PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING PRACTICUM

 

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING PRACTICUM

I need the following questions answered in 200 words each. Please add references with each question and no plagiarized work

MODULE 11

DQ1

You are a program manager at a local public health department tasked with increasing physical activity of adults in your community. How would you begin the planning process? Outline five initial steps you would take in planning a strategy to address this issue.

DQ2

What interventions are being used in your practicum setting and how do they support the organizational goals? Describe how these impact the population to improve public health. Provide three suggestions for additional long-term and short-term evidence-based practice interventions that can be used to improve public health outcomes. Support your response with one or two appropriate references.

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 4. Planning and Review Standard 9. Evidence-Based Practice and Research in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Read Toolkit 7, “Developing an Intervention,” located on the Community Toolbox website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/developing-intervention

Read “Public Health Interventions Applications for Public Health Nursing Practice (Wheel Manual),” from Minnesota Department of Health. URL: https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/practice/research/phncouncil/wheel.html

Explore “Chapter 23. Modifying Access, Barriers, and Opportunities” in Implementing Promising Community Interventions, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/access-barriers-opportunities

Explore “Chapter 24. Improving Services,” in Implementing Promising Community Interventions, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/improving-services

MODULE 12

DQ1

What is the purpose of evaluation in public health nursing? List two or three best practices for evaluating results of a health intervention in your practicum setting.

DQ2

Give a specific example of an evaluation framework or tools used in your practicum setting and explain the purpose of this evaluation. List and discuss three evaluation tools for public health programs, including the PDSA model.

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 6. Evaluation 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

Explore “Chapter 36. Introduction to Evaluation” in Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/evaluate/evaluation

Explore “Chapter 37. Operations in Evaluating Community Interventions” in Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/evaluate/evaluate-community-interventions

Explore “Chapter 38. Some Methods for Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives” in Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/evaluate/evaluate-community-initiatives

Explore “Chapter 39. Using Evaluation to Understand and Improve the Initiative” in Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/evaluate/evaluation-to-understand-and-improve

Read ” PDSA: Plan-Do-Study-Act,” by the Minnesota Department of Health, located on the department’s website. URL: https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/practice/resources/phqitoolbox/pdsa.html

MODULE 13

DQ1

What are windshield and walking assessments? Using the Community Tool Box reading, “Section 21. Windshield and Walking Surveys,” located in the topic materials, summarize the guidelines for windshield and walking assessments. List two unique factors that impact population health positively and negatively in the neighborhood in which you are completing your practicum.

DQ2

What resources that enable health are available in the community environment? Provide one or two specific examples of how they promote health.

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 16. Environmental Health in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Read “Section 21. Windshield and Walking Surveys” of Chapter 3 in Community Assessment, located on the Community Tool Box website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/windshield-walking-surveys/main

MODULE 14

DQ1

According to the organization where you are completing your practicum, what is the role of a public health nurse in emergency preparedness and disaster planning?

DQ2

Choose a recent event (within 2 years) for which an emergency response was activated within your state. The event selected can be, man-made, mass causality, natural disaster, or infection outbreak. Considering the four phases of emergency management, what are the priorities for each phase for the event you selected?

STUDY MATERIALS

Review Standard 16. Environmental Health in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Read the American Nurses Association (ANA) 2017 Issue Brief, “Who Will Be There? Ethics, the Law, and a Nurse’s Duty to Respond in a Disaster,” located on the ANA website. URL: https://www.nursingworld.org/~4ad845/globalassets/docs/ana/who-will-be-there_disaster-preparedness_2017.pdf

Read “Steps of Emergency Management,” located on the St. Louis County Law and Public Safety website. URL: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety/emergency-management/about/Steps-of-Emergency-Management.cfm

Read “Survey and Certification: Emergency Preparedness for Every Emergency,” from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2007). URL: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertEmergPrep/Downloads/SandC_EPChecklist_Persons_LTCFacilities_Ombudsmen.pdf

Read “Emergency Preparedness,” located on the U.S. Department of Human and Health Services website. URL: https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/special-topics/emergency-preparedness/index.html

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 15

DQ1

List the health regulatory and accrediting bodies for your practicum site. How do these agencies protect the public and regulate public health?

DQ2

In what ways does the organization in your practicum setting regulate, monitor, and comply with regulatory and accrediting bodies? Describe a regulation or policy that affects your practicum work or your practicum site’s work.

STUDY MATERIALS

Read Standard 5e. Regulatory Activities in Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

MODULE 16

DQ1

Summarize your practicum experience and describe the most important things you have learned. No research citations are required for this discussion question.

DQ2

What role do you envision yourself having in public health nursing? What are three steps you will take to build your public health nursing career? No research citations are required for this discussion question.

STUDY MATERIALS

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

Explore “Chapter 30. Principles of Advocacy” in Organizing for Effective Advocacy, located on the Community Toolbox website. URL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/advocacy/advocacy-principles

Explore “Chapter 32. Providing Encouragement and Education” in Organizing for Effective Advocacy, located on the Community Tool Box website. mURL: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/advocacy/encouragement-education