Demonstrate community assessments and apply the principles of epidemiology

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Overview

This assignment is aligned with the module objective “Demonstrate community assessments and apply the principles of epidemiology.” As part of the written assignment, you will complete the following tasks:

  • Identify one health problem you believe to be the most prevalent in your community. You may want to check with your local health department or a community health nurse. Also consider researching the morbidity/mortality rates health problems in your community. School nurses and are an excellent resource person to contact.
  • Analyze the problem using Milio’s framework for prevention from the module 1 readings (Chapter three in your text, pp 41)
  • Choose one of your nursing diagnoses and describe how your identified community health problem applies.
  • Consult Healthy People 2020 to find the national goals that are closely related to your chosen diagnosis (p.90)
  • One long-term goal, minimum of three short-term goals and Intervention(s) (p.89)

Points: 40

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

Style

Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 6th edition formatting, citations and references. Click here to download the Microsoft Word APA 6th edition template. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 6th edition book as well before submitting the assignment.

Number of Pages/Words

Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.

Long-Term Care Analysis

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Option #1: Long-Term Care Analysis

For this assignment you will write a three- to four-page paper addressing the following:

Senior citizens are the fastest growing population in our society due to increased life expectancy. Although we are living longer, the quality of life is often diminished by chronic disease and physical limitations. Over the years, the long-term care industry has received negative publicity and been the target of several federal investigations. Consider the positive or negative impact of the Affordable Care Act on the long-term care industry.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be three to four pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
  • Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA.
  • A minimum of four references with associated in-text citations. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two must be external and should be from peer-reviewed or quality academic sources. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.
  • Use headings to organize the content in your work.

Use of Concepts

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Use of Concepts

Description

The purpose of this Assignment is to explore the various meanings behind one concept in the field of nursing. It is important to understand that while professionals from various fields will use the same word, they often carry very different meanings. Likewise, it is important for every health professional to be able to explain the meaning/use/interpretation of a term to patients in a way that they can understand. To complete this Assignment, you will explore the various definitions of a single word (concept) and compile a detailed description of theses definitions and interpretations of that word.

To begin, select a word (concept) familiar to you in health care that has multiple interpretations and uses, e.g., heart. The heart is an organ, a muscle, a control center, a source of emotion, etc. Examples to choose from include, but are not limited to:

fail error death innovation quality

team soul spirit research evidence

loneliness hardiness stress grief care

rehabilitation trauma

Feel free to be creative in your choice of terms. You will provide a description of uses, definitions, and varied interpretations of the term using a variety of multiple academic disciplines outside the discipline of nursing. Academic disciplines to choose from include, but are not limited to:

sociology anthropology

psychology political science

economics computer science

religion education

philosophy business

Uses, definitions, and interpretations will be obtained from primary and secondary sources or reliable web sources recognized as credible and authoritative (not dictionaries or Wikipedia). Sources to choose from include, but are not limited to:

periodicals books

government websites professional associations

universities credible/authoritative websites

Directions:

Identify the concept and purpose for studying the concept and relevance to nursing practice.

Conduct a preliminary literature review to identify multiple uses of the concept.

Describe the various usages of the term.

Determine the critical attributes of the concept.

Create a theoretical and operational definition of the concept.

Read the following two resources located in the Kaplan University Writing Center:

Using facts, examples, and definitions

Paragraph development

Pay particular attention to the section on rhetorical modes for developing paragraphs because this is where you will learn how to describe and explain a concept to patients in effective and accurate ways.

To complete this Assignment, you will write a fully developed paragraph (at least five sentences in length) on each definition/use/interpretation of the term you have chosen. For those definitions or uses that pertain to the nursing profession, you will explain the concept in such a way that includes examples, analogies, and self-explanatory descriptions.

Notes:

You will use at least seven sources for your research on this Assignment. Cite all your references in correct APA format, both in the text and on a reference page. Refer to the APA resources in the KU Writing Center. Use your Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association so that you can cite from some of the non-traditional sources you find.

Your Assignment will be 3–5 pages including a title page and references page.

Research a nursing/healthcare-related topic of your choice

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Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Source Requirement: 5 sources, 3 of which must be scholarly

Length Requirement: 5-8 sentences of annotation per source + sentence outline

Assignment:

Research a nursing/healthcare-related topic of your choice. Create a research question about that topic (that your thesis statement will later answer/address). Find at least 5 sources that could be used to support a document on this topic. At least 3 of the sources must be scholarly.

You will write an annotation for each source that is descriptive and evaluative and between 5-8 sentences in length. The description portion will describe and summarize what the source is about. The evaluative portion will analyze the usefulness of the source for your project and the accuracy/appropriateness of information.

You will also write a sentence outline to accompany the annotated bibliography. The sentence outline will provide 1 full sentence for each of the main points you would make in a paper on this topic and using these sources (minimum of 5 main points). NOTE: This is just an outline, not a paper.

See the explanation and student example on the following pages:

Outline

Thesis: In the last twenty years, the nursing profession has increasingly focused on recognizing and upholding patients’ rights to privacy and dignity as an evidence-based practice that leads to improved health outcomes.

  • Patients are guaranteed rights and privileges from several overseeing health organizations and governing bodies.
  • Dignity is one of the rights guaranteed to patients in the United States through bylaws and the Patient Bill of Rights.
  • In addition to governing bodies and oversight organizations, lawsuits have also held many institutions in check as they may be held financially responsible directly to patients whose rights are violated.
  • Acknowledging and safeguarding patients’ rights is a relatively new concern in the healthcare field, and more work continues to be done each year to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.
  • The interest in patient rights and patient dignity continues to grow as the healthcare field becomes increasingly patient-centered and outcomes-based.

Annotated Bibliography

Alaszewski, H., Holdsworth, L., & Billings, J. (2009). Privacy and dignity in continence care: Research review Nursing & Residential Care, 11(8), 393-396.

This article reviews a study that was carried out in relation to privacy and dignity in continence care. This review highlights four major themes, including privacy during toileting and continence care being vital to maintain dignity. In addition that it was easier to maintain privacy in care homes that provided en-suite bathrooms for the residents. This article is written by three health professionals who specialize in research two of whom are research associates and one who is a researcher and one health professional who is a senior lecturer at a university. Therefore, due to the nature of the authors the article is primarily based to health professionals. More specifically as it was published in Nursing and Residential care the health care professionals who work in nursing and residential homes. This article is not supported as it only gives reference to what the Health Care commission report caring for dignity says about dignity.

Foss, T. D. (2006). Grave bearing: How dignity will be dealt with on wards. British Journal of Nursing, 15(9), 481-489.

This article discusses the new duty that the British government has imposed on nurses: dignity nurse. In the article, the author argues that nurses simply have too many duties and adding another will make the nurses even more overstretched. In addition, it is pointed out that nurses already show the patients respect and dignity in basic care as nurses play an important role in keeping up dignity in mixed wards. The article concludes with the view that the government cannot deal with this with continuing learning courses as the nurses do not have the time nor do the trust have the money to send the nurses on them. As this article is published in the British Journal of Nursing and written by the editor of the journal, and it is aimed at an audience of health care professionals especially who work on wards and in Britain. As no reference is made to anyone else or any other publications, this article is unsupported.

Matiti, M. R., Trorey, G. M. (2008). Patients’ expectations of the maintenance of their dignity. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(20), 2709-2721.

This study was carried out to research into patient’s expectations of dignity while they were in hospital and how it was maintained. Due to both the authors being health lectures at universities in England and the article being printed in a nursing journal this article is aimed at any health professional who works in a hospital setting as this is where the study was carried out. The information about the study is clearly presented in this article as the information is divided into the different sections of the study. As this is a study that was conducted it is not supported in the traditional sense as it only makes reference to what other people perceive privacy and dignity to be.

McFarlane, J. K. (2003). Standards of care: What do we mean by care? Nursing Mirror, 143(23), 40-42.

McFarlane examines the meaning of the word ‘care’ within a nursing context. The responsibility of nurses to provide care is legitimized in numerous documents, and the author goes on to identify key concepts related to nursing care. In particular, these concepts include assisting, helping and giving a service; offering this service to people who need help with daily living activities and to others who are affected by health deviations or illness of some kind. Moreover, the nurse’s caring role is legitimized by the patients. The main limitation of the article is that all of the research was exclusively conducted in large city hospitals. Therefore, while the article is useful for an analysis of nursing care, the limitations of its research base will require some adaption to meet the needs of this assignment that requires a commentary on services in both city and country area hospitals.