NR 505 Week 1: Identification of Area of Interest Assignment

NR 505 Week 1: Identification of Area of Interest Assignment

The focus of this discussion will be on presenting the area of interest for the evidence-based practice proposal required for this course.

From NR 500, state your area of research or evidence-based practice (EBP) interest; keep in mind that the topic must be consistent with your specialty track.
State your MSN program specialty track and explain how your chosen area of research or EBP interest from NR 500 is compatible with your chosen MSN program track.
Would you like to switch from NR 500 to another area of research or EBP interest? If so, why or why not?
Please identify the revised area of research if you changed or modified your area of research or EBP interest.
Explain why your area of research/EBP interest is relevant to the MSN program specialty track you’ve chosen—scholarly references are required.
Determine an initial PICOT/PICo question that reflects your area of interest for the required evidence-based practice proposal.

The NR500 is interested in evidence-based practice.

The selected Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) interest in NR 500 was healthcare intervention research and how it can reduce the rates of unplanned healthcare in the rural population. The use of unplanned and emergency care in rural communities has been steadily increasing.

NR 505 Week 1 Assignment: Identification of Area of Interest

increasing for a while Unplanned care is defined as any use of healthcare that is not planned in advance, such as emergency room visits, unscheduled hospital admissions, and walk-in clinics (Brainard, et, al., 2016). Patients in rural areas seek unplanned healthcare due to a lack of participation in health prevention programs, low socioeconomic status, a lack of health education, delayed disease diagnosis, and a lack of support from caregivers who assist with chronic illnesses (Brainard, et. al., 2016). (Brainard, et. al., 2016).

NR500 Specialty Track and Evidence-Based Interest

The FNP specialty track will help you gain advanced knowledge that you can use to educate patients in rural areas about ways to improve their health. Rural health suffers from a lack of access to proper healthcare, which includes health education, preventative programs, and confusion about the proper healthcare regimen (Brainard, et, al., 2016). (Brainard, et, al., 2016). This specialty will allow for the study of evidence-based practices, which will be the driving force behind many quality improvement initiatives, the development of standardized practices, and the creation of new or improved healthcare policies (Brainard, et. al, 2016). In comparison to the urban population, patients in the rural population seek chronic care rather than the onset of symptoms. This is partly due to their low socioeconomic status and lack of health education. As a FNP planning to provide care in rural areas, the opportunity to initiate care, educate patients, and provide preventative measures is enormous. Patients in rural areas can be given evidence-based information to help them avoid unplanned healthcare. The use of interventions to improve the health status of populations can be the primary focus of healthcare. Encouragement of self-care, compliance, symptom management, and the adoption of health-related behaviors, for example, can be critical in the prevention of unplanned healthcare. …….CONT’D

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
• Here are some helpful links
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Assignment of Identification of Areas of Interest RESPONSE EXAMPLE

This week’s post was excellent.

I think your drive to combat health disparities in rural areas is admirable.

I am from a very rural area of North Carolina, and they desperately need someone like you to assist them.

One segment of our population, migrant workers, faces significant health disparities.

Diabetes and hypertension are prevalent in these populations.

Because many of our healthcare professionals do not serve this population, they arrive in ketoacidosis or hypertensive crisis.

There is also a scarcity of Spanish-speaking healthcare professionals, which could aid in their education.

I believe that reducing health disparities through education and healthcare prevention is critical.

But, as healthcare professionals, how can we not only educate but also follow up on these populations and healthcare prevention?

We already have problems with healthcare prevention in populations that do not have such wide health disparities.

Furthermore, the population you describe as having health disparities may not be able to afford such technology?

They are struggling to meet their basic needs.