PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 1 Discussion
DQ1 Compare similarities and differences of ANA Public Health Nursing (PHN) Standards, CAL Public Health Nursing (PHN) Standards, and the ANA Standards of Professional Performance. Discuss the importance of standards of practice and how they guide your practice and inform nursing care. Explain the role of the advanced public health nurse as a trusted source of information.
DQ2 Discuss and cite three components within the PHN standards. Apply the components to initiatives or processes within your practicum setting. How are they important to your practicum setting? Provide a specific example of how they are used in your practicum setting
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 Describe the practicum setting where you will complete your hours. Describe the role of advanced public health nurse within the practicum setting. Discuss the overall practicum goals you have selected. Provide specific examples of how they align to ANA Public Health Nursing Standards.
DQ2 Review the assigned article "Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders." Discuss the principles of leadership management and how they apply to your practicum setting. Select three characteristics of caring leaders from the readings. Explain how these three characteristics might relate to a Christian worldview. Does a Christian worldview complement these characteristics? Why or why not?
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 Use the "SWOT Analysis" template to identify internal and external factors that can help or hinder organizational or program success in your practicum setting. After completing the template, answer the following questions: How can weaknesses be converted into strengths? Can strengths be used to overcome threats? If so, provide an example. How can opportunities be maximized? Do not upload the template into the discussion forum--it is for guidance only.
DQ2 In the first discussion question in this topic, you completed a SWOT analysis for your practicum site. Using current evidence-based practice resources, explain how you would apply practice improvement strategies to minimize the weakness that you indicated in your completed SWOT analysis.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 Locate the organizational chart of stakeholders in your practicum setting. Identify and discuss stakeholders and partnerships. Differentiate between formal and informal leaders
DQ2 Explain how communication occurs between the organization and external and internal stakeholders in your practicum setting. What works well and what strategies could be implemented to improve communication between the organization and external and internal stakeholders?.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 What methods of collaboration between internal and external stakeholders have you observed in your practicum setting? What are the benefits and challenges with their methods of collaboration?
DQ2 What collaboration methods could you use to advocate for a practice improvement strategy? Provide a specific example of how the collaboration methods you selected are effective.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 6 Discussion
DQ1 Compare two conceptual frameworks that can be used in public health nursing. Select a conceptual framework and apply it to an issue in public health nursing. Apply the nursing process at the micro-level, meso-level, and macro-level for the public health issue you selected.
DQ2 Select and cite an article demonstrating how systems theory applies to public health nursing. Compare systems theory and nursing process. Explain how systems theory applies to a public health issue in your practicum setting.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 7 Discussion
DQ1 Describe three determinants of health used in your practicum setting. What steps in research did you use to locate the resources for the determinants of health used in your practicum setting? Identify how data are collected, analyzed, and stored for determinants of health.
DQ2 Identify how the determinants of health are used in an initiative in the practicum setting. What database did you retrieve data from to benchmark the determinants of health for your initiative? How is progress benchmarked and analyzed?
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 8 Discussion
DQ1 Why is it critical to measure determinants of health? List three strategies for measuring determinants of health in populations and identify which strategy applies to each determinant of health.
DQ2 What are disparities of health and why are they important to address? List three resources needed to benchmark disparities of health and what information they provide.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 9 Discussion
DQ1 What are the sources of data used in your practicum setting? Explain the process of how data is collected, stored, and analyzed in your practicum setting. What information is gained from this data and how it is utilized in your practicum setting?
DQ2 Describe the Quad Council Competencies in regards to data. How have you applied the Quad Council Competencies in your practicum work? Provide one or two specific examples.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 10 Discussion
DQ1 Compare two models that can be used for public health nursing assessments. Describe what each model is used to assess.
DQ2 Choose a health issue and identify a public health nursing model that would be appropriate to your practicum setting. Provide one or two specific examples of how the model is appropriate for your practicum setting.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 11 Discussion
DQ1 You are a program manager at a local public health department tasked with increasing physical activity of adults in your community. How would you begin the planning process? Outline five initial steps you would take in planning a strategy to address this issue.
DQ2 What interventions are being used in your practicum setting and how do they support the organizational goals? Describe how these impact the population to improve public health. Provide three suggestions for additional long-term and short-term evidence-based practice interventions that can be used to improve public health outcomes. Support your response with one or two appropriate references.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 12 Discussion
DQ1 What is the purpose of evaluation in public health nursing? List two or three best practices for evaluating results of a health intervention in your practicum setting.
DQ2 Give a specific example of an evaluation framework or tools used in your practicum setting and explain the purpose of this evaluation. List and discuss three evaluation tools for public health programs, including the PDSA model.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 13 Discussion
DQ1 What are windshield and walking assessments? Using the Community Tool Box reading, "Section 21. Windshield and Walking Surveys," located in the topic resources, summarize the guidelines for windshield and walking assessments. List two unique factors that impact population health positively and negatively in the neighborhood in which you are completing your practicum.
DQ2 What resources that enable health are available in the community environment? Provide one or two specific examples of how they promote health.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 14 Discussion
DQ1 According to the organization where you are completing your practicum, what is the role of a public health nurse in emergency preparedness and disaster planning?
DQ2 Choose a recent event (within 2 years) for which an emergency response was activated within your state. The event selected can be, man-made, mass causality, natural disaster, or infection outbreak. Considering the four phases of emergency management, what are the priorities for each phase for the event you selected?
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 15 Discussion
DQ1 List the health regulatory and accrediting bodies for your practicum site. How do these agencies protect the public and regulate public health?
DQ2 In what ways does the organization in your practicum setting regulate, monitor, and comply with regulatory and accrediting bodies? Describe a regulation or policy that affects your practicum work or your practicum site's work.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 16 Discussion
DQ1 Summarize your practicum experience and describe the most important things you have learned. No research citations are required for this discussion question.
DQ2 What role do you envision yourself having in public health nursing? What are three steps you will take to build your public health nursing career? No research citations are required for this discussion question.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 7 Assignment
Population Health Issue
The purpose of this assignment is to explore a health issue and reflect on populations affected as well as interventions to improve health outcomes. Research a health issue and the population affected. Write a 900-1,200 word paper that includes the following:
Identify and describe a health issue of your choice.
Identify and describe the population affected by the health issue.
Identify two or three interventions used to improve health outcomes of children or adults in case management for your selected health issue.
Locate the sources of data for determinants of health for this population.
Using analysis and benchmarking strategies, compare disparities of health for this population.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 14 Assignment
Emergency Preparedness
The purpose of this assignment is to understand how your practicum organization's emergency responses coordinate with local, state, and national emergency responses.
In a 900-1,200 word essay address the following:
Explain each component in the four phases of emergency management.
Describe the policies and procedures that your practicum has in place for emergency preparedness and disaster planning.
Identify and describe local, state, and national emergency preparedness resources or plans.
Describe how your practicum organization's responses coordinate with local, state, and national emergency responses.
Describe emergency services that should be made available to the population in an emergency.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 15 Assignment
Professional Portfolio
The purpose of this assignment is for the public health nursing student to have a forum to showcase personal achievements and to demonstrate current qualifications.
There is no one right way to submit a portfolio. Organizations that utilize this format for clinical advancement or peer review may have a standard format that should be followed for submission. Organizations may also require a portfolio as part of a job application. These may or may not have specific formatting guidelines. A "Professional Nursing Portfolio" template is provided in the topic materials as a tool that may be used to format your portfolio
For the purposes of this assignment, the portfolio must contain the following pieces:
Introduction that includes a professional goal(s) statement.
Current license and credentials.
Reference list comprising of at least three references (one professional from work setting, one professional from school setting, and one personal reference) with two letters of reference.
Integration of the American Nurses Association (ANA) - Scope and Standards of Practice for Public Health Nursing, outlining your accomplishments in several areas.
Include one assignment from this course to demonstrate your work.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a scoring guide. Refer to "Professional Portfolio Scoring Guide" prior to beginning this assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
PHN690 Public Health Nursing Practicum
Week 16 Assignment
Public Health Issue
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a public health issue that affects the population.
Choose a public health issue or concern and write a 500-700 word essay that addresses the following:
Describe the public health issue and the population affected.
Identify one or two strategies for health promotion at each level of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary).
Apply the PDSA or other framework to an initiative in your practicum setting. Explain how you applied it.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
