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 they apply to a community or population.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

 

CO1: Apply principles of nursing theory to the public health system by analyzing determinants of health and the public health intervention wheel. (PO 1)

CO3: Plan prevention and population-focused interventions for vulnerable populations using professional clinical judgment and evidence-based practice. (PO 4, 8)

CO4: Evaluate the delivery of care for individuals, families, aggregates, and communities based on theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines. (PO 1)

Due Date

Submit your assignment to the appropriate basket in the Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday of Week 6.

Points: 250 points

Scenario

You are a community public health nurse (C/PHN) working in your setting of choice. You have analyzed the data collected from your windshield survey and assessment and diagnosis assignments (the first two milestones) and identified one community health nursing problem. 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

• Watch the Milestone 3 tutorial by clicking this link. This tutorial is also available on Course Project page under Course Home as well as Week 6 Assignments page.
• 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 nursing intervention that would address one or more of the major factors that contribute to the problem (average of 3–4 slides).
  • Describe your specific nursing intervention relating it to the public health intervention wheel (Nies & McEwen, 2015, p. 14, Figure 1-3)
  • Who is your target population?
  • Where is this intervention taking place?
  • Will it take place one time or multiple times?
  • How will you reach out to your target population?
    • How will you get your target population involved?
  • What is the CH nurse’s role in this intervention?
  • Will you collaborate with anyone (e.g., physician’s office, church, local resources, etc.)
  • Is anyone else involved besides yourself (C/PHN)?
    • If yes, are they paid or volunteers?
  • What level(s) of prevention is your intervention addressing (primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention)?
• Intervention Justification: Justify why the problem and your nursing intervention should be a priority.
  • 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 intervention (average of 2–3 slides). 
• Proposed Evaluation Methods: Your presentation must include at least one proposed quantitative or qualitative evaluation method that you would use to determine whether your intervention is effective. Outcome measurement is a crucial piece when implementing interventions (average of 2–3 slides)
  • Describe at least one quantitative or qualitative method you would use to evaluate whether your intervention was effective. (There is a helpful tool found in Doc Sharing to assist you with understanding qualitative and quantitative methods of evaluation).
  • Describe the desired outcomes you would track that would show whether your intervention was working.
  • Include a discussion about the long-term and short-term impact on your community if the intervention is successful.
• Summary: The summary should reiterate the main points of the presentation and conclude with what you are asking to be accomplished; for example, “Based on ABC, it is imperative our community has XYZ. Thank you for your consideration.”
• In addition to the slides described above, your presentation should include a title slide with your name included and a 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 (or later).
• 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: Milestone 3 Intervention and Evaluation by 11:59 p.m. Sunday of Week 6.
• 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.
• Cite all sources within the slides with (author, year) 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.

Grading Rubric: Caring for Populations: Intervention and Evaluation (250 points)

Criteria	A(92–100{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119}) Outstanding or highest level of performance	B(84–91{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119}) Very good or high level of performance	C(76–83{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119}) Competent or satisfactory level of performance	F(0–75{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119}) Poor or failing or unsatisfactory level of performance	Pts
Problem identification20 points	Presentation includes at least one slide that introduces the problem and significant findings in the community(18–20 points)	Problem is introduced but lacks support with findings(17 points)	Supportive findings discussed but problem identification not clear(16 points)	Problem is not introduced and does not include community findings(0–15 points)	/20
Proposed intervention85 points	One community health nursing intervention is proposed that would address one or more of the major direct or indirect factors that contribute to the problem. Intervention includes specifics:*Where is this intervention taking place?” *Will it take place one time or multiple times? *How will you reach your target population? *How will you involve your target population? Will you collaborate with anyone (e.g., physician’s office, church, local resources, etc.) CHN role? Is anyone else involved besides yourself (C/PHN)? *What level(s) of prevention are you addressing? *Community setting is clear. (78–85 points)	One intervention is proposed but is missing one or two specific details from column one(71–77 points)	Intervention is missing more than two specific details from column one(65–70 points)	Intervention is not proposed or does not address any details in column one(0–64 points)	/85
Intervention justification and application of evidence-based literature30 points	Includes at least one slide that discusses why this intervention should be a priority based on two scholarly findings. Two or more quality references from professional literature are cited that clearly support your rationale.(28–30 points)	Includes slide stating why the intervention should be a priority. Two references cited but information in the reference may be biased or not directly relevant to your rationale.(25–27 points)	Intervention justification inadequate or fewer than two references cited.(23–24 points)	Lacks slide on intervention justification. No references cited.(0–22 points)	/30
Evaluation70 points	Presentation includes at least one proposed quantitative or qualitative evaluation method and desired outcomes. Long-term and short-term impact on your community if the intervention is “successful” discussed.(64–70 points)	At least one evaluation method adequately described but lacks discussion on long- and short-term impact on community(59–63 points)	Long and short term impact on community discussed, but evaluation method unclear(53–62 points)	Presentation lacks clear evaluation method and future impact(0–52 points)	/70
Summary20 points	Includes at least one summary slide that reiterates the problem and purpose of the presentation(19–20 points)	Summary does not clearly reiterate the problem or purpose(17–18 points)	La

The Threat of SARS Case Study

 

Based on your understanding of the SARS case study, create a 2- to 3-page document in Microsoft Word document answering the following questions:

 

• In your opinion, what could be the possible reasons of a sudden outbreak of new disease?
• What are the ways of addressing a new and virulent contagious disease?
• Discuss in detail about the countries which have faced epidemics in the past. What would have been the possible reasons for such outbreaks?

 

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

 

Notes from class

 

At a global scale, health crises may be even more difficult to manage owing to several complexities. This is when the infection rates from super-resistant bacteria have increased throughout the world, and humans travel in unprecedented numbers and at a very fast pace. For example, transmitting primarily through the hands of health care workers, the SARS virus—having first appeared in the Guangdong Province of China in late 2002—spread within a few months to over twenty five countries, infecting over 8,000 people and causing 774 deaths, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are several opportunities for such incidents to quickly escalate to crises levels.

Public health emergencies may come from several other sectors as well. In its website, the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) lists four major kinds of emergencies:

• Oil or chemical spills
• Biohazard or infectious disease
• Food safety issues
• Terrorism or criminal activity

It is very likely that all of these emergencies will require health care emergency managers to plan and prepare for contingencies.

The outcome of how a crisis is managed is largely dependent on the knowhow, experience, and the personality of the manager. No matter how much planning is done and protocol followed, emergency managers need to have strong leadership qualities in order to handle crises. Having a working knowledge of the health care field is also critical in this context. During an emergent health crisis, the manager needs to coordinate between various groups, communicate decisively and clearly in order to avoid panic, and optimize the distribution of resources.