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On account of the intense and comprehensive nursing education program that I have undergone at Chamberlain College of Nursing, resulting into an award of Masters of Science in Nursing, here is a compilation of a reflection through the journey. The reflection entails the Program Outcomes, Master’s Education Essentials and the Core Competencies of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioners Faculties with the abbreviations as PO, MSN Essentials, and NONPF. Further, this documentation also covers ten exemplars with an assessment on views of the right argument that all of the above requirements have been covered. Nursing
Exemplar #1: NR503 Population Health, Epidemiology & Statistical Principles
In #Week 6 of this course we conducted an Evaluation of Epidemiological Problem. This assignment enabled the students to meet different course outcomes. The assignment required defining key terms in community health, epidemiology, and population-based research. We also gained the knowledge and skills to compare study designs used for obtaining population health information from observation, surveillance, community, and control trial-based research. The assignment also enabled us to commonly used measures of health risk and identify appropriate outcome measures and study designs applicable to epidemiological subfields, for instance chronic disease, infectious disease, reproductive health, environmental exposures, and genetics. We were able to identify important sources of epidemiological data and evaluate a public health problem as regards to place, person, magnitude, and person. Nursing
The task was to discuss HIV/AIDS and give its background information. The assignment was able to realize that HIV/AIDS is both an infectious disease and an epidemic disease. Learning that, since its onset, HIV/AIDS has claimed over 35 million lives was very scaring. HIV is considered infectious because it causes a severe impairment of the immune system, which then leads to AIDS (Moyer, 2015). With a weak immune system, AIDS patients become susceptible to other cancers, diseases and infections – often called opportunistic infections since their causal organisms only take advantage of the weakened immune system (Maartens, Celum & Lewin, 2014).
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I was able to learn about the worrying prevalence statistics of AIDS with 23,304 people estimated to be living with HIV in Houston Texas (Maartens, et al., 2014). I also established the current surveillance techniques and strategies of HIV in the US and a clear descriptive epidemiological analysis. Finally, I was able to understand the screening and diagnosis methods of HIV. I was then able to develop and action plan for dealing with the disease or infection when I finished my MSN. Nursing
This assignment enabled me to meet course outcome PO #1: Provide high quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health principles (Holistic Health & Patient-Centered Care). The course was able to realize Program Outcome #1 by calculating HIV prevalence in Houston Texas and breaking it down to address particular interests of the populations. The assignment discussed the surveillance methods for HIV, which is one of the techniques that support community intervention plan. I was able to successfully suggest an intervention plan of increasing health awareness on HIV to help in its prevention.
This assignment met the AACN MSN Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities. This MSN Essential captures the importance of obtaining an understanding of a disease and using an informed background for practice to manage its prevalence. As demonstrated in the assignment, in identifying HIV’s prevalence and designing an intervention for Houston Texas, I relied on nursing scientific findings to advocate for quality and improved health outcomes. Nursing
The NONPF that I was able to demonstrate with this assignment were Practice Inquiry, Scientific Foundation and Technology and Information Literacy Competencies. I was able to think critically while compiling data on HIV and being able to apply evidence-based practice to design the intervention plan. I also included research outcomes for practice improvement and improving patient outcomes. I also had to include knowledge from other disciplines as a way of practice inquiry. Using spreadsheet application demonstrated technology and information competency.
The concepts that I can connect with from the exemplar are screening and surveillance. In nursing context, screening is used to refer to a test conducted to determine a health condition prior to manifestation of symptoms. Screening helps to detect diseases and conditions in their early periods to improve treatment outcomes. This makes screening an essential part of preventive care (Moyer, 2015).
On the other hand, disease surveillance refers to information-oriented activity encompassing gathering, analyzing and interpreting relevant health data from varied and different sources (Houston Health Department. 2015). This requires the use of informatics and technology to enhance surveillance and enable real time analysis. Surveillance leads to effective disease management and enhances preventive measures (Moyer, 2015).
Reflection This course was very insightful. It enables accomplishments of Program Outcome #, which is to promote safe and high-quality patient-driven care anchored in holistic health tenets. To produce the document of HIV program, I had gone through several scientific studies on HIV prevalence in Houston to understand the disease’s status in the target population. I also had to compare different studies to conclude on the prevalence and determine the incident rate. Understanding the epidemiological perspective of the disease enabled proper identification of the intervention plan. I was also able to apply evidence-based practice in the work. Nursing
Houston Health Department. (2015). HIV Surveillance Program. HIV Infection in Houston: An Epidemiologic Profile 2010-2014. Houston, Texas; 2015.
Maartens, G., Celum, C., & Lewin, S. R. (2014). HIV infection: epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention. The Lancet, 384(9939), 258-271.
Moyer, V. A. (2015). Screening for HIV: US preventive services task force recommendation statement. Annals of internal medicine, 159(1), 51-60 Nursing
