Literature Review (Credentialing Of Family Nurse Practitioners)

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NSG 5000 Advanced Nurse Role

 

Assignment 2: Population Health Paper

 

Purposes:

· Exploration of a current practice/operational/educational issue (depending on your track of study here at NSU) My track is Family Nurse Practitioner

· Apply elements of APA style

· To learn how to review and summarize existing evidenced-based literature on a topic

 

Objectives:

Course:

3. Examine influences that affect population health.

5. Discuss the importance of scholarship to the advanced roles of nursing

 

The purpose for writing this paper is to encourage you to research and examine current issues in today’s health care environment. Issues may deal with practice, education, research, funding, licensure/credentialing, management delivery systems, and access to health care.

 

Directions:

1. Write a 3 – 4 page paper, not including title and reference pages:

a. Identify and provide background information on your topic on population health issue. Use at least 2 peer reviewed sources (within the last 5 years) from the literature when describing the issue.

b. Conduct a literature review on the impact of your topic of interest on population health, finding at least 4 peer-reviewed sources (within the last 5 years). Look for literature that details how the topic of interest is affecting our overall population health (not just individual health) and supports the topic. These should be different sources than were used in direction 1a. A written literature review is a synthesis of all the information you can find on a specific topic. It begins with a physical review of the articles you find in the library. The NSU librarian is available to assist students in accessing databases and the required steps when conducting a literature review.

c. Now that you have reviewed the literature and selected relevant articles you must write the actual review. Summarize your findings from your literature review regarding the impact of the topic of interest on population health. Synthesize (blend) the 4 articles into a written presentation of all the information you found. Remember to give proper credit and cite the information found in each article using APA format.

 

Assignment 2 and 3 are an introduction to graduate level writing and the expectations of such. Papers must reflect understanding of scholarly writing and APA. Please refer to the sixth edition of the APA Manual.

 

The paper should be typed in 12 point font, double-spaced, in Microsoft Word, with a title page and reference page.

. APA format must be used. Please use headings to organize your paper.

 

NSG 5000 Advanced Nurse Role

Population Health Paper Rubric (graded on a 0-50 point scale) 30% of course grade

Name______________________________

Total: _____________

 

	10	8	6	4	2	0
Assignment Information	Assignment is explicit, focused, and includes all assignment criteria   .	Assignment is clear and maintains focus throughout. Minor lapses in focus or relevancy to assignment criteria	Assignment is generally clear, explicitly stated, but has several lapses in focus and relevancy to assignment criteria	Assignment loses focus r has major lapses in relevancy to assignment criteria	Assignment is unclear or confusing. Minimally meets assignment criteria	Does not meet assignment criteria
	20	16	12	8	4	0
Quality of Information	Discussion is developed and is clearly supported by the literature. No lapses in logical progression of information. Contains specific, well developed information. It includes several supporting details and/or examples	There are minor lapses in either the development of the discussion or in the support by the literature. No lapses in logical progression of information. It includes some supporting details and/or examples	There are minor lapses in both the development of the discussion and in the support by the literature. It includes some supporting details and/or examples	There are major lapses in either the development of the discussion or in the support by the literature. No lapses in logical progression of information. It includes minimal supporting details and/or examples	There are major lapses in both the development of the discussion and in the support by the literature. No lapses in logical progression of information. It includes minimal supporting details and/or examples	Discussion of Information lacks organization
	5	4	3	2	1	0
Sources	All references are from relevant peer-reviewed sources, within a 5 year time frame or are classic sources. ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED AND ORIGINAL ESSAY PAPERS	The majority of references is from relevant peer-reviewed sources, within a 5 year time frame or are classic sources.	Some references are from non-peer-reviewed sources or are older than 5 years.	Majority of references is from non-peer-reviewed sources or are older than 5 years.	Minimal use of peer-reviewed sources. Majority of references are older than 5 years, or course textbooks.	No use of sources
	10	8	6	4	2	0
Quality of Writing	Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. Skillful use of precise and purposeful vocabulary. Skillful use of sentence fluency. Information from references is paraphrased.	Minor lapses in either organization or paragraph construction. Vocabulary is precise and purposeful Minor lapses in sentence fluency. Majority of information from references is paraphrased. Direct quotes are used sparingly.	Minor lapses in both organization and paragraph construction. Minor lapses in sentence fluency. Majority of information from references is paraphrased. Some use of direct quotes.	Major lapses in either organization or paragraph construction. Major lapses in sentence fluency. Information from references is paraphrased and direct quotes are used in equal proportion.	Major lapses in both organization and paragraph construction. Many grammatical, spelling, and formatting errors. Minimal use of sentence fluency. Majority of information from references is quoted directly with minimal use of paraphrasing.	Incomplete or Illegible. Majority of information from references is direct quotes.
	5	4	3	2	1	0
APA	Skillful and proficient use of APA formatting of text. References are cited correctly follow APA format	Minimal problems with APA formatting of text or minor lapses in citation of references using APA format	There are minor lapses in APA formatting of text and citation of references using APA format	There are major problems with APA formatting of text or major lapses in citation of references using APA format	There are major lapses in APA formatting of text and citation of references using APA format	No use of APA formatting or reference citation