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Nurses can play a very important role in assessing program/policy evaluation for the same reasons that they can be so important to program/policy design. Nurses bring expertise and patient advocacy that can add significant insight and impact. In this Assignment, you will practice applying this expertise and insight by selecting an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation and reflecting on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program/policy.

To Prepare:

Review the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template provided in the Resources.

Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you.

Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described.

The Assignment: (2–3 pages)

Based on the program or policy evaluation you selected, complete the Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis Template. Be sure to address the following:

Describe the healthcare program or policy outcomes.

How was the success of the program or policy measured?

How many people were reached by the program or policy selected?

How much of an impact was realized with the program or policy selected?

At what point in program implementation was the program or policy evaluation 

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

For this assignment, groups will create a fictitious patient within the population you selected for the assignment in Topic 4 and complete the three parts of the assignment for your patient, as outlined below.

Part 1: Risk Factors, Quality Indicators, and CAM:

Identify the following regarding the health of your fictitious patient: ( Minimum 600 words and 3 references)

1. Risk factors associated with the patient’s demographics.

2. Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM).

3. Quality indicators specific to the patient.

Part 2: History and Physical ( Minimum 400 words and 2 references)

Develop a history and physical (H&P) examination for the fictitious patient chosen. In previous courses in the program, you have used this subjective, objective, assessment, and plan format to document H&P examinations. For the second part of this assignment, refer to the subjective component of an H&P to complete this assignment.

Complete the subjective component for your fictitious patient, including the following: ( 400 words)

1. The chief complaint that is the reason for admission, visit, or consult.

2. The patient’s history and present illness (HPI) for H&P, consult notes, symptom analysis, or interval history for progress notes.

3. The patient’s medical, surgical, family, social, and allergy history for H&P and consult notes.

4. Any home medications used by the patient, including dosages, route, frequency, and indications.

5. A review of systems with each system for H&P or consult note, with more than four related systems for progress note.

Part 3: Model or Plan of Care (Minimum  400 words and 2 references)

Develop a model or plan of care for the patient population pertinent to the above-mentioned patient. This could include community or health system programs as an approach or what seems appropriate. Incorporate the chronic care models:

1. Educational tools and resources.

2. Provider interaction models.

3. Electronic alerts for providers and patients.

4. Electronic connectivity between the patient population and the provider.

General Requirements

You are required to cite five to eight sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 4 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

Reflect upon the selected national practice problem in Week 1 to address the following.

• From a local perspective, how does the practice problem impact nurses, nursing care, healthcare organizations, and the quality of care being provided?
• Identify the local key stakeholders related to the selected practice problem.
• Describe one approach used at your unique setting to address this problem. From your perspective, is this intervention effective in addressing the problem? Why or why not? If this practice problem is not addressed at your workplace, propose an intervention that could be implemented on a local scale to address the problem.

Chapter 5: Education and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role

1.  As a nursing student, do you share the values of commitment to public service, autonomy, commitment to lifelong learning and education, and the belief in the dignity and worth of each person? Do nurses with whom you have interacted demonstrate these values?

Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per DQ, with a minimum of three sentences each paragraph.

·      All answers or discussions comments submitted must be in APA format according to Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.) 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5

·      Minimum of two references, not older than 2015.

APA style (in text citation, reference)

Plagiarism FREE

patient education

Required Reading-Links are within the required readings

Required Reading

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Sustainability planning guide. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/healthycommunitiesprogram/pdf/sustainability_guide.pdf. Read pages 13–-31.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Workplans: A program management tool. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/state_programs/pdf/workplans.pdf

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). (2010). Chapter 4: Develop an action plan. In Planning primer: Developing a theory of change, logic models and strategic and action plans (pp. 26–30). Retrieved from http://www.cadca.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/planningprimer.pdf

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). (2010). Sustainability primer: Fostering long-term change to create drug-free communities. Retrieved from http://alaskaspfsig.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CADCA-Sustainability-Primer-Fostering-Long-Term-Change-to-Create-Drug-Free-Communities.pdf

Rural Health Information Hub. (2018). Module 5: Sustainability of rural health promotion and disease prevention programs. Retrieved from https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/community-health/health-promotion/5/sustainability

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). General format. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). In-text citations: The basics. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). Reference list: Basic rules. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_basic_rules.html

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY

Case Assignment

1. After reviewing the sustainability framework, identify and explain each of the domains and provide examples.
2. Explain how the domains work together to promote program sustainability in a community.
3. Select and explain the core competencies demonstrated by a public health professional as related to planning for program sustainability.

Length: 2–3 pages double-spaced, excluding the cover page and the reference list.

Minimum of 300 words with at least 2 peer review reference in 7th edition apa style

A 53-year-old male is presenting to you with a 4-week history of low back pain. He does not have an identified traumatic event. He is requesting something for pain. He has history of alcohol abuse but has abstained for 5 years. He has a 25-pack year smoking history and is a current smoker. He takes fluoxetine 20 mg po daily for depression. How would you use the Opioid Risk Tool resource to determine his risk for opioid abuse? How would you counsel him regarding treating his pain?

• Explain whether your therapeutic theory has changed as a result of your practicum experiences. Recall the theories you selected in Week 1.
• Explain how you integrated the therapeutic approaches from this  course in your clinical practice. Include how this helped you achieve  the goals and objectives you developed in Week 1.
• Explain how you might impact social change through your work with clients who have mental health issues.
• Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

 Is there something you’re still struggling with when it comes to writing? What do you want to focus on learning for the rest of the semester?  

1. Initial posting – Health assessment varies per system and per age of the patient. The musculoskeletal history and exam also differs based on age of the patient.

Discuss the musculoskeletal assessment of the following ages. Be sure to address all four patients. Include history questions to ask and at least 3 pertinent physical exam findings you would assess for each patient. What maneuvers would you perform? What are normal and abnormal findings?

1. A 2 day old infant

2. A 12 year old child

3. A 35 year old patient

4. A 65 year old patient

APA format 250 words citing and references used correctly