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Required Uniform Assignment: Health Promotion Paper Guidelines
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Purpose
This assignment allows the learner to apply knowledge gained about health promotion concepts and strategies,
enhance written communication skills, and demonstrate a beginning understanding of cultural competency.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
1. Discuss the professional nurse’s role in health promotion activities. (PO 1 and 2)
3. Discuss health promotion, illness prevention, health maintenance, health restoration, and rehabilitation in
relation to the nurse’s role in working with various populations. (PO 1, 2, and 8)
7. Identify health promotion strategies throughout the lifespan. (PO 1, 2, and 4)
Due date: Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy applies
to this assignment.
Total points possible: 100 points
Preparing the assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
1) Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span of a population
from a specific culture in your area.
2) Choose one of the Leading Health Indicators (LHI) priorities from Healthy People 2020:
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/Leading-Health-Indicators
3) Research a topic related to health and wellness associated with one of the Healthy People 2020 topic areas.
4) Submit your topic to the instructor for approval at least 2 weeks prior to the final assignment due date, but
earlier if desired. All topics must be approved.
5) You will develop an educational health promotion project addressing the population/culture in your area.
6) Use TurnItIn in time to make any edits that might be necessary based on the Similarity Index prior to submitting
your paper to your faculty. Consult with your faculty about the acceptable Similarity Index for this paper.
7) For APA, formatting, or grammar Helpance, visit the APA Citation & Writing page located at
https://library.chamberlain.edu/APA.
8) Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric):
a. Introduction and Conclusion – 15 points/15%
• Introduction establishes the purpose of the paper and describes why topic is important to health promotion
in the target population in your area.
• Introduction stimulates the reader’s interest.
• Conclusion includes the main ideas from the body of the paper.
• Conclusion includes the major support points from the body of the paper.
b. Relate Topic to Target Population – 25 points/25%
• Describes the topic and target cultural population.
• Includes statistics to support significance of the topic.
• Explains how the project relates to the selected Healthy People 2020 topic area.
• Applies health promotion concepts.
c. Summary of Articles – 25 points/25%
• A minimum of three (3) scholarly articles, from the last 5 years, are used as sources.
• Articles meet criteria of being from scholarly journals and include health promotion and wellness content.
• At least one article is related to the chosen cultural group.
• Summarizes all key points and findings from the articles.
• Includes statistics to support significance of the topic.
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• Discusses how information from the articles is used in the Health Promotion Project, including specific
examples.
d. Health Promotion Discussion – 25 points/25%
• Describes approaches to educate the target population about the topic.
• The approaches are appropriate for the cultural target population.
• Identifies specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the target population.
• Applies health promotion strategies.
e. APA Style and Organization – 10 points/10%
• TurnItIn is used prior to submitting paper for grading.
• Revisions are made based on TurnItIn originality report.
• References are submitted with assignment.
• Uses current APA format and is free of errors.
• Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.
• Paper is 3-4 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
• Information is organized around required components and flows in a logical sequence.
Title: Occupational Stress in Oncology Nurse Caregiving: Caring for Ourselves
Introduction
Living each day as if it were the last, at some point in life we don’t know when incurable disease will appear these changes could directly affected is caught off guard, our family and community. Nurses play a crucial role in oncology nursing concern well-being of the cancer patients that position required skills, knowledge and responsibility is about caregivers, psychological support and educator.
Firstly, professional caring is about Help the patient explains the procedure in the delivery of chemotherapy is to ensure that the correct dose and drug are administered by identify the correct patient which is lifestyle change for the patients.
According to the article, “The trauma literature speaks to the intense stress of first responders-those who witness tragedy up front, such as firefighters, police, paramedics, the military, and disaster relief workers. Although we may not think of ourselves as such, oncology nurses also share this role (Boyle, 2015)”. Based on my experience with caring I vividly remembered in Haiti 2010 after the earthquake, being present in such a traumatic experience was very eye-opening. It gave me so much insight when it came to the powerful impact of natural disasters and the necessary measures and actions required restoring order. This experience were very shocking for me to see so many citizen an critical circumstances to the point of view psychologically the emotions were very intense I did what is was necessary to help people with the little knowledge I had at this time. In a general sense, I have always known the responsibilities of a medical worker were not easy, and dealing with.
Secondly, psychological support is one of the most important parts in oncology, nurses need to be competent in their role because they dealing with emotion, in that moment the skills to knowledge and explore patient’s feelings verbal communication takes place, the nurse should be able to provide support and empathize with the cancer patient and the family’s provide concise and clear information of the disease and its treatment. And make the patients understanding the disease avoid misunderstanding and confused expectations. At some point the nurse feel the impact of the disease by the life change to the patient clarify any doubt the patient could have. As mention in the article “Nurses have a longstanding history of witnessing the tragedy experienced by those they care for.”
Thirdly, oncology nurse her role vary educate the cancer patient and their family about the prevention, nutrition, while educating them on ways to cope with the disease in the treatment. Patient and family education starts before therapy and continues during and after therapy. Talk to them about the medication and the potential risks that might arise due to the side effects. As a nurse we’re advocates them in making clear, and concise decisions regarding treatments based on the patient’s goals, and communicating these decisions to the medical team. Educate the patient the procedure the risk that might be cause in her lifestyle also, they must know how to contact medical personnel in case of an emergency and should feel free to do so.
Conclusion
It is imperative the nurse has to educate the community about the importance being out of risk. As a professional were have a duty to caring the patient to make them understand where they going through explain the process to the patient as well the family. It is very stressful to deal with but, being a nurse no matter what situation we’re facing in order to keep professionalism we shouldn’t reveal our feelings toward the patients because we dealing with patient with distressing we must provide them support necessary instruct them how to dealing with stress.
Issue: Volume 26(1), February 2019, p 7-16
Copyright: (C)2019Sage Publications
Publication Type: [Original Manuscripts]
DOI: 10.1177/0969733016687161
ISSN: 0969-7330
Accession: 00025580-201902000-00002
..Keywords: Caring encounter, concept analysis, nursing, theory of caritative caring
Author Information
Abo Akademi University, Finland; Vaasa Central Hospital, Finland
Abo Akademi University, Finland
Nord University, Norway
Gunilla Holopainen, Vaasa Central Hospital, Hietalahdenkatu 2-4, FIN-65130 Vaasa, Finland. Email:
gunilla.holopainen@vshp.fi
