SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENTS. NURS 4225: Community Health Nursing. Community Response Report
- Analyze the importance of communication and collaboration with other healthcare professionals and members of the general public in promoting health across the lifespan.
| Course Assignment or Project |
Assignment Description | Relationship to Outcome | Specific assignment rubric sections |
| Community Health Nursing
(NURS 4225):
Community Response Report
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The purpose of this assignment is to collaborate with community health stakeholders in the student’s community. These stakeholders will need to answer questions regarding potential community disease outbreaks and how community health and collaboration work together. | Students will work with other health care professionals or members of the general public regarding a potential community disease outbreak. | Sections 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 of rubric. |
| Pharmacotherapeutics
(NURS 3213):
Patient Education Pamplet
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Students will prepare a Patient Education Pamplet for use by health care providers caring for a fictional patient focusing on a specific disease or condition. This is a medication education and patient teaching tool. Choosing from a variety of technology methods and templates, students will create a professionally prepared educational pamphlet for use by the general public. The student will select a medical disease/condition and one prevalent medication used to treat that condition and prepare the Educational Pamphlet. The pamphlet will include Pharmacology, dosing, administration, adverse effects, warnings, interactions and uses of the medication. The pamphlet will also include a brief description in nonprofessional terminology of the disease or condition. | Through this assignment, the student will integrate pharmacology knowledge and information into the development of an educational pamphlet suitable for a patient, family, caregiver or members of the general public. This project allows the student to prepare and communicate information using ONLY nonprofessional language and avoiding medical terminology that provides useful, easy-to -understand and meaningful information. | Patient Education Pamplet Project Rubric |
- Select current evidence for application to nursing practice.
| Course Assignment or Project |
Assignment Description | Relationship to Outcome | Specific assignment rubric sections |
| Science of Nursing
(NURS 3113):
Theory Project
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The purpose of the project is to describe your selected nursing theory and relate it to your current nursing practice. For this project, students will create a narrated multi-media presentation utilizing screencast-o-matic. | Students will utilize a specific nursing theory and apply the theory to their current nursing practice. | – Week 4 section of project rubric
– Week 5 section of project rubric – Week section of project rubric 6 |
| Nursing Research
(NURS 3344):
Group PowerPoint Poster |
The purpose of this assignment is for students to synthesize findings from a literature search, review current evidence, and evaluate evidence for implementation into clinical practice. | Students discuss a clinical problem, search for evidence, and evaluate the current evidence for application into nursing practice. | Rubric: “Thoroughly but concisely presents main points of introduction, PICOT question, review of literature, critical appraisal, and EBP recommendations in a well-organized manner.” |
- Evaluate the use of information from nursing, scientific, and humanistic disciplines as a generalist nurse to address healthcare needs across the lifespan in diversified health care settings.
| Course Assignment or Project |
Assignment Description | Relationship to Outcome | Specific assignment rubric sections |
| Science of Nursing
(NURS 3113):
Theorist Paper
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The purpose of this scholarly paper is to discuss and describe the history of nursing; the evolution of nursing theory; and to identify a theorist to review in detail; and lastly, students will give a brief overview of the theorists’ theory. | Students are evaluating information from nursing history, nursing theory, and relating information to a theorist and theory. | – History of Nursing
– Evolution of Nursing Theory – Theorist -Theory |
| Nursing in Rural America
(NURS 3333):
Rural Paper
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The purpose of this scholarly paper is to define and describe rural and identify health concerns for those living in rural areas. | – State, describe, and explain 3 different health topics impacting rural Americans.
– Relate your chosen health topics to rural populations located in your area of employment or community in which you live. – Discuss 3 interventions you could implement for rural patients. Provide clear identification and detailed overview of the intervention and related topic. – Rationale demonstrating understanding of how the intervention is pertinent to rural nursing |
– Section 1
– Section 2 – Section 3 |
- Illustrate the use of critical thinking and technology for decision-making considering individual differences, ethnic identity, and cultural values.
| Course Assignment or Project |
Assignment Description | Relationship to Outcome | Specific assignment rubric sections |
| Nursing in Rural America
(NURS 3333):
Rural Project
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The purpose of the project is to identify a need and develop a rural health program that would benefit a rural area utilizing the Rural Health Information Hub online. You will not be implementing this project but rather exploring and analyzing the steps needed to complete a rural health program. For this project, you will create a narrated multi-media presentation utilizing screencast-o-matic. | – Explore the website to see the evidence-based information readily available to rural health care professionals.
– Describe the target population’s characteristics, needs, values, and preferences
– Describe the following interventions for your program and its target population (Cultural adaptations, Cognitive adaptation, Affective-motivational adaptation, Environmental adaptation) |
Week 2 section of rubric
Week 3 section of rubric Week 4 section of rubric Week 5 section of rubric Week 6 section of rubric |
| Community Health Nursing (NURS 4225):
Sentinel Town Community Project assignments 1b, 2b, 2c, 3b, 3c, 4b, 4c, and 5b |
The purpose of this weekly assignment is to engage in the virtual community by observing, interviewing, learning, and engaging with the community members.
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– Select a specific population group in Sentinel Town and identify one of the most common diseases, chronic condition, or injury that impacts your population group.
– Using an evidence-based approach, address levels of prevention in relation to the disease, chronic condition, or injury that impacts a specific population group. – Identify economic prevention strategies that can be initiated by nurses and other healthcare providers and propose an action or intervention that addresses the disease, condition, or injury that most impacts your selected population group. – Select a population group and identify up to three health and social service resources available to address the needs of your selected population group. – Recommend two health and/or social service resources, currently not available in this rural community that should be made available to address the needs of your selected population group.
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Weekly Assignment Rubrics |
- Integrate professional values of nursing by applying nursing knowledge within a variety of healthcare settings.
| Course Assignment or Project |
Assignment Description | Relationship to Outcome | Specific assignment rubric sections |
| Nursing Leadership
(NURS 4335): Decision Making and Risk-Taking Discussion Assignment
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Students will participate in a discussion with classmates reflecting on a fictional scenario presented in a hospital setting requiring nursing leaders and managers to intervene in a difficult situation. Through initial postings and participations, students interject their ideas and suggestions for handling this situation. As part of the discussion and participation, students must reflect on how nursing experiences and knowledge affect decision-making and describe the influence of nursing values as well as individual variations in decision-making and risk taking. | This discussion assignment allows students to apply their nursing knowledge, values, decision-making skills and experiences to the scenario. This learning opportunity emphasizes to the student that effective nursing leaders and managers are steered by their nursing values, judgements, and experiences as they practice nursing decision-making and risk taking. | Discussion rubric |
| Health Assessment & Promotion (NURS 3214):
Shadow Health Comprehensive Exam
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The purpose of this assignment is for students to perform a comprehensive physical assessment on a patient in a simulated environment. The simulated patient scenario allows students to interact with patients from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic groups as well as different age groups. Students utilize health assessment techniques to perform a comprehensive assessment, analyze patient education needs, and perform health promotion teaching with patients. | Students are assessed on their ability to perform a physical assessment with accuracy and to provide comprehensive education. Students are expected to maintain compassion and provide culturally competent care to patients of diverse ages, races, and cultural backgrounds. | Rubric: Based on Shadow Health Grading scheme, which analyzes for communication, accuracy, and engagement with patient. |
- Justify the use of professionalism and leadership to impact patient outcomes and quality improvement within the healthcare system.
| Course Assignment or Project |
Assignment Description | Relationship to Outcome | Specific assignment rubric sections |
| Nursing Leadership
(NURS 4335):
Practicum Project
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Students will create and present a professionally prepared educational project utilizing a Power Point presentation for peers and co-workers in a healthcare setting. To give guidance and support with the project, the student will procure a qualified mentor that is employed at the healthcare facility. A Need’s Assessment will be completed, and a specific need identified for the presentation topic. Students will locate a current research or peer-reviewed article that provides evidence to substantiate the project topic. An educational plan and PowerPoint presentation will be created and presented for staff that will address the identified educational need or deficiency. At the conclusion of the presentation, the student will provide to participants an evaluation form to collect and evaluate data to determine the effectiveness of the presentation. A Time Log documenting dates, duration, and outline of activities in each of the three areas of the project: planning, research, and development will be submitted. A Journal will summarize the experience and reflection of the student’s experience and overall value of the project. | Through the development and presentation of this project, students take an active role in leadership, management, and development of professionalism. In the process of completing the steps of this project, students learn and practice effective interprofessional communication with the mentor and members of staff. Through this process, students can develop an understanding of the detailed process of development, presentation, and evaluation of a professionally prepared and conducted educational event. Students recognize through this assignment the significance of educating staff on a need or deficiency and recognize the value of positively affecting and altering patient outcomes and ultimately improving the quality of their healthcare system. | Facility & Mentor rubric
Needs Assessment rubric
Presenting rubric
Evaluation rubric
Log and Journal |
| Nursing Research
(NURS 3344):
Elevator Speech |
The purpose of this assignment is for students to practice sharing literature search findings and professional practice recommendations in a concise manner. Students will have two minutes to share recommendations for a practice change project that is supported by evidence. | Students professionally disseminate recommendations for evidence-based practice change based on current research and best-practice guidelines to help address a clinical problem. | Rubric: “Clearly explains what the research says about a problem and makes recommendations for how it could be implemented at a clinical setting.” |