Checklist for Course Project Peer Review
Use the checklist below as you conduct the Week 7 Peer Review.
______________________________/ Your name: __________________________
Name of Element:
Does the paper clearly address a
course theme?
Does the paper contain the
appropriate number of pages?
Has the correct format been
followed (spacing,font, layout)?
Does the paper contain detailed,
convincing language? Are ideas
clear and concise?
Is the amount of development
appropriate to convince a reader
to do or act differently?
Are you persuaded by the author’s
argument; does it move you to
think differently about the topic?
Are there citations for researched
ideas, and are they correct?
Is the References page correctly
formatted?
Is the paper error-free regarding
spelling, grammar, punctuation,
and capitalization?
Are there any other suggestions
for improving this paper?
Yes:
No:
Comments or Suggestions
for Improvement:
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Milestone 2: Caring for Populations
Vulnerable Population Assessment
Guidelines and Grading Rubric
PURPOSE
The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess an aggregate or vulnerable population in your community.
You will also describe one community health problem that impacts this 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:
2. 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 Dropbox by 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):
http://www.brainshark.com/devry/Milestone2_2016
This APA paper is expected to be no more than four pages in length (not including the title page and
reference list). Below are the requirements for successful completion of this paper. Please use the
following categories 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 Course
Resources 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:
http://www.brainshark.com/devry/Student_Success_Strategies/zHszgnQAKzBXqbz0)
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 text for 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.
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Provide a brief description of your community including the city name and state and key
features.
Briefly introduce one aggregate or vulnerable population that you identified in your
assessment.
Discuss the purpose of your paper. The purpose statement of the paper should relate to
assessing this vulnerable population in your community.
B. Vulnerable Population Overview (one to two paragraphs):
Describe one aggregate or vulnerable group in your community in greater detail.
Include your observations about this group from the windshield survey.
Discuss events or trends that 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 article in this discussion.
Go to the Chamberlain library at http:/library.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 this article and cite the
source in the text and reference page (Author, year). For this section, you must choose at
least one scholarly 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.
Please do not include more than two short quotations, at the most. You will need to
summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words.
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? If so, why? If not, 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
aggregate or vulnerable population you identified.
Go to the Healthy People topic areas at http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives. Find a topic area that relates to your aggregate or vulnerable population. Click on
the topic area and then click on the green “Objectives” tab. Find and state the Healthy
People 2020 specific 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 choose FP-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).
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F. Summary (one paragraph):
Summarize important points from the body of your paper including the aggregate or
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 paper as (Author, year) and the full reference
should be included in APA format on the reference page. A URL link alone is not an adequate
reference. See the APA Guidelines in Course Resources for examples of properly formatted
references.
GUIDELINES
Application: Use Microsoft Word 2010™ or later to create this assignment.
Scholarly Writing: APA format is required. Review APA documents in the Course Resources and
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 two short
quotations 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 aggregate or vulnerable group of interest.
Choose one nursing problem specific to your community that this aggregate or 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
(http://www.brainshark.com/devry/Student_Success_Strategies/zHszgnQAKzBXqbz0).
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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Abide by the CCN academic integrity policy – use the Turnitin Draft Dropbox to ensure that
your similarity index is less than 24%, if not, revise and resubmit prior to the deadline.
Please review the documents related to TurnItIn in Course Resources.
GRADING CRITERIA
Category
Points
%
Description
Introduction
30
13%
The introduction captures the reader’s attention while introducing
the community, identifying an aggregate or vulnerable population in
the community, and includes a purpose.
Vulnerable
population
overview
30
13%
The aggregate or vulnerable population is described with rationale
which includes windshield survey observations and discussion of
contributing events for choosing this population.
Strengths, risk
factors, and/or
barriers
identified
20
9%
The strengths, risk factors and/or barriers faced by this vulnerable
group are described.
Discussion of
peer review
article
20
9%
A peer reviewed journal article is discussed that clearly relates to
factors affecting the health of the vulnerable group.
Community
Resources
30
14%
The resources that are available in the community are discussed and
adequacy of resources or gaps in services are reviewed..
Problem
Diagnosis
30
14%
One priority community health problem is clearly identified and a
specific objective from Healthy People 2020 is included.
Summary
20
9%
The key points about the aggregate or vulnerable population are
summarized and the community health problem is reiterated.
Presentation
20
9%
The discussion is well organized and logical. The structure is clear and
compelling to the reader. Paragraphs are linked together logically,
and main ideas stand out.
Mechanics
25
10%
The writing includes error free grammar and spelling and is written in
a logical manner with complete sentences.
Total
225
points
100%
A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.
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GRADING RUBRIC
Assignment
Criteria
Introduction
30 points
Vulnerable
population
overview
30 points
Strengths, risk
factors, and/or
barriers
identified
20 points
Discussion of
peer review
article
20 points
A (100%)
Exceptional
B (88%)
Exceeds
Outstanding or
highest level of
performance
Very good or
high level of
performance
The introduction
-catches the
reader’s
attention,
-introduces your
community
-identifies the
aggregate or
vulnerable
population and
-includes a
purpose.
30 points ☐
The aggregate or
vulnerable
population
overview
includes:
-population
description
-windshield
survey
observations and
-discussion of
contributing
events for this
population.
30 points ☐
The strengths,
risk factors
and/or barriers
faced by this
vulnerable group
are described in
detail.
20 points ☐
The introduction
is missing one of
the elements
listed in the “A”
column.
26 points ☐
One peer
reviewed journal
article is
discussed that
C (80%)
Meets
NI (38%)
Needs
Improvement
Poor or failing
level of
performance
F (0%)
Developing
Competent or
satisfactory
level of
performance
The introduction
is missing two
elements listed
in “A” column.
24 points ☐
The introduction
is missing three
elements listed
in “A” column.
11 points ☐
No introduction
is present.
0 points ☐
The aggregate
or vulnerable
population is
described and
includes rational
but the
windshield
survey
observations
and discussion
of contributing
events are
general and lack
detail.
26 points ☐
An adequate
description is
provided of the
strengths, risk
factors and/or
barriers faced by
this vulnerable
group.
18 points ☐
The aggregate
or vulnerable
population
description is
missing one
elements in “A”
column.
24 points ☐
The aggregate
or vulnerable
population
description is
missing two
elements in “A”
column.
11 points ☐
The aggregate
or vulnerable
population is
not described.
The windshield
observations
and discussion
of contributing
events are
missing.
0 points ☐
There is a brief
description of
the strengths,
risk factors
and/or barriers
faced by this
vulnerable
group.
16 points ☐
There is no
description of
the strengths,
risk factors and
barriers faced by
this vulnerable
group.
0 points ☐
One peer
reviewed article
about
vulnerable
One article is
discussed but it
is not
necessarily a
There is a
minimal
description of
the strengths,
risk factors
and/or barriers
faced by this
vulnerable
group.
8 points ☐
One article is
discussed, but
seems to have
little to no
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level of
performance
No article is
discussed.
0 points ☐
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clearly relates to
factors affecting
the health of the
vulnerable group.
20 points ☐
group is
discussed, but is
slightly off topic.
18 points ☐
Community
Resources
30 points
The resources
available in
community and
adequacy or gaps
in services are
thoroughly
described.
30 points ☐
Problem
Diagnosis
30 points
One priority
community
health problem is
clearly identified
and one relevant
Healthy People
2020 specific
objective is
included.
30 points ☐
Summary
20 points
The summary
includes all of the
key points about
the vulnerable
population and
the community
health problem is
reiterated.
20 points ☐
The resources
available in
community are
adequately
described but
adequacy or
gaps briefly
described
26 points ☐
One priority
community
health problem
is identified and
Healthy People
2020
information is
included but a
specific HP
objective is not
identified.
26 points ☐
The summary
includes the
main key points
about the
vulnerable
population and
community
health problem
reiterated.
18 points ☐
Presentation
20 points
The paper is well
organized and
logical. The
structure is clear
and compelling to
the reader;
paragraphs are
linked together
logically, and
main ideas stand
out.
20 points ☐
The paper is
missing one of
the
organizational
elements in
column “A”.
There are some
minor
organizational
concerns.
18 points ☐
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peer-reviewed
article, or does
not clearly
relate to the
vulnerable
group.
16 points ☐
The resources
available in the
community are
briefly described
and adequacy or
gaps briefly
described.
24 points ☐
relevance to the
vulnerable
group.
8 points ☐
Only one or two
resources in the
community are
mentioned with
no discussion of
adequacy or
gaps.
11 points ☐
No discussion of
community
resources and
adequacy or
gaps in services
are not
discussed
0 points ☐
A community
problem is
identified that is
a priority but it
is not related to
Healthy People
2020.
24 points ☐
A problem is
identified that is
not a priority,
nor is it related
to Healthy
People 2020.
11 points ☐
No discussion of
the problem is
included.
0 points ☐
The summary
includes some
key points about
the vulnerable
population, but
the community
health problem
is not
mentioned.
16 points ☐
The summary
minimally
addresses the
key points about
the vulnerable
population, and
the community
health problem
is not
mentioned.
8 points ☐
The paper is
missing
organizational
elements from
column
“A”, and it is
disorganized.
8 points ☐
The summary is
missing.
0 points ☐
The paper is
missing two of
the
organizational
elements in
column “A”. The
organization is
somewhat
disorderly.
16 points ☐
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The paper is
disorganized
and is difficult to
understand.
0 points ☐
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Mechanics
25 points
The mechanics
are excellent with
no more than
two errors in any
of the following:
- correct
grammar, spelling
-complete
sentences
-all sources cited
in the text
-all references
listed on the
reference page
and in APA
format
-title page in APA
format
-correct APA
format of
headings
-12-point font,
double spaced, 1
inch margins,
paragraphs
indented
-no more than
two short
quotations.
-length 4 pages or
less
25 points ☐
Total Points Possible = 225 points
Three errors
among the
elements listed
in column “A”.
22 points ☐
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Four errors
among the
elements listed
in column “A”.
20 points ☐
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among the
elements listed
in column “A”.
10 points ☐
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More than 5
errors listed in
column “A”.
0 points ☐
7
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