NR503 Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
Week 1 Discussion
Exercise and Discussion Questions from Curley Text Book
Purpose:
This discussion board content is intended to facilitate learning for students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice.
The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute graduate level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship.
Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines
Assignment Requirements
Choose one of the following to respond to in Week 1 Discussion Board;
Chapter 1, Exercise 1.5 or
Chapter 2, Exercise 2.1 or
Chapter 2, Exercise 2.4
Respond with a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences each.
You should address each bullet point in the exercise you select.
Your work should have in-text citations integrating at a minimum one scholarly article from this week's readings and course textbook.
APA format should be utilized to include a reference list.
Correct grammar, spelling, and APA should be adhered to when writing, work should be scholarly without personalization or first person use.
Respond to a minimum of two (2) individuals, peer and/or faculty, with a scholarly and reflective post of a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences. A minimum of one (1) scholarly article should be utilized to support the post in addition to your textbook.
NR503 Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
Week 2 Discussion
Epidemiological Methods
Purpose:
This discussion board content is intended to facilitate learning for students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice.
The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute graduate level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship.
Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
Discriminate among various screening tools that may be used in the provision of care as an Advanced Practice Nurse (CO4)
Assignment Requirements
Your course faculty will provide you with topic/s for the Week 2 Discussion Board. You will need to check the NR503 course Announcements for the topic/s document for this Week 2 Discussion Board regarding screening.
Next, choose a diagnostic or screening method (related to your choice from the list of health issues above).? You may use one of the following web sites to locate a screening tool, a scholarly article, or a tool from a professional web site of your choice (for example, from the American Psychological Association).
U.S. Preventative Services Task Force?(Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality?(Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
SAMHSA-HRSA?(Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Reply to the following prompt:
Describe the diagnostic or screening tool selected, its purpose, and what age group it targets.
Has it been specifically tested in this age group?
Next, discuss the predictive ability of the test. For instance, how do you know the test is reliable and valid? What are the reliability and validity values? What are the predictive values? Is it sensitive to measure what it has been developed to measure, for instance, HIV, or depression in older adults, or Lyme disease? Would you integrate this tool into your advanced practice based on the information you have read about the test, why or why not?
You should include a minimum of two (2) scholarly articles from the last five (5) years (3 is recommended).
Respond to a minimum of two (2) individuals, peer and/or faculty, with a scholarly and reflective post of a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences. A minimum of one (1) scholarly article should be utilized to support the post in addition to your textbook.
Your work should have in-text citations integrating at a minimum one scholarly article and the course textbook. APA format should be utilized to include a reference list. Correct grammar, spelling, and APA should be adhered to when writing, work should be scholarly without personalization or first - person use.
Need assistance? Click here for the Week 2 FAQ document (Links to an external site.) ?that discusses these terms.
NR503 Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
Week 3 Discussion
Epidemiological Methods and Measurements
Purpose:
This discussion board content is intended to facilitate learning for students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice.
The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute graduate level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship.
Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines.
Week 3:
This week we are comparing and contrasting epidemiological methods of research; case-control and cohort study methods. Select either the case-control or cohort study method and compare its features, the methodology, to a randomized controlled trial using the following questions. Please format, organize, your responses using each question below:
What is the fundamental difference between the method you have chosen (either the case-control or cohort method) and the randomized controlled trial?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the study method you chose (case-control or cohort study)?
What are the characteristics of a correlational study?
Where does the method you chose (case-control or cohort study) fall on the research pyramid? What does where it is on the research pyramid mean?
Post your response to the DB. Your analysis should have in-text citations and utilize a scholarly voice with APA formatting.
Respond to a total of two posts: Either two (2) peer posts or a peer and faculty post (all faculty posts require a response), with a minimum of one paragraph of 4-5 sentences, on two (2) different days of the week. Your reply post should be specific to this week's topic of epidemiological research methods and should integrate in-text citation(s).
Your reply post/s should integrate course content (such as course terminology) related to the study method as well as an integration of in-text citations along with a scholarly voice and APA formatting. The textbook may be utilized as a resource.
Posting Directions
Posts should be made on a minimum of 3 separate days/dates.
All faculty replies to students must be responded to directly in the discussion board.
Minimum posting is:
Initial discussion board post to the weekly prompt, two peer posts (if there are no faculty postings), or one peer post and a faculty post.
NR503 Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
Week 4 Discussion
Open Forum Discussion
Purpose
The ideas and beliefs underpinning the discussions guide students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice. The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship. Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines.
Course Outcomes
CO#6 - Identify important sources of epidemiological data. (PO 2)
Preparing the Assignment
All students are required to make one post. You are not required to provide reply posts.
You can use this time to have a non-structured conversation about the web site exploration links below. Provide one fact or element from the web site exploration that applies to the topics from the first four modules. Please remember to provide a reference for all sources included in your post.
NR503 Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
Week 5 Discussion
Purpose
The ideas and beliefs underpinning the discussions guide students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice. The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship. Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines.
Course Outcomes
CO#6 - Identify important sources of epidemiological data. (PO 2)
Preparing the Assignment
All students are required to make one post. You are not required to provide reply posts.
You can use this time to have a non-structured conversation from the Podcast and web site links below. Provide one fact or element from the web site exploration that applies to this module's topic of populations as risk. Everyone should review the AETCMC Self-Assessment link. Please be sure to provide a reference for all sources cited within your post.
Podcast
Kaiser: Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity. (Links to an external site.)
Web Site Links:
Important self-assessment: Self-assessment (culture and attitudes) (Links to an external site.)
National CLAS Standards (Links to an external site.)
New CLAS Report and Toolkit from OMH (Links to an external site.)
National LGBT Health Education Center
NR503 Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
Week 6 Discussion
Purpose
The ideas and beliefs underpinning the discussions guide students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice. The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship. Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines.
Course Outcomes
CO#5 - Examine current ethical/legal issues in epidemiology. (PO 2, 3)
Preparing the Assignment
All students are required to make one post. You are not required to provide reply posts.
You can use this time to have an unstructured conversation about genetics, current population health news or other course-related ethical/legal topics of interest.
NR503 Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
Week 7 Discussion
Global and Environmental Health
Purpose:
This discussion board content is intended to facilitate learning for students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice.
The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute graduate level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship.
Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines.
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
Inspect the relationship between environment and global health (CO7).
Appraise global health problems considering WHO SDG’s as well as related epidemiological data (CO7).
Assignment Requirements
1. Locate a lay press article from a national newspaper, for example, from The New York Times, The Washington Post, or other national publication. The article should be no more than three (3) years old.
Locate an article on one of the following topics:
Sex trafficking
Environmental global health issue: For example, but not limited to: Safe water, sanitation, disasters, or oral health.
2. Read over your chosen article and respond to the following:
Provide a summary of your article. Include the name of the newspaper and author, as well as date of publication.
Include data that supports the significance of the topic. For example, related deaths, health care costs, demographic information.
During NR503, we have discussed the determinants of health, at-risk groups, social justice theory, outcomes, inter-professional collaboration, advocacy, and other concepts related to epidemiology and population health. How do the concepts addressed in NR503 relate to your article's topic? Provide definitions and examples in your writing.
Integrate information from the World Health Organization and the SDG's.
Your initial post should be a minimum of two (2) paragraphs with 4-5 sentences per paragraph.?
Your initial post should speak about your chosen article and use supporting scholarly evidence that supports your analysis.?You may use your textbook to support your writing.
Reply posts should include a minimum of one scholarly reference and be a minimum of one (1) paragraph, 4-5 sentences. The reply post should build upon the post to which you are responding.
A scholarly tone should be maintained throughout all posts.?For reply posts, this includes the name of the person to whom you are responding as well as closure with your name.
A link to the article should be included as well as a reference list using current APA.
Resources: (If links do not work, please search using related terms/names below).
U.S. Office on Trafficking in Persons: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/otip (Links to an external site.)
Partners for Vulnerable Youth: Founded by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: https://www.napnappartners.org/content/provider-education (Links to an external site.)
WHO and SDG: https://www.who.int/health-topics/sustainable-development-goals#tab=tab_1 (Links to an external site.)
Kaiser Global Health Policy: https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/ (Links to an external site.)
CDC and Global Health: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/index.html (Links to an external site.)
List of Newspapers in the US: https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/journalism-literature/top-100-newspapers-united-states (Links to an external site.)
Posting Directions
Posts should be made on a minimum of 3 separate days/dates.
All faculty replies to students must be responded to directly in the discussion board.
Minimum posting is: Initial discussion board post to the weekly prompt, two peer posts (if there are no faculty postings), or one peer post and a faculty post.
NR503 Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
Week 8 Discussion
Health Policy and Ethics
Purpose:
This discussion board content is intended to facilitate learning for students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice.
The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute graduate level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship.
Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines.
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
Synthesize knowledge of population to the role of political advocacy as an Advanced Practice Nurse. (CO 5, 7)
Appraise ethical and legal principles to the provision of care by the Advanced Practice Nurse (CO 5, 7)
Assignment Requirements
Go to your state government web page. Find one health policy enacted within the last two (2) years at the state level.?Write down the bill number and the sponsors of the bill and include this information in your initial post.
Write a minimum of a one-page critical analysis summary of the policy. (250 words double spaced, APA). Your summary should integrate the concepts of?advocacy, population health, and the ANA ethical statements?("The Code"), and course readings, to include a minimum of one course scholarly article (provided within the course). Be sure to speak to the role of advocacy and population health.
Respond to a minimum of two (2) peers/faculty posts with one (1) paragraph of 4-5 sentences integrating one scholarly source utilized in an in-text citation/APA.
Kaiser: Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity. (Links to an external site.)
Posting Directions
Posts should be made on a minimum of 3 separate days/dates.
All faculty replies to students must be responded to directly in the discussion board.
Minimum posting is:
Initial discussion board post to the weekly prompt, two peer posts (if there are no faculty postings), or one peer post and a faculty post.
