Caring For Populations Assessment
Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis
Krystle Gonzales
Chamberlain
Community Health Nursing
443
Prof Schoenberg
November 20, 2014
Introduction
A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text, “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population is necessary and basic to planning, intervention, and evaluation for the individual, family, aggregate, and population levels” (Nies & McEwen, 2011, p. ). The purpose of this paper is to establish a priority health problem of the community …show more content…
(7 points)
Windshield survey findings not described.
(0–6 points)
10/10
Good survey information.
Problem
50 points
Assessment data used to identify the problem. Rationale provided for your choice and related to one of the Healthy People objectives. Supportive data provided to validate this is a problem in your community.
(46–50 points)
Problem not related to Healthy People objective OR lacks rationale OR lacks supportive data.
(42–45 points)
Problem not related to Healthy People objective and lacks rationale OR lacks supportive data.
(38–41 points)
Problem not related to Healthy People objective and lacks rationale AND lacks supportive data.
(0–37 points)
50/50
Nice problem discussion.
Application of Evidence-Based Literature 30 points
Two or more quality references from professional literature cited that clearly support your rationale.
( 28-30 points)
Two references cited, but information in the reference may be biased or not directly relevant to your rationale.
( 25-27points)
Only one reference cited that is directly relevant to rationale.
( 23-24 points)
No references cited OR one reference cited that is not relevant to rationale.
(0–22
Krystle Gonzales
Chamberlain
Community Health Nursing
443
Prof Schoenberg
November 20, 2014
Introduction
A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text, “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population is necessary and basic to planning, intervention, and evaluation for the individual, family, aggregate, and population levels” (Nies & McEwen, 2011, p. ). The purpose of this paper is to establish a priority health problem of the community …show more content…
(7 points)
Windshield survey findings not described.
(0–6 points)
10/10
Good survey information.
Problem
50 points
Assessment data used to identify the problem. Rationale provided for your choice and related to one of the Healthy People objectives. Supportive data provided to validate this is a problem in your community.
(46–50 points)
Problem not related to Healthy People objective OR lacks rationale OR lacks supportive data.
(42–45 points)
Problem not related to Healthy People objective and lacks rationale OR lacks supportive data.
(38–41 points)
Problem not related to Healthy People objective and lacks rationale AND lacks supportive data.
(0–37 points)
50/50
Nice problem discussion.
Application of Evidence-Based Literature 30 points
Two or more quality references from professional literature cited that clearly support your rationale.
( 28-30 points)
Two references cited, but information in the reference may be biased or not directly relevant to your rationale.
( 25-27points)
Only one reference cited that is directly relevant to rationale.
( 23-24 points)
No references cited OR one reference cited that is not relevant to rationale.
(0–22