Assessment 3

Requirements

The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.

· Analyze the impact of health care technology on the patient, family, or population problem.

o Cite evidence from the literature that addresses the advantages and disadvantages of specific technologies, including research studies that present opposing views.

o Determine whether the evidence is consistent with technology use you see in your nursing practice.

o Identify potential barriers and costs associated with the use of specific technologies and how those technologies are applied within the context of this problem.

· Explain how care coordination and the utilization of community resources can be used to address the patient, family, or population problem.

o Cite evidence from the literature that addresses the benefits of care coordination and the utilization of community resources, including research studies that present opposing views.

o Determine whether the evidence is consistent with how you see care coordination and community resources used in your nursing practice.

o Identify barriers to the use of care coordination and community resources in the context of this problem.

· Analyze state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies associated with health care technology, care coordination, and community resources.

o Explain how these standards or policies will guide your actions in applying technology, care coordination, and community resources to address care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

o Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of technology, care coordination, and community resources.

o Explain how nursing ethics will inform your approach to addressing the problem through the use of applied technology, care coordination, and community resources.

· Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.

· Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.