Description
Assessment #1 Instructions: Problem Identification.
- Use a provided template to develop a 2-4 page submission in which you research and define a patient, family, or population health problem relevant to personal practice.Important: Complete this assessment first and complete all other assessments in the order they are presented.In this assessment, you will lay the foundation for the work that will carry through your capstone experience and guide the practice hours to complete the work in this course. The purpose of this assessment is to allow you to define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to your personal practice and to begin building a body of evidence that will inform your approach to your practice hours, the intervention you design, and the professional product you will deliver.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:- Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
- Define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to personal practice.
- Competency 2: Make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence.
- Analyze evidence from the literature and professional sources to define and guide nursing actions related to a health problem.
- Competency 7: Implement patient-centered care to improve quality of care and the patient experience.
- Propose strategies to improve patient or population outcomes related to a health problem.
- Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
- Reflect on state board nursing practice standards relevant to a selected health problem.
- Communicate professionally in writing that is clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and use of APA style.
Professional Context
Nurses are leaders in problem identification and solution, planning and implementing patient care strategies to address problems in the home, hospital, and community. This assessment will help you develop a problem statement for a patient, family, or population health concern.Instructions
Throughout this capstone course, you will be investigating a patient, family, or population health problem relevant to your practice. For this assessment, you will identify the problem that you will address throughout your clinical practicum in this course, as well as begin to establish your evidence and research base to plan, implement, and share findings related to your project. The Problem Identification Template [DOC] will guide you through development of a problem statement, evidence collection and analysis, and best practices to help you create your implementation plan for the second assessment in this course.Your submission for this assessment will be the completed template. When working through the template, you may use the resources provided in this course; however, most of your research and search for evidence will be conducted by you. Use the Capella University Library, professional organization and government resources, and relevant organizational best practices as sources of evidence. This is the capstone course for your BSN degree; your goal is to demonstrate your achievement of the program outcomes through your work on this project.The following are some health issues that would be appropriate for your project:- Diabetes self-management.
- Hypertension management and prevention.
- Medication reconciliation within a family or group.
- Parkinson’s disease support group.
- Patient family education communication improvements.
- Postoperative home care.
Scoring Guide Criteria
Your submission will be assessed based on the following criteria:- Define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to personal practice.
- Analyze evidence from the literature and professional sources to define and guide nursing actions related to a health problem.
- Propose strategies to improve patient or population outcomes related to a health problem.
- Reflect on state board nursing practice standards relevant to a selected health problem.
- Communicate professionally in writing that is clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and use of APA style.
CORE ELMS
Completion of this course requires a remote rather than a face-to-face clinical practicum. You are required to log your time in the CORE ELMS system just as you have for past courses with clinical interaction. The CORE ELMS link is located in the left-hand navigation pane.Additional Requirements
- Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 2 to 4 pages. You do not need to include a title page. Be sure to complete the reference page at the end of the template.
- Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old.
- APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.
- Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
SCORING GUIDE
Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.
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Running head: PROBLEM STATEMENT
Problem Statement
Student’s Name
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PROBLEM STATEMENT
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Define a patient, family, or population health problem, and realistic goals that are relevant
to personal practice.
The health problem that I will be exploring throughout my clinical practicum is diabetes
and how important self-management is. Diabetes remains one of the leading causes of mortality
worldwide. It presents a lot of burden to individuals, families, and to the public health system at
large. Research has shown that the prevalence of diabetes among individuals of all ages,
especially adults has tremendously increased over the years. Apart from being the one of the
leading causes of mortality, diabetes is also one of the causes of blindness, stroke, kidney failure,
neuropathy, and heart disease, especially if not managed well. There are a number of treatment
options for diabetes, but it cannot be cured. Although diabetes cannot be cured, with selfmanagement and the available treatment options, a diabetic person can live a healthy long life.
As a student undertaking the capstone course, I have encountered a number of diabetic patients.
One such patient is JATT. JATT is a 41 years old African American male has been struggling
with this particular health issue for the past 6 years. JATT was introduced to me by one of my
friends who claimed to be JATT’s cousin. From our conversation, JATT has been managing his
condition through some medications and a bit of self-management.
One of the goals that I deem appropriate and relevant to JATT’s health condition would
be to ensure that his health needs ...