The RN to BSN program at Grand Canyon University meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within the context of their hospital organization, specific care discipline, and local communities.

This assignment consists of both an interview and a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation.

Assessment/Interview

Select a community of interest in your region. Perform a physical assessment of the community.

1. Perform a direct assessment of a community of interest using the “Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide.”

2. Interview a community health and public health provider regarding that person’s role and experiences within the community.

Interview Guidelines

Interviews can take place in-person, by phone, or by Skype.

Develop interview questions to gather information about the role of the provider in the community and the health issues faced by the chosen community.

Complete the “Provider Interview Acknowledgement Form” prior to conducting the interview. Submit this document separately in its respective drop box.

Compile key findings from the interview, including the interview questions used, and submit these with the presentation.

PowerPoint Presentation

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 15-20 slides (slide count does not include title and references slide) describing the chosen community interest.

Include the following in your presentation:

1. Description of community and community boundaries: the people and the geographic, geopolitical, financial, educational level; ethnic and phenomenological features of the community, as well as types of social interactions; common goals and interests; and barriers, and challenges, including any identified social determinates of health.

2. Summary of community assessment: (a) funding sources and (b) partnerships.

3. Summary of interview with community health/public health provider.

4. Identification of an issue that is lacking or an opportunity for health promotion.

5. A conclusion summarizing your key findings and a discussion of your impressions of the general health of the community.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA format ting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

One of the arguments I often hear about why health care is not a right given to the citizens of the United States is that it was not written into the Constitution or the Bill of Rights as something guaranteed to our citizens. For this assignment I want you to conduct a little research and write a 2 page paper which should include the following:

1- A description of what medicine and health care consisted of in the decade the constitution was written 1780’s-1790’s

2- If you were a contributor to writing the constitution during this time what would be your argument to include health care as a right to all citizens in these important documents?

3- If you were a contributor to writing the constitution during this time how do you think you’d be perceived?  More specifically, would you be considered a responsible and ethical individual or something else?

(Be sure to cite your sources but have some fun with your responses)

Discussion Question

Begin your discussion by sharing your problem statement and research question. Next, discuss your sampling plan. In addition, discuss your research design. Consider the following as you craft your response.

Sampling

• How will the sample be selected?
• What type of sampling method is used? Is it appropriate to the design?
• Does the sample reflect the population as identified in the problem or purpose statement?
• Is the sample size appropriate? Why or why not?
• To what population may the findings be generalized? What are the limitations in generalizability?

Research design

• What type of design will be used?
• Does the design seem to flow from the proposed research problem, theoretical framework, literature review, and hypothesis?

Discussion Board Rubric: Discussion questions provide you a format to respond, expand, integrate, and reflect on your understanding of the module content. Expectations from the faculty include students will actively participate in discussion to share and gain new insights, critique ideas, and to pursue the goal of constructing new knowledge.

Discussion Rubric Criteria

Example

Points Possible

INITIAL POSTING:
Incorporated knowledge of readings and material within the response, contributed a substantive posting that demonstrated cognitive reflection, critical thinking and understanding of the subject matter.

Ideas examine topic from new perspective that contributes to group understanding of topic.

Initial post: At least100 words in length

Postings offered substantial, well written contributions and opinions, observations, questions, experiences, critiques, and/or suggestions.

Reflects a reference from the required readings or outside readings, and/or personal experiences related to the question.

Met criteria for length of response.

5

RESPONSE POSTING: 
Responded to at least two other class members with substantial details that reflects critical thinking.

Response: At least 100 words in length

Posting to classmate either agrees or disagrees with classmate and provides evidence in support of the response.

Posting is constructive and contributes to the discussion.

All questions/comments posed from classmates were appropriately addressed.

Meets criteria for length of response.

3

MECHANICS: Posting submissions exhibit appropriate, using proper language, cordiality, grammar, punctuation of college level writing.

Post follows use of APA guidelines including in-text citations and references. = Earns 1 point

No grammar or spelling errors in answer = Earns 1 Point

Three or more formatting, grammar and/or spelling errors in answer = 0 Points

2

TOTAL POINTS POTENTIALLY EARNED

One point will be deducted each day for late submissions and no submissions accepted after Saturday midnight; week of post due date.

10

The Greek Poet, Aeschylus (523-456 BCE), wrote that ?to learn is to suffer.?  He went on to comment that in time, suffering comes to have meaning through our own processing of the experience, giving us understanding and wisdom.  So has your journey of suffering begun. 

For resilience, one must find ways to reduce the burden of stress.  Self-care (physical, social, psychological and spiritual engagement), reflexivity (coming to know one?s strengths, development opportunities, and biases), integrity (recognizing and validating one’s moral compass for right and wrong guided by personal and professional codes of ethics), and comradery (nurturing and maintaining professional and personal associations and friendships with colleagues and classmates) are all ways in which we nourish ourselves, enrich our journey and deepen our commitment to success. 

For this last discussion assignment, consider the following ways to address stress, described above:

• Self-care plan
• Reflexivity in learning
• Self-identification with integrity
• Comradery amongst classmates

Share with your classmates how you will manage your stress using one of these four stress management strategies in the coming months as you progress through the program.  Be specific.  Include your reasoning (evidence from your textbook and/or other sources) to support your plan.

 In your responsive posts, include your agreement or disagreement with the plan and evidence presented to you.  Support your critique with evidence from the literature (textbook and/or other sources).

As usual, submit your own, original work, abiding by APA formatting for citations and references.