Selection Research and Assessment
Throughout this course, students will be working on the Community Teaching Project. The project will include a community teaching presentation given during Topic 5. The audience for the presentation will be community members, rather than the staff at the community agency chosen or in-patient residents.
The Community Teaching Project has indirect care experience requirements. The “Indirect Care Experience Hours” form, located in Topic 1 resources, will be used to document the indirect care experience hours completed in the Community Teaching Project and presentation. As progress is made on the Community Teaching Project, update this form indicating the date(s) each section is completed. This form will be submitted in Topic 5.
In this topic, students will be selecting, researching, and assessing a nonprofit community setting in their community using one of the following four topics:
- Primary prevention/health promotion
- Secondary prevention/screening for a vulnerable population
- Disaster planning
- Environmental issues Selection Research and Assessment
The following are considered appropriate nonprofit community organization settings:
- Public health clinic
- Community health center
- University/school health center
- Religious community (i.e., local church)
- Community center (i.e., YMCA)
- Adult/childcare center
- Youth development organization (i.e., 4-H, scout troops, Boys and Girls Clubs, etc.)
- Senior centers Selection Research and Assessment
- Food pantries (St. Mary’s Food bank, St. Vincent De Paul, etc.)
- Community shelters (i.e., women’s shelter, women and children’s shelter, or homeless shelters)
Review the objectives and measures describes on the “Healthy People 2030” website listed in the Topic 1 Resources to assist in selecting a topic for the project.,
For this assignment, use a minimum of two sources to complete the “Community Teaching Project: Part 1” template.,
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment solid academic writing is expected and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines which can be found in the APA Style Guide located in the Student Success Center.,
This assignment uses a rubric. ,Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.,
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. ,A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Resources if you need assistance.,
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
RN-BSN
2.3: Integrate assessment skills in practice.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education
This assignment aligns to AACN Core Competencies 2.3