NURS-4210W-13/NURS-4211-13 Role of the Nurse Leader-Summer 2024
Week 2 Practicum
Role of the Nurse Leader in Population Health – Group A
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EPIDEMIOLOGY: DEFINE YOUR POPULATION AND SELECTED PROBLEM
Overview: This week, you will further refine your population and problem and compare your suspicions about this problem to local, state, and national data on the topic. Your practicum project should come into clear focus as you continue to analyze related health data, and you should consider how you, as the nurse, might help them avoid development of the problem in the first place (primary prevention measures).
Practicum Discussion: This week your assignment is to collect and then refine health data about the issue that affects your population group. You will use scholarly professional literature to support your ideas about the population at risk. If data is not available for your population on a local level, then use county or state data. Some examples of health data that you might consider gathering are epidemiologic information related to health conditions, reproductive outcomes, causes of death, vital statistics, socioeconomic data including poverty and/or educational levels, quality of life issues, and/or lack of access to health care due to lack of health insurance or access to providers. You will want to compare local data with state and national trends to fully understand the extent of the selected problem in your community.
RESOURCES
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WEEKLY RESOURCES
BY DAY 4
Post your response to the following:
Describe the specific health problem and population you have selected.
What data did you find to support your decision? Refine and clarify the problem and population.
What useful health data and public health websites did you locate to support your position?
What other evidence did you find? You can include scholarly articles in this discussion.
Support your response with references from professional nursing literature.
BY DAY 7
Read two or more of your colleagues’ postings from the Discussion question. As a community of practice, help each other refine and clarify the health problem remembering that this project focuses on primary prevention strategies at the community and system level of care.
Respond to at least two colleagues. Your responses should be substantial and should contribute ideas, tools, alternate points of view, resources, and information related to identified health problems.
For all posts, be sure to use evidenceLinks to an external site. from the readings and include in-text citationsLinks to an external site.. Avoid quotes; paraphraseLinks to an external site. to incorporate evidence into your own writing. A reference listLinks to an external site. is required. Use the most current evidenceLinks to an external site. (usually ≤ 5 years old).