Purpose
The purpose of this direct care project is for learners to apply the nursing process to a community health problem determined by their observations and data collected of vulnerable populations in their community. This is Part 1 of 4 in the Direct Care Project.
Direct Care Project Overview
- There are four parts to the Direct Care Project.
- There will be graded Project Check-ins that correlate to each part.
- The topic selected in Part 1 will be the same one used in Parts 2 through 4. Your choice is either Air Quality OR Substance Use.
- Review the table below for overview and due dates with each topic.
- Carefully review the instructions, tutorials, templates, and rubrics for each of the four parts as you begin this Direct Care Project.
- Contact your instructor with questions.
| Overview | Points | Due Date | Projects | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Quality | Substance Use | |||
| Part 1: Assessment: Check-In | 10 | Wednesday of Week 2 | Required, graded check-in on progress of assessing your community | |
| Part 1: Assessment and Diagnosis | 170 | Sunday end of Week 2 | Assess your community and collect data on air quality | Assess your community and collect data on substance use |
| Part 2: Planning: Check-In | 10 | Wednesday of Week 4 | Required, graded check-in on progress of assessing your community | |
| Part 2: Planning the Presentation | 150 | Sunday end of Week 4 | Create a PowerPoint presentation on the use of the Air Quality Flag Program. | Create a presentation on the use of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) |
| Part 3: Implementing the Presentation | Required | Schedule presentation Saturday of Week 5 through Saturday Week 6 | Present to a local organization that serves the identified vulnerable population and could implement the Air Quality Flag Program; Includes participant(s) completing a Pre- and Post-survey | Present to a group of healthcare professionals that serves the identified vulnerable population and could implement SBIRT; Includes participants completing a Pre- and Post-survey |
| Part 3: Implementation: Check-In | 10 | Wednesday of Week 5 | Required, graded check-in on progress of implementing your presentation | |
| Part 4: Evaluation: Check-In | 10 | Wednesday of Week 6 | Required, graded check-in on progress of evaluation of your presentation and project | |
| Part 4: Evaluating the Project | 140 | Sunday end of Week 6 | Evaluate learning and reflect on project. | Evaluate learning and reflect on project. |
Course Outcomes
This direct care project enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
- CO2 Assess the health of populations, aggregates, and communities (PO4)
- CO3 Apply the nursing process to vulnerable populations with professional clinical judgment and evidence-based practice (PO4 & 8)
- CO5 Utilize a collaborative approach to address factors that influence population health (PO2)
- CO6 Examine collaborative trends in community health nursing (PO2)
Part 1 enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
- CO2 Assess the health of populations, aggregates, and communities (PO4)
- CO3 Apply the nursing process to vulnerable populations with professional clinical judgment and evidence-based practice (PO4 & 8)
Due Date for Part 1
Sunday 11:59 PM MT end of Week 2
Points Possible for Part 1
170 Points
Late Assignment Policy
If the assignment is not submitted by due date, a late deduction will be applied. See rubric below.
Directions for Part 1
- Review the Direct Care Project Overview above. Select topic (Air Quality OR Substance Use) from the table. This will be the topic of your entire course project.
- View the Direct Care Project Part 1 Tutorial (Links to an external site.)
- Download the corresponding Assessment and Diagnosis template under Templates below. For example, if you have selected Air Quality as your topic, download the Air Quality Assessment and Diagnosis Template.
- Collect the data outlined in the template. There are two parts:
- Online data collection – gather data from the weblinks provided on the template
- Modified windshield survey data collection – gather local community data by physically looking at your community
- If possible, plan on asking someone to drive during your survey so that you can take notes.
- Your community should be the area where you live or the area surrounding your work. The community must include a residential area and be a large enough area to answer the survey questions. If you live in a large area, you may choose a suburb.
- Note: It is helpful to conduct this portion of the assessment at least two different times: during the day or evening, on a weekday, and/or on the weekend.
- Identify a nursing problem (nursing diagnosis) based on data and observations
- You must select a problem caused by your topic
- Important: the problem you identify will be utilized in Parts 2, 3, and 4 of the project.
- Identify the vulnerable population that the problem affects. This will also determine who you will present to in Part 2.
- Write the nursing diagnosis (See template and chapter 6 in Nies & McEwen textbook for more information)
- Submit template through the submit assignment button on this page.
Templates
Select and download from the links below the one that corresponds with selected topic:
Air Quality Assessment and Diagnosis Template (Links to an external site.)
Substance Use Assessment and Diagnosis Template
Answer
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