(Solution) NR443 Week 2: Direct Care Project Part 1: Assessment and Diagnosis

Purpose

The purpose of this direct care project is for learners to apply the nursing process to a community health problem determined by their observations and data collected of vulnerable populations in their community. This is Part 1 of 4 in the Direct Care Project.

Direct Care Project Overview
  1. There are four parts to the Direct Care Project. 
  2. There will be graded Project Check-ins that correlate to each part.  
  3. The topic selected in Part 1 will be the same one used in Parts 2 through 4. Your choice is either Air Quality OR Substance Use.  
  4. Review the table below for overview and due dates with each topic.  
  5. Carefully review the instructions, tutorials, templates, and rubrics for each of the four parts as you begin this Direct Care Project.  
  6. Contact your instructor with questions.  
Overview Points Due Date Projects
Air Quality Substance Use
Part 1: Assessment: Check-In 10 Wednesday of Week 2 Required, graded check-in on progress of assessing your community
Part 1: Assessment and Diagnosis 170 Sunday end of Week 2 Assess your community and collect data on air quality Assess your community and collect data on substance use
Part 2: Planning: Check-In 10 Wednesday of Week 4 Required, graded check-in on progress of assessing your community
Part 2: Planning the Presentation 150 Sunday end of Week 4 Create a PowerPoint presentation on the use of the Air Quality Flag Program. Create a presentation on the use of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Part 3: Implementing the Presentation Required Schedule presentation Saturday of Week 5 through Saturday Week 6 Present to a local organization that serves the identified vulnerable population and could implement the Air Quality Flag Program; Includes participant(s) completing a Pre- and Post-survey Present to a group of healthcare professionals that serves the identified vulnerable population and could implement SBIRT; Includes participants completing a Pre- and Post-survey
Part 3: Implementation: Check-In 10 Wednesday of Week 5 Required, graded check-in on progress of implementing your presentation
Part 4: Evaluation: Check-In 10 Wednesday of Week 6 Required, graded check-in on progress of evaluation of your presentation and project
Part 4: Evaluating the Project 140 Sunday end of Week 6 Evaluate learning and reflect on project. Evaluate learning and reflect on project.

Course Outcomes

This direct care project enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

  • CO2 Assess the health of populations, aggregates, and communities (PO4)
  • CO3 Apply the nursing process to vulnerable populations with professional clinical judgment and evidence-based practice (PO4 & 8)
  • CO5 Utilize a collaborative approach to address factors that influence population health (PO2)
  • CO6 Examine collaborative trends in community health nursing (PO2)

Part 1 enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

  • CO2 Assess the health of populations, aggregates, and communities (PO4)
  • CO3 Apply the nursing process to vulnerable populations with professional clinical judgment and evidence-based practice (PO4 & 8)

Due Date for Part 1

Sunday 11:59 PM MT end of Week 2

Points Possible for Part 1

170  Points 

Late Assignment Policy

If the assignment is not submitted by due date, a late deduction will be applied. See rubric below.

Directions for Part 1

  1. Review the Direct Care Project Overview above. Select topic (Air Quality OR Substance Use) from the table. This will be the topic of your entire course project.
  2. View the Direct Care Project Part 1 Tutorial (Links to an external site.)
  3. Download the corresponding Assessment and Diagnosis template under Templates below. For example, if you have selected Air Quality as your topic, download the Air Quality Assessment and Diagnosis Template.
  4. Collect the data outlined in the template. There are two parts:
    • Online data collection – gather data from the weblinks provided on the template
    • Modified windshield survey data collection – gather local community data by physically looking at your community
      • If possible, plan on asking someone to drive during your survey so that you can take notes.
      • Your community should be the area where you live or the area surrounding your work. The community must include a residential area and be a large enough area to answer the survey questions. If you live in a large area, you may choose a suburb.
      • Note: It is helpful to conduct this portion of the assessment at least two different times: during the day or evening, on a weekday, and/or on the weekend.
  5. Identify a nursing problem (nursing diagnosis) based on data and observations
    • You must select a problem caused by your topic
    • Important: the problem you identify will be utilized in Parts 2, 3, and 4 of the project.
  6. Identify the vulnerable population that the problem affects. This will also determine who you will present to in Part 2.
  7. Write the nursing diagnosis (See template and chapter 6 in Nies & McEwen textbook for more information)
  8. Submit template through the submit assignment button on this page.

Templates

Select and download from the links below the one that corresponds with selected topic:

Air Quality Assessment and Diagnosis Template (Links to an external site.)

Substance Use Assessment and Diagnosis Template

 

Solution:

Direct Care Project Part 1

Substance Use Assessment and Diagnosis Template

 

 

Directions: Collect the data outlined in this template. Fill in the blanks in the tables provided. There are two parts – online data collection and a modified windshield survey data collection. You will then identify a nursing problem in a vulnerable population and write a nursing diagnosis. See the assignment directions for suggestions and best practices. For full credit, all information in a category must be completed. This will be the topic of your Assessment and Nursing Diagnosis Template and also Parts 2 through 4 of your course project.

 

Online Data Collection

 

  1. Community Information

 

  Your Community Data
Name of city or town Palm beach town, Florida state
Population 8,802    (V2018)
Nature of this community (rural, suburban, urban) Suburban
Describe your community in 2-3 sentences The Palm Beach town is located in South Florida, separated from the mainland by the Lake Worth Lagoon. The community members include people from diverse backgrounds. The common socio-economic activities include tourism, boutiques, restaurants, transport, art and museum.

 

  1. Community Demographics (S. Census Bureau, 2018).
    1. Go to https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045218
      1. Input your zip code or county/township name
      2. Then input your state for comparison data

 

  County Data State Data U.S. Data
Population total 1,496,770 21,477,737 328,239,523
Male
Female 51.5% 51.1% 50.8%
Persons under 5 5.1% 5.4% 6.1%
Persons over 65 23.9% 20.5% 16.0%
Race and origin data

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