NR326 Mental Health Nursing

RUA: Scholarly Article Review Guidelines

Purpose

The student will review, summarize, and critique a scholarly article related to a mental health topic.

Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

(CO 4) Utilize critical thinking skills in clinical decision-making and implementation of the nursing process for psychiatric/mental health clients. (PO 4)

(CO 5) Utilize available resources to meet self-identified goals for personal, professional, and educational development appropriate to the mental health setting. (PO 5)

(CO 7) Examine moral, ethical, legal, and professional standards and principles as a basis for clinical decision-making. (PO 6)

(CO 9) Utilize research findings as a basis for the development of a group leadership experience. (PO 8)

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

1) Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

a. Select a scholarly nursing or research article, published within the last five years, related to mental health nursing. The content of the article must relate to evidence-based practice.

· You may need to evaluate several articles to find one that is appropriate.

b. Ensure that no other member of your clinical group chooses the same article, then submit your choice for faculty approval.

c. The submitted assignment should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.

2) Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric must match exactly).

a. Introduction (10 points/10%)

· Establishes purpose of the paper

· Captures attention of the reader

b. Article Summary (30 points/30%)

· Statistics to support significance of the topic to mental health care

· Key points of the article

· Key evidence presented

· Examples of how the evidence can be incorporated into your nursing practice

c. Article Critique (30 points/30%)

· Present strengths of the article

· Present weaknesses of the article

· Discuss if you would/would not recommend this article to a colleague

d. Conclusion (15 points/15%)

· Provides analysis or synthesis of information within the body of the text

· Supported by ides presented in the body of the paper

· Is clearly written

e. Article Selection and Approval (5 points/5%)

· Current (published in last 5 years)

· Relevant to mental health care

· Not used by another student within the clinical group

· Submitted and approved as directed by instructor

f. APA format and Writing Mechanics (10 points/10%)

NR326 Mental Health Nursing

RUA: Scholarly Article Review Guidelines

NR326 Mental Health Nursing

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· Correct use of standard English grammar and sentence structure

· No spelling or typographical errors

· Document includes title and reference pages

· Citations in the text and reference page

For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar) visit the
APA Citation and Writing page in the online library.

Please note that your instructor may provide you with additional assessments in any form to determine that you fully understand the concepts learned in the review module.

Grading Rubric Criteria are met when the student’s application of knowledge demonstrates achievement of the outcomes for this assignment.

Assignment Section and Required Criteria (Points possible/% of total points available)	Highest Level of Performance	High Level of Performance	Satisfactory Level of Performance	Unsatisfactory Level of Performance	Section not present in paper
Introduction (10 points/10%)	10 points	8 points	0 points
Required criteria 1. Establishes purpose of the paper 2. Captures attention of the reader	Includes 2 requirements for section.	Includes 1 requirement for section.	No requirements for this section presented.
Article Summary (30 points/30%)	30 points	25 points	24 points	11 points	0 points
Required criteria 1. Statistics to support significance of the topic to mental health care 2. Key points of the article 3. Key evidence presented 4. Examples of how the evidence can be incorporated into your nursing practice	Includes 4 requirements for section.	Includes 3 requirements for section.	Includes 2 requirements for section.	Includes 1 requirement for section.	No requirements for this section presented.
Article Critique (30 points/30%)	30 points	25 points	11 points	0 points
Required criteria 1. Present strengths of the article 2. Present weaknesses of the article 3. Discuss if you would/would not recommend this article to a colleague	Includes 3 requirements for section.	Includes 2 requirements for section.	Includes 1 requirement for section.	No requirements for this section presented.
Conclusion (15 points/15%)	15 points	11 points	6 points	0 points
1. Provides analysis or synthesis of information within the body of the text 2. Supported by ides presented in the body of the paper 3. Is clearly written	Includes 3 requirements for section.	Includes 2 requirements for section.	Includes 1 requirement for section.	No requirements for this section presented.
Article Selection and Approval (5 points/5%)	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	0 points
1. Current (published in last 5 years) 2. Relevant to mental health care	Includes 4	Includes 3	Includes 2	Includes 1	No requirements for

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3. Not used by another student within the clinical group 4. Submitted and approved as directed by instructor	requirements for section.	requirements for section.	requirements for section.	requirement for section.	this section presented.
APA Format and Writing Mechanics (10 points/10%)	10 points	8 points	7 points	4 points	0 points
1. Correct use of standard English grammar and sentence structure 2. No spelling or typographical errors 3. Document includes title and reference pages 4. Citations in the text and reference page	Includes 4 requirements for section.	Includes 3 requirements for section.	Includes 2 requirements for section.	Includes 1 requirement for section.	No requirements for this section presented.
Total Points Possible = 100 points

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Critique a Aanp organization

Write a 2 page critique of this meeting using APA format for any cited resources and create a document that describes: 

1. The Organization
2. Mission, goals, and focus
3. Membership

Discussion Social Factors (Graded)

Discussion

Purpose

The purpose of this discussion is for learners to identify community data that impacts social factors of health.

Preparing the Assignment

· Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:

· Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week

· Integrate outside scholarly sources when required

· Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor

· Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner

· Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.

· Best Practices include:

· Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.

· Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.

· Select different classmates for your reply each week.

Discussion Question

There are many factors that make people healthy or ill.  This week we will focus on the social factors and determinants that impact health.

It is time to get out into your community!

· Go online to the U.S. Census Bureau at 

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ Links to an external site.
(*note, you will be using this website in the Week 2 assignment, so you can get started on collecting all the required data if desired)

· Input your local zip code, city, or county. Try to get as specific data as possible (city, township, county).

· Next, identify the:

· Total population

· Median income

· Percentage or number of persons living in poverty

· Go to your local grocery store, use a flyer, or app. Include the stores name, city, and state. Identify cost for the following items (please note whether items are organic):

· 1 gallon of milk

· 1 loaf of bread

· 1 bag of apples (include price per pound)

· 1 bag of carrots

· 1 large container of yogurt

· 1 2-liter of soda

· 1 bag of chips

· 1 package of cookies

· Utilizing the data collected, discuss social factors that might impact what groceries are purchased. Try to be as specific to your community as possible (location, availability, poverty levels, etc.).

· Discuss how a community health nurse (CHN) could use one of the 17 intervention categories from the Public Health Intervention Wheel to address areas of food security (Nies & McEwen, 2019).

· In your responses to classmates, include comparisons and contrasting information.

Your discussion post should look like:

· Paragraph one: Utilizing the data collected, discuss a social factor that might impact what groceries are purchased. Try to be as specific to your community as possible (location, availability, poverty levels, etc.)

· Paragraph two: Utilizing the data collected, discuss 
another social factor that might impact what groceries are purchased. Try to be as specific to your community as possible (location, availability, poverty levels, etc.)

· Paragraph three: Discuss how a community health nurse (CHN) could use one of the 17 intervention categories from the Public Health Intervention Wheel to address areas of food security

· Resources: Where did you find your data?

EBOOK used: Community/Public Health Nursing
https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9780323528948/epubcfi/6/2%5B%3Bvnd.vst.idref%3Dhtml-cover-page%5D!/4/2/4%4050:79

OR

Email:
[email protected]

PWD: Bryanthierry@09

Develop a PowerPoint Presentation in regards to the issue of Advanced Practice.

1. Identify a current research problem related to advanced nursing practice that is of interest to you. Include WHY this is a problem. (Limit response to no more than 3 sentences). Develop a research question to provide information about the research problem.
2. Based on your research question, do you believe it will best be answered by a qualitative or quantitative study ? Support your decision as to why you believe the answers would best be provided by the type of study you have chosen.
3. Select a middle-range theory and identify the application of nursing theories to your research problem.
   Conduct a literature review.
4. Based on your literature review answer the following questions:
   • If qualitative,
     • Identify the purpose of the study.
     • Briefly, describe the design of the study and explain why you think it is either appropriate or inappropriate to meet the purpose.
     • Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.
     • Identify the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.
     • Discuss whether sampling and recruitment were appropriate to the aims of the research.
     • Identify the data collection method(s) and discuss whether the method(s) is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
     • Identify how the data was analyzed and discuss whether the method(s) of analysis is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
     • Identify four (4) criteria by which the rigor of a qualitative project can be judged.
     • Discuss the rigor of this study using the four criteria. 
     • Briefly, describe the findings of the study and identify any limitations.
     • Use the information that you have gained from your critique of the study to discuss the trustworthiness and applicability of the study. Include in your discussion any implications for the discipline of nursing.

• If quantitative,
  • Identify the purpose and design of the study.
  • Explain what is meant by ‘blinding’ and ‘randomization’ and discuss how these were addressed in the design of the study.
  • Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.  
  • Explain the sampling method and the recruitment strategy was used.
  • Discuss how the sample size was determined – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.
  • Briefly, outline how the data was collected and identify any data collection instrument(s).
  • Define the terms of validity and reliability, and discuss how the validity & reliability of the instruments were/were not addressed in this study and why this is important.
  • Outline how the data were analyzed.
  • Identify the statistics used and the level of measurement of the data described by each statistical test – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.
  • Briefly, outline the findings and identify any limitations of the study.
  • Use the information that you have gained from your critique of the study to briefly discuss the trustworthiness and applicability of the study. Include in your discussion an explanation of the term statistical significance and name the tests of statistical significance used in this study. 

Submission Instructions:

• The presentation is original work and logically organized.
• Follow current APA format including citation of references.
• The PowerPoint presentation should include 10-15 slides that are clear and easy to read.
• Speaker notes expand upon and clarify content on the slides.
• Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.