In this assessment, you’ll determine how health care technology, coordination of care, and community resources can be applied to address the health problem you’ve defined.
For this portion of your practicum, discuss in depth how health care technology, the coordination
of care, and the use of community resources can be applied to address the problem. Consider
the following questions to help guide your exploration of these aspects of the problem and make
the most of your time:
Technology
• Do they use a device, such as a blood pressure cuff, pulse oximeter, or glucose monitor,
to monitor the problem?
• Have they used a smartphone app to help manage the problem?
• Would telehealth be an option to help manage the problem?
• Are any websites used to obtain more information about the problem?
Care Coordination and Community Resources
• Have home care, physical therapy, dialysis, or other types of care been used to manage
the problem?
• Is transportation available to travel to problem-related appointments?
• Have support groups been helpful in addressing the problem?
• Have religious institutions been helpful in managing the problem?
The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.
• Analyze the impact of health care technology on the patient, family, or population problem.
o Cite evidence from the literature that addresses the advantages and disadvantages of specific technologies, including research studies that present opposing views.
o Determine whether the evidence is consistent with technology use you see in your nursing practice.
o Identify potential barriers and costs associated with the use of specific technologies and how those technologies are applied within the context of this problem.
• Explain how care coordination and the utilization of community resources can be used to address the patient, family, or population problem.
o Cite evidence from the literature that addresses the benefits of care coordination and the utilization of community resources, including research studies that present opposing views.
o Determine whether the evidence is consistent with how you see care coordination and community resources used in your nursing practice.
o Identify barriers to the use of care coordination and community resources in the context of this problem.
• Analyze state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies associated with health care technology, care coordination, and community resources
o Explain how these standards or policies will guide your actions in applying technology, care coordination, and community resources to address care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
o Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of technology, care coordination, and community resources.
o Explain how nursing ethics will inform your approach to addressing the problem through the use of applied technology, care coordination, and community resources.
• Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
• Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
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