Prelicensure Nursing Department

 

 

School of Nursing

Prelicensure Nursing Department

 

1. Writing Assignment

 

Health Program Planning Intervention Paper

Objectives: Students will demonstrate through writing this paper that they are able to:

1. Assimilate knowledge from previous nursing courses into public health nursing practice
2. Incorporate professionalism and collaborative behaviors as a member of the healthcare team to support partnerships with stakeholders in the community to address an identified health issue
3. Develop measurable process and outcome objectives to assess progress in addressing the health issue
4. Construct an evaluation plan for the objectives that address the identified health issue in the assessed community

 

Instructions: Papers are in APA style and of sufficient length to complete the topic in depth appropriate for a senior student (Usually 7 or 8 pages). Use the steps in Health Program Planning and related resources found in chapter 5 of Savage, Kub, and Groves (2016, p. 113, Table 5-1)

1. Consider the community assessment you did in clinical and identify a primary health issue in that same community from your assessment
2. Explain the importance of the health issue for the assessed community stakeholders
3. Develop a (one) measurable outcome objective to address this health issue
4. Identify three (3) potential interventions supported by research evidence that would address the health issue
5. Choose one effective intervention from the above options to help achieve the outcome objective
6. Explain/justify reasons that this is the best option for the health issue in the assessed community
7. Assemble a list of four (4) community partners within the assessed community to implement and provide sustainability for the intervention
8. Describe a role for each partner related to the health issue
9. Construct an evaluation method based on the objective: Include both formative and summative evaluation methods

 

Grading Criteria for Community Education Intervention Paper

Criteria:Papers are graded on content and level of critical reasoning	Points Earned	Comments
1.        Consider your community assessment done in clinical and identify a primary health issue in that community. (2 points)   2.        Explain the importance of the health issue for the community stakeholders. (3 points)
3.        Develop a (one) measurable outcome objective to address this health issue. (15 points)
4.        Identify three (3) potential interventions supported by research evidence that would address the health issue. (15 points)
5.        Choose one effective intervention from the above options to help achieve the objectives (10 points)   6.        Explain/justify reasons that this is the best option for the health issue in this community. (10 points)
7.        Assemble a multidisciplinary list of four (4) community partners to implement and provide sustainability for the intervention. (10 points)   8.        Describe a role for each partner related to the health issue (10 points)
9.        Construct an evaluation method for the intervention based on the objective. Include both formative and summative evaluation methods. (15 points)
10.     Follows the guideline for the assignment (2 points) Follows APA format (2 points) Thesis and concluding statements (2 points) Readability, grammar, spelling (2 points) Reference and citation in APA format (2 points)
Total points = 100