The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR Q) is a screening tool to determine if a person should check with his or her doctor prior to completing an exercise program. To begin, take the PAR Q assessment in the textbook on page 33. If you are not cleared to take the assessment, recruit another willing adult to take the PAR Q assessment for you. If cleared by the PARQ, have this adult take the physical fitness assessment for you. Use these results to complete the assignment. If you are cleared to complete an exercise activity, you are going to assess your cardiovascular endurance by completing the Measuring Cardiorespiratory Fitness Laboratory Assessment 3.1A: The 1.5 Mile Run Test or Laboratory Assessment 3.1B: The 1 Mile Walk Test located on pages 76-77 of your course textbook. Look at the results charts in your textbook and determine your fitness level. Continue with your journal by addressing the following bulleted items:Discuss why it is important to complete a PAR Q readiness assessment prior to starting an exercise program.Explain the importance of assessing your beginning fitness level.Expound on your results. Provide details such as duration and beginning and ending heart rate. If you are unsure of how to take your heart rate, refer to Figure 3.2 on page 56 in the course text.Analyze how your results compare to other individuals within your age range based on the chart in the textbook.Explain whether you were happy with these results. Why or why not?Whether you were happy with your results or not, identify two ways you could improve your results.Explain how the lifestyle factor of physical fitness affects overall health and wellness.Discuss how these results relate back to your physical wellness results from Week 1.Express which other dimensions of wellness are affected by physical wellness and how.For the journal assignment, write out each question and then answer it. Your journal should be a minimum of one page in length (not including the title page or reference page). As a minimum, include the course textbook as a reference in your response to this lab activity. Include an APA formatted title page and reference page. See the Introduction to APA web page for additional guidance. Submit to Waypoint by Day 7.Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

In a 5-7 page written assessment, determine how health care technology, coordination of care, and community resources can be applied to address the patient, family, or population problem you've defined. In addition, plan to spend approximately 2 direct practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group you've chosen to work with and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts. Report on your experiences during the second 2 hours of your practicum.As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you’ll be positioned to maximize the use of technology to achieve positive patient outcomes and improve organizational effectiveness. Providing holistic coordination of patient care across the entire health care continuum and leveraging community resource services can lead both to positive patient outcomes and to organizational improvements.Demonstration of ProficiencyBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes.Analyze the impact of health care technology on a patient, family, or population problem.Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.Analyze state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies associated with health technology, care coordination, and community resources.Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.Explain how care coordination and the utilization of community resources can be used to address a patient, family, or population problem.Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.PreparationIn this assessment, you’ll determine how health care technology, coordination of care, and community resources can be applied to address the health problem you’ve defined. Plan to spend at least 2 direct practicum hours working with the same patient, family, or group. During this time, you may also choose to consult with subject matter and industry experts.To prepare for the assessment:Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete and how it will be assessed.Conduct sufficient research of the scholarly and professional literature to inform your assessment and meet scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.Review the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 3 [PDF], which provides guidance for conducting this portion of your practicum.Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft assessment to Smarthinking for feedback, before you submit the final version. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.InstructionsComplete this assessment in two parts.Part 1Determine how health care technology, the coordination of care, and the use of community resources can be applied to address the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. During this time, you may also consult with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 3 [PDF] provided for this assessment to guide your work and interpersonal interactions.Part 2Report on your experiences during the second 2 hours of your practicum.Whom did you meet with?What did you learn from them?Comment on the evidence-based practice (EBP) documents or websites you reviewed.What did you learn from that review?Share the process and experience of exploring the effect of the problem on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.Did your plan to address the problem change, based upon your experiences?What surprised you, or was of particular interest to you, and why?CORE ELMSUpdate the total number of hours on the NURS-FPX4900 Volunteer Experience Form in CORE ELMS.RequirementsThe assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.Analyze the impact of health care technology on the patient, family, or population problem.Cite evidence from the literature that addresses the advantages and disadvantages of specific technologies, including research studies that present opposing views.Determine whether the evidence is consistent with technology use you see in your nursing practice.Identify potential barriers and costs associated with the use of specific technologies and how those technologies are applied within the context of this problem.Explain how care coordination and the utilization of community resources can be used to address the patient, family, or population problem.Cite evidence from the literature that addresses the benefits of care coordination and the utilization of community resources, including research studies that present opposing views.Determine whether the evidence is consistent with how you see care coordination and community resources used in your nursing practice.Identify barriers to the use of care coordination and community resources in the context of this problem.Analyze state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies associated with health care technology, care coordination, and community resources.Explain how these standards or policies will guide your actions in applying technology, care coordination, and community resources to address care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of technology, care coordination, and community resources.Explain how nursing ethics will inform your approach to addressing the problem through the use of applied technology, care coordination, and community resources.Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.Additional RequirementsFormat: Format your paper using APA style. Use the APA Style Paper Template. An APA Style Paper Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.A running head on all pages.Appropriate section headings.Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length, not including the reference page.Supporting evidence: Cite at least five sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.Proofreading: Proofread your paper, before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on its substance.

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