DEVRY NR 443 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT NR443
GUIDELINES FOR CARING FOR POPULATIONS MILESTONE 2 – NEW 2106
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Vulnerable Population
Assessment Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess a
vulnerable population in your community. You will also describe one community
health problem that impacts this vulnerable group. This problem must be one
that a community health nurse could positively impact. Course Outcomes This
assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: Assess
the health needs of individuals, families, aggregates, and communities using
demographic and epidemiological data to identify population health risks. (PO
4) 6. Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors
that influence the health of a community and population health problems. (PO 2)
Due Date Submit to the appropriate basket in the Dropboxby 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday
of Week 4. Points:225 points Directions Watch the Milestone 2 tutorial (click
this link or copy and paste it into your
browser):.brainshark.com/devry/Milestone2_2016″> This APA paper is expected
to be no more than fourpages in length (not including the title page and
reference list). Below are the requirements for successful completion of this
paper.Please use the followingcategories as the first level headings on your
paper. APA formatting helps you to format your paper in a professional manner
and provides consistent methods for citing your sources within the paper and
providing the complete reference on the reference page. See the documents in
the APA category in Doc Sharing for assistance with APA formatting. There is an
APA template that you can use to type on and this will help with APA
formatting. The Student Success Strategies resource has a great sections on
writing scholarly papers and APA formatting (to find resource watch: Based on
your community assessment, including your windshield survey and the assessment
information from your discussions, identify one aggregate or vulnerable
population in your community that faces a community health problem.See units five
(5) and six (6) in your Nies and McEwen textfor examples of vulnerable
populations and aggregates. Your community must be the area where you live or
work. A. Introduction (one paragraph):The introduction should be interesting
and capture the reader’s attention. · Provide a brief description ofyour
community including the city name and state and key features. · Briefly
introduce one vulnerable population that you identified in your assessment. ·
Discuss the purpose of your paper. The purpose statement of the papershould
relate to assessing this vulnerable population in your community. B. Vulnerable
Population Overview (one to two paragraphs): · Describe onevulnerable group in
your community in greater detail. · Include your observations about this group
from the windshield survey. · Discussevents or trendsthat have affected this
vulnerable group such as economic conditions, trends in health related
behaviors or disease rates, etc. C. Strengths, Risk Factors, and/or
Barriers(two to three paragraphs): · Discuss the strengths, risk factors,
and/or barriers that impact this vulnerable population’s health. · Include
support from at least one scholarly peer-reviewed journal articlein this
discussion. Go to the Chamberlain library at.chamberlain.edu/”>. Search peer
reviewed journals to find a scholarly article that discuss the strengths, risk
factors, and/or barriers faced by this vulnerable group.Summarize what you
learned from thisarticle and cite the source in the text and reference page
(Author, year).For this section, you must choose at least onescholarly article
from a peer-reviewed journal. The article must be less than 10 years old (less
than 5 years is best). You may include and cite your textbook or other
scholarly sources as well, but they do not count as the scholarly journal
article. D. Community Resources (one to two paragraphs):Search your local
public health department website, the internet, the local newspaper and/or
telephone book for health resources available in your community for this
vulnerable group. · Briefly describe the resources in your community that are
available for this group. · Are these resources adequate? Discuss gaps in
services that you identified. E. Community Health Problem Diagnosis (one to two
paragraphs): · Based on your assessment and the Healthy People 2020 objectives,
identify and discuss one priority community health problem that a community
health nurse could positively impact. Examples include an increase in teen
pregnancies, prevalence of cancer, high incidence of tobacco use, above average
infant mortality etc. The problem must relate to the vulnerable population you
identified. · Go to the Healthy People topic areas at Find a topic area that
relates to your vulnerable population. Click on the topic area and then click on
the green “Objectives” tab. Find and state the Healthy People 2020specific
numbered objective (not just a goal) that describes your problem (ex. for teen
pregnancy, the topic area Family Planning is relevant, click the green
objectives tab and you might chooseFP-8.1 “Reduce pregnancies among adolescent
females aged 15 to 17 years” (US Department of Health and Human Services:
Healthy People 2020, 2016, Objectives: Family Planning, para 8). F. Summary
(one paragraph): · Summarize important points from the body of your paper
including the vulnerable group you identified and key factors that you
discussed above that affect the health of this group. · Include a statement
about the priority problem you identified. · End with a concluding statement.
G. Reference Page: The Reference Page should start on a new page (insert a page
break).All references should be cited within the body of the paperas (Author,
year)and the full referenceshould be includedin APA format on the reference
page. A url link alone is not an adequate reference. See the APA Guidelines in
Doc Sharing for examples of properly formatted references. Guidelines ·
Application: Use Microsoft Word 2010™ to create this assignment. · Scholarly
Writing: APA format is required. Review APA documents in the Doc Sharingand use
the free resources of SmartThinking for writing tutors · Use the categories
above as APA headings for the sections of your paper. · Length: This paper is
expected to be no more than 4 pages in length (not including the title page and
reference list). · Quotations should be minimal – please paraphrase your
sources. A maximum of one quotation should be used for this paper. ·
Submission: Submit your file via the basket in the Dropbox: Caring for
Populations: Milestone 2 Vulnerable Population Assessment, by 11:59 p.m.MT
Sunday of Week 4. · Save your paper with your last name in the document title
(e.g., “Smith Vulnerable Population Assessment”). · Late Submission: See the
course policy on late submissions. Best Practices in Preparing the Paper The
following are best practices in preparing this project. · Use the assessment
information that you collected in your windshield survey and weekly discussions
to identify the vulnerable group of interest. · Choose onenursing problem
specific to your community that this vulnerable group faces. · Find one article
about this vulnerable group from the Chamberlain library from a peer reviewed
journal. · Visit the Chamberlain Care Student Success Strategies resource for
help with writing a scholarly paper, APA formatting, and library navigation ·
Make sure all elements of the paper are addressed and headings for each
category are included. · Review directions thoroughly. · Cite all sources
within the paper as well as on the Reference page. · Proofread prior to final
submission. · Check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.
· Use the “A” column of the rubric below to ensure that you have included all
the needed elements.
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