Reference no: EM133681579

Homework: Population Health Problem

Topic: Communicable Diseases (such as HIV and STDs):

In a 5 pages written homework, define the population health problem underlined. Assess the problem from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective and establish your evidence and research base to plan, implement, and share findings related.

I. Clearly and succinctly defines a patient, family, or population health problem that's relevant to personal and professional practice. Fully substantiates the presence and relevance of the problem

1. Define a patient, family, or population health problem that's relevant to your practice.

2. Summarize the problem you'll explore.

3. Identify the patient, family, or group you intend to work Provide context, data, or information that substantiates the presence of the problem and its significance and relevance to the patient, family, or population.

4. Explain why this problem is relevant to your practice as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse.

II. Analyzes evidence from peer-reviewed literature and professional sources that describes and guides nursing actions related to the population health problem. Applies relevant, unambiguous criteria for evaluating the evidence, and exhibits clear insight into potential barriers to evidence-based practice and theoretical guiding frameworks.

1. Note whether the authors provide supporting evidence from the literature that's consistent with what you see in your nursing practice.

2. Explain how you would know if the data are unreliable.

3. Describe what the literature says about barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice in addressing the problem you've defined.

4. Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of nursing standards and/or policies in improving patient, family, or population outcomes for this problem.

5. Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions.

6. Describe what the literature says about a nursing theory or conceptual framework that might frame and guide your actions during your practicum.

III. Provides an explanation, with examples, of how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies could affect the population health problem, based on a perceptive and coherent synthesis of current literature. Provides clear insight into how policy affects nursing scope of practice.

1. Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in improving population outcomes for this problem.

2. Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions.

3. Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of this problem.

IV. Proposes leadership strategies, supported by examples, to improve outcomes, patient-centered care, and the patient experience related to a defined population health problem. Exhibits clear insight into the necessary role of leadership and the need for collaboration, communication, and change management in addressing the problem.

1. Discuss research on the effectiveness of leadership strategies.

2. Define the role that you anticipate leadership must play in addressing the problem.

3. Describe collaboration and communication strategies that you anticipate will be needed to address the problem.

4. Describe the change management strategies that you anticipate will be required to address the problem.

V. Organizes content so clarity is enhanced and all ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.