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.
Describe the health people 2030 national goal that relates closest to your chosen Diagnosis.
Develop one-long term goal, minimum of three short-term goals and interventions for your chosen diagnosis (you will be developing a teaching plan in week 3).
Goals: A goal is a final outcome of what is achieved after you provide the interventions. Goals are broad in nature. Consider the long-term goal to be after one year and short-term goal after six months. These are community goals and will take longer to obtain. Consider a reduction of statistics as a long-term goal as guided by the 2030 Healthy People site. Be specific and measurable to include timeframes.
(See the examples on page 89)
Recommended headings include:
Title Page
Introduction (No heading needed –assure you introduced the topic of the paper with a purpose statement) – 7 points
Content (a total of 20 points and please use the following headings)
Introduction of Your Community Problem/Diagnosis – 2 points
Analysis of Problem/Diagnosis Using Milo’s Framework of Prevention – 6 points
Compare Problem/Diagnosis to Healthy People 2030 National Goals – 6 points
Long-Term and Short Term Goal – 8 points (2 points for long-term goal and 2 points for each of the three short term goals with interventions)
Conclusion (Again no heading required – use in conclusion or in summary at the beginning of the paragraph)– 7 points
Stylistic Points– 6 total points – APA formatting with proper word count. Proper citations with 4 references – 2 references from required course material and two peer-reviewed references. See further criteria on rubric and underneath rubric.
Points: 40
Due Date: Sunday of week 2 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the U.S.
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 7th edition formatting, citations and references.Download the Microsoft Word APA template. Review this annotated student sample paper guide which draws attention to relevant content and formatting in 7th edition APA style. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 7th edition book as well before submitting the assignment. Refer to the ‘LEARNER SUPPORT’ tab for more information regarding APA 7th edition with comparisons to 6th edition.
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.
Instructions
To be successful, complete the following steps in order:
STEP 1. Review the instructional materials and finish learning activities in this module.
STEP 2. Review or download the grading rubric.
STEP 3. Create a new Word document, write your paper based on the above overview.
STEP 4. Refer to APA book and rubric for correctly formatting the paper.
STEP 5. Save the document with the filename: ” Lastname_Firstname_Module_2_Assessment_4″ (Example: Smith_Jill_Module_2_Assessment_4.docx).
STEP 6. Submit the document by clicking the link on the left titled ” M2 A4 WA: SUBMISSION AREA – HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030, LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM GOALS, AND INTERVENTION “.
Note: You will have three (3) attempts to submit a written assignment, only the final attempt will be graded. For each attempt you will receive a SafeAssign originality report. This will give you a chance to correct the assignment based on the SafeAssign score.View instructions on how to interpret your SafeAssign originality report.
Kindly note: If a submission has been made for more than 48 hours without a re-submission, it will be considered final and will be subject to being graded.
