NR509 Week 1 Discussion Latest 2022 March

NR509 Advanced Physical Assessment

Week 1 Discussion

Social Determinants of Health

Discussion

Purpose

The purpose of the graded collaborative discussions is to engage faculty and students in an interactive dialogue to assist the student in organizing, integrating, applying, and critically appraising knowledge regarding advanced health assessment. Meaningful dialogue among faculty and students fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared.

Course Outcomes

This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO1 Apply advanced practice nursing knowledge to collecting health history information and physical examination findings for various patient populations.?

CO4?Adapt health history and physical examination skills to the developmental, gender-related, age-specific, and special population needs of the individual patient.?

CO5 Conduct focused and comprehensive health histories and examinations for various patient populations.?

Preparing the Assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

This week, you will consider assessment questions and appropriate interventions related to social determinants of health. Healthy physical, social, and economic environments strengthen the potential to achieve health and well-being. The nurse practitioner (NP) must assess all facets of clients’ health during a comprehensive health history. Identify the assigned topics?listed by the first letter of your first name. For example, if your first name begins with the letter G then your?assigned social determinant is?education access and quality.?

First Letter of Your First Name   Topic

A - E       Economic stability

F - J        Education access and quality

K - O      Health care access and quality

P - S       Neighborhood and built environment

T - Z        Social and community context

Complete the following requirements:

Application?of?Course?Knowledge

Examine the overview of your assigned social determinant of health on the HealthyPeople (Links to an external site.) website. Define the determinant.

Describe how the assigned social determinant could impact the health outcomes of a client.

Identify what information the NP could gather to assess the impact of the determinant for the client.

Discuss at least two online, national, or local resources available for at-risk clients and families for the selected determinant.

Integration of Evidence: Provide support?from?a?minimum of?one?scholarly?in-text citation?in addition to the textbook.??

Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Respond to a student peer and course faculty to further dialogue.?

Peer Response: Respond?substantively?to at least?one?topic-related?post?by?a?student?peer with a different topic from the initial post. A?substantive?post?adds content?or?insights?or?asks?a?question?that?will?add to the?learning?experience?and/or generate?discussion.???

Faculty Response: Respond substantively?to at least?one?question?by?course faculty. The faculty question may be directed to the student, to another student, or the entire class.????? ??

Professionalism in Communication: Present information in a logical, meaningful, and understandable sequence that is relevant to the discussion topic.??

Grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation are accurate.?

Good writing calls for the limited use of direct quotes. Direct quotes in discussions are to be limited to one short quotation (not to exceed 10 words). The quote must add substantively to the discussion.?

Reference Citation:?Provide references with complete information as required by APA (0-1 errors). Include in-text citations included for all references AND references for all in-text citations (0 errors).? ?

Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide?a?substantive?response to the graded?discussion?question(s) or topic(s),?posted by?the?course?faculty?(not?a?response?to a peer),?by?Wednesday,?11:59 p.m. MT?of?each week.? ?

Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student?peer,?and one to a faculty question)?on two different days during the week.?