Public health nursing practicum | Nursing homework help

Category: Nursing

I need these questions answered in 200 words each. Please include each question with its references.

MODULE 1

DQ1

Compare similarities and differences of ANA Public Health Nursing (PHN) Standards, CAL Public Health Nursing (PHN) Standards, and the ANA Standards of Professional Performance. Discuss the importance of standards of practice and how they guide your practice and inform nursing care. Explain the role of the advanced public health nurse as a trusted source of information.

DQ2

Discuss and cite three components within the PHN standards. Apply the components to initiatives or processes within your practicum setting. How are they important to your practicum setting? Provide a specific example of how they are used in your practicum setting.

Study Materials

Read pages 1-26 in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Read “Community/Public Health Nursing (C/PHN) Competencies,” by the Quad City Coalition (2018), located on the coalition’s website. URL: http://www.quadcouncilphn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/QCC-C-PHN-COMPETENCIES-Approved_2018.05.04_Final-002.pdf

Read “Writing S.M.A.R.T. Goals,” by UHR Employee Development, located on the University of Idaho Human Resources website. URL: https://www.uidaho.edu/-/media/UIdaho-Responsive/Files/human-resources/forms/manager-resources/performance-development/writing-smart-goals.pdf

MODULE 2

DQ1

Describe the practicum setting where you will complete your hours. Describe the role of advanced public health nurse within the practicum setting. Discuss the overall practicum goals you have selected. Provide specific examples of how they align to ANA Public Health Nursing Standards.

DQ2

Review the assigned article “Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders.” Discuss the principles of leadership management and how they apply to your practicum setting. Select three characteristics of caring leaders from the readings. Explain how these three characteristics might relate to a Christian worldview. Does a Christian worldview complement these characteristics? Why or why not?

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 12. Leadership in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. 

Read “Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders,” by Spears, from Journal of Virtues and Leadership (2010). URL: https://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/jvl/vol1_iss1/Spears_Final.pdf

Read “Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for Effective Learning,” located on the ThoughtCo website. URL: https://www.thoughtco.com/blooms-taxonomy-the-incredible-teaching-tool-2081869

Explore “Chapter 13. Orienting Ideas in Leadership” in Management and Leadership, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/leadership/leadership-ideas

Explore “Chapter 14. Core Functions in Leadership,” located on the Community Tool Box website (2018). URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/leadership/leadership-functions

Read the “Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretative Statements ANA Code of Ethics,” from the American Nurses Association (2015). URL: https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only

MODULE 3

DQ1

Use the “SWOT Analysis” template to identify internal and external factors that can help or hinder organizational or program success in your practicum setting. After completing the template, answer the following questions: How can weaknesses be converted into strengths? Can strengths be used to overcome threats? If so, provide an example. How can opportunities be maximized? Do not upload the template into the discussion forum–it is for guidance only.

DQ2

In the first discussion question in this topic, you completed a SWOT analysis for your practicum site. Using current evidence-based practice resources, explain how you would apply practice improvement strategies to minimize the weakness that you indicated in your completed SWOT analysis.

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 9. Evidence Based Practice and Research in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Read “Framework for Selecting Best Practices in Public Health: A Systematic Literature Review,” by Ng and de Colombani, from Journal of Public Health Research (2015). URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4693338/

Read “Tools for Implementing an Evidence-Based Approach in Public Health Practice,” by Jacobs, Jones, Gabella, Spring, and Brownson, from Preventing Chronic Disease (2015), located on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. URL: https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2012/11_0324.htm

Explore the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) website. URL: https://www.ahrq.gov

Read “Section 14. SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats” in Chapter 3 of Community Assessment, located on the Community Toolbox website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/swot-analysis/main

Explore the Evidence-Based Resources page of the Healthy People 2020  website. URL: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/tools-resources/Evidence-Based-Resources

Explore the Databases of Best Practices page on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/databases-best-practices

MODULE 4

DQ1

Locate the organizational chart of stakeholders in your practicum setting. Identify and discuss stakeholders and partnerships. Differentiate between formal and informal leaders.

DQ2

Explain how communication occurs between the organization and external and internal stakeholders in your practicum setting. What works well and what strategies could be implemented to improve communication between the organization and external and internal stakeholders?

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 5c. Consultation and Standard 11. Communication in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Review “Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for Effective Learning,” located on the ThoughtCo website. URL: https://www.thoughtco.com/blooms-taxonomy-the-incredible-teaching-tool-2081869

Read “Nurse Partnerships Across the Public Health System,” by Towne and Chaudry, from Nursing Management (2017). URL:https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://gateway.ovid.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00006247-201701000-00006&LSLINK=80&D=ovft

Explore “Chapter 6. Communications to Promote Interest” in Communications to Promote Interest and Participation, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/promoting-interest

MODULE 5

DQ1

What methods of collaboration between internal and external stakeholders have you observed in your practicum setting? What are the benefits and challenges with their methods of collaboration?

DQ2 

What collaboration methods could you use to advocate for a practice improvement strategy? Provide a specific example of how the collaboration methods you selected are effective.

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 13. Collaboration in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

MODULE 6

DQ1

Compare two conceptual frameworks that can be used in public health nursing. Select a conceptual framework and apply it to an issue in public health nursing. Apply the nursing process at the micro-level, meso-level, and macro-level for the public health issue you selected.

DQ2

Select and cite an article demonstrating how systems theory applies to public health nursing. Compare systems theory and nursing process. Explain how systems theory applies to a public health issue in your practicum setting.

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 10. Quality of Practice in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Read “System Theory,” by the National Center for Environmental Heath (2017), located on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. URL: https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/ehsnet/system-theory.htm

Read “The Nursing Process Applied to Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice,” from Minnesota Department of Public Health/Center for Public Health Nursing Practice (2003), located on the Minnesota Department of Health website. URL:https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/practice/ta/phnconsultants/docs/0303phn_processapplication.pdf

Review “Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for Effective Learning,” located on the ThoughtCo website. URL: https://www.thoughtco.com/blooms-taxonomy-the-incredible-teaching-tool-2081869

MODULE 7

DQ1

Describe three determinants of health used in your practicum setting. What steps in research did you use to locate the resources for the determinants of health used in your practicum setting? Identify how data are collected, analyzed, and stored for determinants of health.

DQ2

Identify how the determinants of health are used in an initiative in the practicum setting. What database did you retrieve data from to benchmark the determinants of health for your initiative? How is progress benchmarked and analyzed?

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 1. Assessment and Standard 3. Outcomes Identification in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Read “Developmental Monitoring and Screening for Health Professionals,” located on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. URL: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/screening-hcp.html

Read “FACETS: Using Open Data to Measure Community Social Determinants of Health,” by Cantor, Chandras, and Pulgarin, from Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2017). URL: https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.lopes.idm.oclc.org/pmc/articles/PMC5885799/

Read “Measurement of Health Disparities, Health Inequities, and Social Determinants of Health to Support the Advancement of Health Equity,” by Penman-Aguilar, Talih, Huang, Moonesinghe, Bouye, and Beckles, from Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (2016). URL:https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://gateway.ovid.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00124784-201601001-00007&LSLINK=80&D=ovft

Explore “Chapter 17. Analyzing Community Problems and Solutions” in Analyzing Community Problems and Designing and Adapting Community Interventions, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/analyze/analyze-community-problems-and-solutions

Explore “Chapter 18. Deciding Where to Start” in Analyzing Community Problems and Designing and Adapting Community Interventions, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/analyze/where-to-start

Explore “Chapter 19. Choosing and Adapting Community Interventions” in Analyzing Community Problems and Designing and Adapting Community Interventions, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/analyze/choose-and-adapt-community-interventions

MODULE 8

DQ1

Why is it critical to measure determinants of health? List three strategies for measuring determinants of health in populations and identify which strategy applies to each determinant of health.

DQ2

What are disparities of health and why are they important to address? List three resources needed to benchmark disparities of health and what information they provide. 

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 2. Population Diagnosis and Priorities in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Review “Measurement of Health Disparities, Health Inequities, and Social Determinants of Health to Support the Advancement of Health Equity,” by Penman-Aguilar, Talih, Huang, Moonesinghe, Bouye, and Beckles, from Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (2016). URL:https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://gateway.ovid.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00124784-201601001-00007&LSLINK=80&D=ovft

Read “Disparities,” located on the Healthy People 2020 website. URL: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Disparities

Review “Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for Effective Learning,” located on the ThoughtCo website. URL: https://www.thoughtco.com/blooms-taxonomy-the-incredible-teaching-tool-2081869

MODULE 9

DQ1

What are the sources of data used in your practicum setting? Explain the process of how data is collected, stored, and analyzed in your practicum setting. What information is gained from this data and how it is utilized in your practicum setting?

DQ2

Describe the Quad Council Competencies in regards to data. How have you applied the Quad Council Competencies in your practicum work? Provide one or two specific examples.

STUDY MATERIALS

Review “Community/Public Health Nursing [C/PHN] Competencies,” located on the Quad City Coalition website (2018). URL: http://www.quadcouncilphn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/QCC-C-PHN-COMPETENCIES-Approved_2018.05.04_Final-002.pdf

MODULE 10

DQ1

Compare two models that can be used for public health nursing assessments. Describe what each model is used to assess.

DQ2

Choose a health issue and identify a public health nursing model that would be appropriate to your practicum setting. Provide one or two specific examples of how the model is appropriate for your practicum setting.

STUDY MATERIALS

Review Standard 1. Assessments and read Appendix A in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Read “Appendix: Public Health Nursing Assessment Tool,” by Lewenson and Truglio-Londrigan. URL: http://samples.jbpub.com/9780763766542/41764_TruglioLondrigan_Appendix.pdf

Review “Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for Effective Learning,” located on the ThoughtCo website. URL: https://www.thoughtco.com/blooms-taxonomy-the-incredible-teaching-tool-2081869

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