both culture regarding the health care beliefs.

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    – APA format

    – A minimum of 500 words are required.

    – A minimum of 2 evidence based references no older than 5 years.

    Development of health care in the Chinese and Guatemalan heritage and health care beliefs

  • HCA 340 – Health Care Management

    HCA 340 – Health Care Management

    Discussion Board Assignment #5

    Chapter 6 – Medical Education and the Changing Practice of Medicine

    Answer the following questions:

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    The Flexner Report of 1910 is described by the authors as “an accurate and searing description of abuses in the medical schools.” Describe some of the major shortcomings of medical education cited by the Flexner report and the corrective measures that resulted.

    Academic medical centers were formed by the union of medical schools through affiliations with hospitals that provided clinical experience for medical students. These affiliations were later broadened into academic health centers. Describe the components of the academic health centers and their significance to the evolution of the university-based health professional education complex. HCA 340 – Health Care Management.

    The health care delivery system now with ACA mandates, places increased emphasis on maintaining wellness and on promoting disease avoidance through healthy behaviors and lifestyles. What are some challenges this new orientation poses for our existing system of medical education and training?

    In what ways did physicians’ relationships with hospitals change as a result of health care industry reforms? Discuss the consequences of these changes for physicians’ roles and responsibilities in relationship to hospitals.

    The dispute over exposing the comparative performance of physicians on a wide spectrum of variables has been resolved in favor of the consumers of health care with requirements such as “Physician Compare.”  A number of states have passed legislation that gives the public access to physician information, including disciplinary records, malpractice actions, and whether a physician has lost hospital privileges. Are these fair and balanced bases on which consumers should make decisions about their choice of physicians?

    Given the new role of hospitalists in patient care, identify some issues raised by this new brand of physician for the primary physician and patient. HCA 340 – Health Care Management.

  • Patient Outcomes

    Week 5: Patient Outcomes

    Review the story at the link below before posting to the discussion:

    Rau, J. (2015). Half of nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from http://khn.org/news/half-of-nations-hospitals-fail-again-to-escape-medicares-readmission-penalties/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

    After you have finished, consider how you would respond to the following situation:

    Your local hospital has received notice from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) regarding their readmission rates. Patient Outcomes.

    As a BSN prepared nurse, you have been asked to serve as a consultant to suggest a new Quality (Performance) Improvement process for ONE of the areas of deficiency. Write some brief steps (suggestions) for improvement as you contemplate accepting the consulting opportunity.

    Share practice improvements utilized from your own clinical nursing experiences that have led to enhanced patient outcomes. Patient Outcomes.

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    Class,

    All healthcare professionals, including nurses, must be actively involved in the continuous improvement of patient care. Quality improvement provides an opportunity to improve patient care at the unit level. Most of these improvements concentrate energies on factors that are most important to patient quality and safety. Proactive management of quality supports continuous improvement of patient care. Patient Outcomes.

    What improvement method has been initiated at your facility? What data was gathered? How was this done? What outcomes were measured and how was change implemented to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes?

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  • Developing an Advocacy Campaign

    Application Assignment 2: Part 2 – Developing an Advocacy Campaign

    To prepare:

    Review Chapter 3 of Milstead, J. A. (2016). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (5th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

    In the first assignment( HEALTH ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT ATTACHED BELLOW), you reflected on whether the policy you would like to promote could best be achieved through the development of new legislation, or a change in an existing law or regulation. Refine as necessary using any feedback from your first Developing an Advocacy Campaign paper.

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    Contemplate how existing laws or regulations may affect how you proceed in advocating for your proposed policy.

    Consider how you could influence legislators or other policymakers to enact the policy you propose.

    Think about the obstacles of the legislative process that may prevent your proposed policy from being implemented as intended. Developing an Advocacy Campaign.

    To complete:

    Part Two will have approximately 3–4 pages of content plus a title page and references. Part Two will address the following:

    Explain whether your proposed policy could be enacted through a modification of existing law or regulation or the creation of new legislation/regulation.

    Explain how existing laws or regulations could affect your advocacy efforts. Be sure to cite and reference the laws and regulations using primary sources. Developing an Advocacy Campaign.

    Provide an analysis of the methods you could use to influence legislators or other policymakers to support your policy. In particular, explain how you would use the “three legs” of lobbying in your advocacy efforts.

    Summarize obstacles that could arise in the legislative process and how to overcome these hurdles.

    Paste the rubric at the end of your Developing an Advocacy Campaign paper.

  • Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders

    Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders

    Addictive disorders can be particularly challenging for clients. Not only do these disorders typically interfere with a client’s ability to function in daily life, but they also often manifest as negative and sometimes criminal behaviors. Sometime clients with addictive disorders also suffer from other mental health issues, creating even greater struggles for them to overcome. In your role, you have the opportunity to help clients address their addictions and improve outcomes for both the clients and their families. For this Assignment, as you examine the 
    Levy Family
     video in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat clients presenting with addiction.

    N: B EACH OF THE 5 EPISODES TO WATCH (REQIURED MEDIA) FOR THIS ASSIGNGMENT IS DOWNLOADEDN IN WORD FORMAT AS A TRANSCRIPT AND ATTACHED TO THIS ASSIGNMENT. 

    Learning Objectives

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    Students will:

    · Assess clients presenting with addictive disorders

    · Analyze therapeutic approaches for treating clients with addictive disorders

    · Evaluate outcomes for clients with addictive disorders

    To prepare:

    · Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide.

    · Review the 
    Levy Family
    video Episodes 1 through 5. Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders

    The Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders Assignment

    In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:

    · After watching Episode 1, describe:

    o What is Mr. Levy’s perception of the problem?

    o What is Mrs. Levy’s perception of the problem?

    o What can be some of the implications of the problem on the family as a whole?

    · After watching Episode 2, describe:

    o What did you think of Mr. Levy’s social worker’s ideas?

    o What were your thoughts of her supervisor’s questions about her suggested therapies and his advice to Mr. Levy’s supervisor? Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders

    · After watching Episode 3, discuss the following:

    o What were your thoughts about the way Mr. Levy’s therapist responded to what Mr. Levy had to say?

    o What were your impressions of how the therapist worked with Mr. Levy? What did you think about the therapy session as a whole?

    o Informed by your knowledge of pathophysiology, explain the physiology of deep breathing (a common technique that we use in helping clients to manage anxiety). Explain how changing breathing mechanics can alter blood chemistry.

    o Describe the therapeutic approach his therapist selected. Would you use exposure therapy with Mr. Levy? Why or why not? What evidence exists to support the use of exposure therapy (or the therapeutic approach you would consider if you disagree with exposure therapy)?

    · In Episode 4, Mr. Levy tells a very difficult story about Kurt, his platoon officer.

    o Discuss how you would have responded to this revelation. Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders

    o Describe how this information would inform your therapeutic approach. What would you say/do next?

    · In Episode 5, Mr. Levy’s therapist is having issues with his story.

    o Imagine that you were providing supervision to this therapist, how would you respond to her concerns?

    · Support your approach with evidence-based literature. AND INCLUDE INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION WITH REFERENCES.

    Required Readings

    Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). 
    Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice
     (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

    Chapter 7, “Motivational Interviewing” (pp. 299–312)

    Chapter      16, “Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Addictions and Related Disorders”      (pp. 565–596)

    American Psychiatric Association. (2013). 
    Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
    (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders

    Albrecht, U., Kirschner, N. E., & Grusser, S. M. (2007). Diagnostic instruments for behavioral addiction: An overview. 
    German Medical Science Psycho-Social-Medicine
    , 4, 1–11. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736529/

    Fisher, M. A. (2016). The ethical ABCs of conditional confidentiality. In 
    Confidentiality limits in psychotherapy: Ethics checklists for mental health professionals
     (pp. 13–25). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/14860-002

    Required Media
     

    N: B EACH OF THE 5 EPISODES TO WATCH (REQIURED MEDIA) FOR THIS ASSIGNGMENT IS DOWNLOADEDN IN WORD FORMAT AS A TRANSCRIPT AND ATTACHED TO THIS ASSIGNMENT. 

    Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). 
    Levy family: Episodes 1
     [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

    Note: 
    The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.

    Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). 
    Levy family: Episodes 2
     [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

    Note: 
    The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.

    Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). 
    Levy family: Episodes 3
     [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

    Note: 
    The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.

    Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). 
    Levy family: Episodes 4
    [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders

    Note: 
    The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.

    Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). 
    Levy family: Episodes 5
     [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

    Note: 
    The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.

    Laureate Education (Producer). (2012c). 
    In their own words
     [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

    Note: 
    The approximate length of this media piece is 23 minutes. Assessing Clients With Addictive Disorders.

  • Application of Theory Instructions Case Report

    In this Application of Theory Instructions Case Report assignment, learners are required to write a case report addressing the personal knowledge and skills gained in this course and potentially solving an identified practice problem.

    General Guidelines:

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    Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

    This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

    Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center. This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research  sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included. You are required to submit this Application of Theory Instructions Case Report assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the  directions in the Student Success Center.

    Directions:

    Construct a 2,500-3,000-word (approximately 10-12 pages) case report that includes a problem or situation consistent with a DNP area of practice.

    Requirements:

    Use a minimum of any two theories discussed in the course to develop the case report.

    Apply one or more theories to describe understanding of the problem or situation of focus.

    Apply one or more theories to the recommended intervention or solution being proposed.

    Develop the case report across the entire scenario from the identified clinical or health care problem through proposing an intervention, implementation, and evaluation using an appropriate research instrument. Application of Theory Instructions Case Report.

    Describe the evaluation of the selected research instrument in the case report.

    Lastly, explain in full the tenets, rationale for selection (empirical evidence), and clear application using the language of the theory within the case report.

    In addition, your case report must include the following:

    Introduction with a problem statement.

    Brief literature review.

    Description of the case/situation/conditions explained from a theoretical perspective.

    Discussion that includes a detailed explanation of the synthesized literature findings.

    Summary of the case. Application of Theory Instructions Case Report.

    Proposed solutions to remedy gaps, inefficiencies, or other issues from a theoretical approach.

    Identification of a research instrument to evaluate the proposed solution along with a description of how the instrument could be evaluated.

    Conclusion. Application of Theory Instructions Case Report.

  • Professional Development and Certification Essay

    Discussion: Professional Development and Certification Essay

    Consider the following scenario:

    Isabel recently earned certifications offered by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the American Organization of Nurse Executives for nurse managers and leaders. She was especially proud of this accomplishment and was confident it would serve her well as she continued her career. At a conference last week, she had found herself talking with a colleague about certification. To her surprise, her colleague suggested that she look into certification through the Project Management Institute. It had not occurred to Isabel that she might need or want that type of certification, but upon further reflection she could see how important it was to be able to manage projects effectively. Professional Development and Certification Essay. She wondered how pursuing this type of certification might further her professional development and lead to new opportunities down the road. At the very least, she decided it was worth exploring further.

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    As you are aware, numerous nursing organizations offer opportunities for professional development, community service, and information gathering. There are also many certifications you can obtain through professional societies or organizations. Certifications recognize an individual’s specialty area knowledge and skills and can lead to professional empowerment. By obtaining certifications, you can help improve your quality of practice and increase your earning potential. Professional Development and Certification Essay.

    In this Discussion, you consider development opportunities afforded through professional associations and examine how earning certifications can advance your career. Discussion: Professional Development and Certification

    To prepare FOR Discussion: Professional Development and Certification:

    Reflect on your professional goals. These goals may relate to the practicum professional development objectives you established in Week 1 (Document Attached), but you are encouraged to take a broader view of what you would like to accomplish in the immediate future, as well as five or 15 years from now. Identify at least one goal that is especially important to you.

    Think about the benefits of becoming involved in professional organizations and obtaining certifications.

    If you already have a specialty or clinical certification, reflect on how this has impacted the achievement of your professional goals thus far.

    Review information about two or more of the professional organizations listed in the Learning Resources. Consider the following questions:

    As you explore each organization’s website, review the mission, vision, and value statements. Also examine the strategic plan, if possible. How do these align with your interests and your professional goals? Professional Development and Certification Essay.

    Investigate whether the organization offers networking opportunities with fellow professionals. Is there a local or regional chapter you could join?

    What are the potential benefits of obtaining a certification through each organization? Examine the criteria for certification.

    Evaluate your readiness and desire to become certified through each organization. What hesitations, if any, do you have?

    How and why might this certification be useful to you and/or enhance your professional development? Professional Development and Certification Essay.

    Post a description of one or more of your professional goals. Explain a certification provided by a professional organization that would be of interest to you. Explain how and why this additional certification would be useful to you and/or enhance your professional development. Evaluate your readiness to obtain this certification, noting any reservations you may have.

    Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

    Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days, using one or more of the following approaches:

    Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence, or research. Professional Development and Certification Essay.

    Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

    Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

    Discussion: Professional Development and Certification Required Readings (Please use all references mentioned below)

    Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

    Reminder: Review resources from previous courses as necessary.

    Shekleton, M. E., Preston, J. C., & Good, L. E. (2010). Growing leaders in a professional membership organization. Journal of Nursing Management, 18(6), 662–668.

    Matthews, J. H. (2012). Role of professional organizations in advocating for the nursing profession. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 17(1), 1. Professional Development and Certification Essay.

    Discussion: Professional Development and Certification Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

    The author addresses the importance of involvement in professional organizations for nursing professionals.

    Discussion: Professional Development and Certification Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

    “In order to grow leaders an organization must make a commitment to develop and maintain an infrastructure that supports leadership development activities” (Shekleton, Preston, & Good, 2010, p. 667). The authors discuss findings from a leadership development program.

    American Association of Critical Care Nurses. (n.d.). Certification for nurse managers and leaders. Retrieved May 20, 2013, from 
    http://www.aacn.org/wd/certifications/content/cnmlhome.pcms?menu=certification

    The American Association of Critical Care Nurses Certification Corporation, in collaboration with the AONE credentialing center, offers certification for the nurse leader-manager.

    American Medical Informatics Association. (2011). Clinical informatics becomes a board-certified medical subspecialty following ABMS vote. Retrieved from 
    http://www.amia.org/news-and-publications/press-release/ci-is-subspecialty

     
    This article addresses the movement to recognize clinical informatics as a subspecialty.

    American Nurses Association. (2013). Leadership. Retrieved from 
    http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/Leadership

    The ANA offers a leadership institute for professional development. Professional Development and Certification Essay.

    American Nurses Credentialing Center. (2013). ANCC certification center. 
    Retrieved from http://www.nursecredentialing.org/certification.aspx

    The ANCC is the largest and most prestigious credentialing organization. View the certifications available by specialty area.

    American Organization of Nurse Executives. (2012). AONE credentialing center. Retrieved from 
    http://www.aone.org/resources/certification/about_certifications.shtml

    The AONE credentialing center, in collaboration with American Association of Critical Care Nurses Certification Corporation, offers certification for the nurse leader-manager.

    Healthcare Information and Management Systems. (2013). Health IT certifications. Retrieved from 
    http://www.himss.org/health-it-certification?navItemNumber=13588

    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has specified certification criteria for electronic health records. Professional Development and Certification Essay.

    NMA. (2012). Welcome to NMA! Retrieved from 

    Home

    This organization promotes the development of leadership competencies and interpersonal skills.

    Project Management Institute. (2013). What are PMI certifications? Retrieved from 
    http://www.pmi.org/Certification/What-are-PMI-Certifications.aspx

    PMI recognizes that many professionals of varying skill and education levels are or will be involved with projects. The organization offers certification for professionals involved in project management. Discussion: Professional Development and Certification. Professional Development and Certification Essay.

  • NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form

    NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form

    Directions: Please refer to the Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Guidelines and grading rubric found in Doc Sharing for specific instructions in order to complete the information below. This assignment is worth 150 points. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Type your name above and your answers below directly on this form. Click Save as and save the file with the assignment name and your last name (e.g., “NR443 Windshield Survey Form_Smith”). When you are finished, submit the form to the Week 2 Caring for Populations: Windshield Survey Dropbox by the deadline indicated in your guidelines.

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    Criteria

    Community introduction:

    Identify the community you will be using for this assignment. It should be the area where you live or the area surrounding your work setting.

    Windshield survey

    vitality

    Indicators of social and economic conditions

    Health resources

    Environmental conditions related to health

    Social functioning

    Attitude toward healthcare

    Conclusion:

    Provide a summary of your findings and your conclusion. What problems did you identify? NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    References:

    OPTIONAL: List any references that you cited.

     

    NR443 Guidelines for Caring for Populations

    Milestone 2: Assessment and Diagnosis

    Purpose

    The purpose of this paper is to provide an opportunity to utilize community assessment strategies, uncover a community health problem, and identify the components of the problem related to the community dynamics. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Course Outcomes

    This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

    CO 1. Evaluate the planning of delivery of care to individuals, families, aggregates, and communities in a variety of healthcare settings based on theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines. (PO 1)

    CO2. Integrate clinical judgment in professional decision-making and implementation of the nursing process through analysis of community health nursing practice. (PO 4)

    CO7. Accept accountability for personal and professional development as part of the life-long learning process. (PO 5) NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    This paper is expected to be no more than four pages in length (not including the title page and reference list). Typical papers are usually three pages. Below are the requirements for successful completion of this paper.

    Introduction: This should catch the reader’s attention with interesting facts and supporting sources and include the purpose statement of the paper. This should be no more than one or two paragraphs.

    Community: Identify the community by name that you will be using for this paper and provide a brief, general description of the community. Your community should be the area where you live or work. This should be one or two paragraphs. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Demographic and epidemiological data: Compile a range of demographic (population description) and epidemiological (causes of health problems and death) data for your community by examining census reports, vital statistic reports, city records, morbidity and mortality reports, and other agency sources. Using these data, describe the community and the problem. Compare your community data to state or national data. This comparison will help to identify a community health problem specific to your community. A summary of these data should beno more than one page.

    Windshield survey: Provide a brief summary of the findings from your first assignment. Make sure to discuss elements that link your observations to your identified problem. This should be no more than one or two paragraphs.

    Problem: Using the assessment data, identify the problem that you consider to be a priority concern. Provide a rationale for your choice and relate your choice to one of the Healthy People 2020 specific numbered objectives. Healthy People objectives are located within a topic area under the Objectives page. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form. Your rationale should also include why this is specifically a problem in your community. This should be no more than three paragraphs. Include support of your rationale with at least two scholarly sources such as professional journal articles related to your problem.

    Summary: The summary paragraph of your paper should include a statement about the problem, the population at risk for this problem, and the major direct or indirect factors that contribute to this problem. This information should be no more than one or two paragraphs.

    Reference page: All references cited within the paper should be included on a separate References page.

    Guidelines

    Application: Use Microsoft Word 2010™ to create this assignment.

    Use the categories above as APA headings for the sections of your paper.

    Length: This paper is expected to be no more than four pages in length (not including the title page and reference list). Typical papers are three pages.

    Submission: Submit your file via the basket in the Dropbox: Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday of Week 4.

    Technical writing: APA format is required. Review APA tutorials in Doc Sharing and use the resources of Smarthinking for writing tutors.

    Do not use first person (I, me, my, our) in this paper. Make the community the subject even in your windshield survey summary. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Save your paper with your last name in the document title (e.g., “Smith Assessment and Diagnosis”).

    Late submission: See the course policy on late submissions.

    Best Practices in Preparing the Paper

    The following are best practices in preparing this project.

    Complete the demographic, epidemiologic, and windshield survey prior to choosing a problem to focus on.

    Choose a nursing problem specific to your community.

    Make sure all elements of the paper are addressed and headings for each category are included.

    Review directions thoroughly. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Cite all sources within the paper as well as on the References page.

    Proofread prior to final submission.

    Check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.

    Use the A column of the rubric below to ensure that you have included all the needed elements.

    Abide by the CCN academic integrity policy.

    NR 443 Milestone 3: Intervention and Evaluation

    Purpose

    The purpose of this PowerPoint presentation is to provide an opportunity to develop a community health nursing intervention and evaluation tool for your identified community health problem (described in Milestone 2: Assessment and Diagnosis) and identify the components of the nursing process as it applies to a community or population. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Course Outcomes

    Scenario

    You are a Community/Public Health Nurse (C/PHN) working in your setting of choice. You have identified a community health problem and have analyzed the data collected from your windshield survey and assessment & diagnosis assignments (the first two milestones). NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form. You have decided on one nursing intervention and need your organization’s approval for funding of this intervention. Your leadership team has agreed to listen to your proposal.

    Directions

    Choose a community health nurse setting. Some examples of settings are school nurse, parish nurse, home health nurse, nurse working in the health department (be specific to what area in the health department, e.g., WIC, STD clinic, health promotion, maternal-child health, etc.)

    Introduction: Introduce the identified problem, the purpose of the presentation, and reiterate at least one or two important findings that demonstrate this problem in your community (average of 1–2 slides)

    Proposed Intervention: Propose one community health nursingintervention that would address one or more of the major direct or indirect factors that contribute to the problem. Keep in mind the Public Health Intervention Wheel (Nies& McEwen, p. 14, figure 1-3) as your framework (average of 3-4 slides). NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form. Your intervention needs to be specific:

    o Who is your target population?

    o Where is this intervention taking place?

    o Will it take place one time or multiple times?

    o How will you reach out to your target population?

    How will you get your target population involved?

    o What is the CH Nurses role in this intervention?

    o Will you collaborate with anyone (e.g., physician’s office, church, local resources, etc.?)

    o Is anyone else involved besides yourself (C/PHN)? NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    If yes, are they paid or volunteers?

    o What level(s) of prevention is your intervention addressing (primary, secondary and/or tertiary prevention)?

    Intervention Justification: Justify why the problem and your nursing interventions should be a priority.

    o Based on what you have found in the literature, discuss why these interventions are expected to be effective. Include summarized information from at least two professional scholarly sources related to your interventions (average of 2-3 slides). NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Proposed Evaluation: Your presentation must include at least one proposed quantitative or qualitative evaluation method that you would use to determine whether your intervention is effective. It should include the method you would use along with desired outcomes. Outcome measurement is a crucial piece when implementing interventions. There is a helpful tool in Doc Sharing to assist you with understanding qualitative and quantitative methods of evaluation. (average of 2-3 slides)

    o Include discussion about the long-term and short-term impact on your community if the intervention is successful. Keep in mind your desired outcomes when analyzing the evaluation.

    Summary: The summary should reiterate the main points of the presentation and conclude with what you are asking to be accomplished, e.g., “Based on ABC, it is imperative our community has XYZ. Thank you for your consideration.” NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    In addition to the slides described above, your presentation should include a title slide, and reference slide. Remember, you are presenting to your leadership team, so the slides should include the most important elements for them to know in short bullet pointed phrases. You may add additional comments in the notes section to clarify information for your instructor.

    Guidelines

    Application: Use Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

    Length: The PowerPoint slide show is expected to be no more than 20 slides in length (not including the title slide and reference list slide).

    Submission: Submit your files via the basket in the Dropbox: “Caring for Populations: Intervention and Evaluation” by 11:59 p.m. Sunday of Week 6. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Save the assignment with your last name in the file title. Example: “Smith Intervention and Evaluation”

    Late Submission: See the course policy on late submissions.

    Tutorial: If needed, Microsoft Office has many templates and tutorials to help you get started.

    Best Practices in Preparing PowerPoint

    The following are best practices in preparing this project:

    Be creative, but realistic with your intervention and evaluation tool.

    Incorporate graphics, clip art or photographs to increase interest.

    Slides should be easy to read with short bullet points and large font.

    Review directions thoroughly. NR 443 Caring for Populations: Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Form.

    Cite all sources within the slide show as well as on the reference page.

    Proofread prior to final submission.

    Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.

    Abide by the CCN academic integrity policy.

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