Course Overview
In it, you will continue to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to integrate select biopsychosocial concepts into professional processes that promote quality care and cost-effective patient and systems outcomes. Here we will integrate the concepts of physical assessment, pathophysiology, and advanced pharmacology. We will also move beyond examining the needs of the individual patient and explore these concepts in relation to a population.

Assessment 1
Analysis of Position Papers for Vulnerable Populations
Develop a 5-page position about a specific health care issue as it relates to a target vulnerable population. Include an analysis of existing evidence and position papers to help support your position. Your analysis should also present and respond to one or more opposing viewpoints
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
Position papers are a method to evaluate the most current evidence and policies related to health care issues. They offer a way for researchers to explore the views of any number of organizations around a topic. This can help you to develop your own position and approach to care around a topic or issue.
This assessment will focus on analyzing position papers about an issue related to addiction, chronicity, emotional and mental health, genetics and genomics, or immunity. Many of these topics are quickly evolving as technology advances, or as we attempt to push past stigmas. For example, technology advances and DNA sequencing provide comprehensive information to allow treatment to become more targeted and effective for the individual. However, as a result, nurses must be able to understand and teach patients about the impact of this information. With this great power comes concerns that patient conditions are protected in an ethical and compassionate manner.
Suggested resources
Genetics and Genomics
• Haeusermann, T., Greshake, B., Blasimme, A., Irdam, D., Richards, M., &Vayena, E. (2017). Open sharing of genomic data: Who does it and why? Plos ONE, 12(5), 1–15.
• Wolf, S. M. (2017). The continuing evolution of ethical standards for genomic sequencing in clinical care: Restoring patient choice. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 45(3), 333–340.
• Cheek, D. J., &Howington, L. (2017). Patient care in the dawn of the genomic age. American Nurse Today, 12(3) 16–22
Population and Public Health
• Edmonds, J. K., Campbell, L. A., & Gilder, R. E. (2016). Public health nursing practice in the Affordable Care Act era: A national survey. Public Health Nursing, 34(1), 50–58. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phn.12286/full
• Thew, J. (2016). What a nurse knows about population health. Retrieved from http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/nurse-leaders/what-nurse-knows-about-population-health

Optional Resources
Position Papers
• The following are examples of position papers. You may find these helpful throughout this assessment. Even if you are not writing on one of these topics, the following are good examples of the types of resources you should be looking for to support your work in this assessment.
o Bryant, R., Porter, J. S., &Sobota, A. (2015). APHON/ASPHO policy statement for the transition of patients with sickle cell disease from pediatric to adult health care. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 32(6), 355–359.
o Chiang, J. L., Kirkman, M. S., Laffel, L. M. B., & Peters, A. L. (2014). Type 1 diabetes through the life span: A position statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care, 37(7), 2034–2054. Retrieved from http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/37/7/2034
o The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. (2015). Position paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine: Medical management of restrictive eating disorders in adolescents and young adults. The Journal of Adolescent Health, 56(1), 121–125.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 4 sourcesof scholarly or professional evidence that support your initial position on the issue, as well as a minimum of 2 sourcesof scholarly or professional evidence that express contrary views or opinions. Resources should be no more than five years old

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