This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome(s):
NU505-1: Analyze epidemiologic data on morbidity and mortality related to acute and chronic disease states.
Individual Preventive Screening
Review the clinician provider guidelines and recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force A and B Recommendations.
For the master’s-prepared nurse, knowledge of epidemiology and its application to preventive screening guidelines is important in many clinical areas: administrative, education, and nurse practitioner fields. Individual patient preventive screenings are ordered as a secondary measure before symptoms occur. Preventive screenings are recommended based on outcome data from epidemiological studies, that the test is beneficial; based on risk and characteristics of the identified population in the screening guideline.
Select one screening below from the United States Preventive Services Task Force guidelines.
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Breast cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Colon cancer
- Diabetes mellitus II
- Lung cancer
Condition and Screening
- Define the condition and type of screening
Epidemiology of Condition
- Discuss the epidemiology of the condition in the United States, via three statistical terms. Include the mortality and related morbidity statistics in numerical format and address trends. Include 3 comparisons: related disparities, such as race, sex, age, etc. Clearly state an analysis of the data, identifying gaps and inequities in care. Provide trends and outcomes related to screening benefits in numerical statistics.
Methodology
- Incorporate the described USPSTF guideline development methodology process, (How the guideline was developed).
- Discuss the preventive guideline criteria, the population, and provide details on the screening tool.
- Include detailed risk factors. If there is a risk prediction tool, include this.
Critical Analysis
- Conduct a literature review of the guideline’s support used for its development. You may include alternative studies found in more recent literature supporting or offering alternative views.
- Identify and discuss four studies used in the guideline development clearly relating the impact on the guideline criteria for screening, tool, or population etc.
- Identify each study clearly in the paper and cite.
Summary
Provide a summary conclusion of the screening guideline, general benefit to the individual, and why it is important.
Format expectations:
- Follow all assessment directions.
- Introduction and conclusion are included.
- Information in paragraphs and paper organized to convey the content to the reader.
- Paper length paper should be 3–4 pages of content.
- Follows APA in paper format, reference page, in-text citations, or headings.
- Uses four or more credible peer-reviewed sources.
Master’s-prepared nurse educators, leaders, nurse practitioners, and all specialty nursing fields are contributors to health promotion in populations across the life span. You will demonstrate understanding and correct interpretations of preventive screening guidelines. You should be able to apply this knowledge to your specialty focus as it relates to health promotion and epidemiology.
- Proper notification of any resubmission, repurposing, or reworking of prior work per the Purdue Global Student Coursework Resubmission, Repurposing, and Reworking Policy Resource.
- This assessment should be a Microsoft Word (3-4 pages) document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
- Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
- Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
- Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
- Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
- A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
- Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using in-text citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
If the work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term, you will receive a failing score.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is an act of academic dishonesty. It violates the University’s Code of Student Conduct, and the offense is subject to disciplinary action. You are expected to be the sole author of your work. Use of another person’s work or ideas must be accompanied by specific citations and references. Whether the action is intentional or not, it still constitutes plagiarism.
For more information on plagiarism and the University’s Code of Student Conduct, refer to the current University Catalog.