NURSING ASSESSMENTS

ASSESSMENT #1 Comments:

It provided you an opportunity to plan a hypothetical health promotion plan focused on a specific health concern in your community for a hypothetical individual or group who live in your community. You want to choose a specific small group or individual within that community to educate in assessment 4. You may want to review the scoring guide criteria regarding collaborative SMART goals/objectives. You may also want to review my short video in the announcement section of the course for help in deciding what the goals will be. Your goals need to be focused on the hypothetical educational session that you will hold (assessment 4). You will need to evaluate whether your educational session was successful and if your participants did actually achieve their goals. Again, these goals are collaborative with your participants, not educators or school boards.

You did an excellent job describing teen pregnancy as a health concern that you chose from the list provided in the assessment guidelines for your hypothetical population living in your community, not in a facility. ITeen pregnancy has many ramifications for both mother and baby. This is a growing concern in our health care system, especially for the community. Would you agree? You did a fantastic job explaining why addressing teen pregnancy is important for health promotion within your hypothetical population. Your conclusions were well supported by current and relevant health data from various peer reviewed sources. Well doneI like that your writing was very clear and logical. There were no errors in APA format.

Your result: Non-Performance

In order to improve your designation in this criterion please refer to the assessment rubric. It is easy to miss a criterion at times. I liked that you mentioned some goals, but for this assessment you are expected to develop SMART objectives. You need to establish collaborative SMART educational objectives with your participants. SMART goals and objectives are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time bound. You may want to review my video announcement with tips to help with assessments 1 and 4 on the home page of the course.

An example of a SMART educational objective for your educational session might be:

By the end of the first session, the participants will be able to name 3 ramifications of teen pregnancy.

You may use this as one of your educational objectives if you choose, but for a distinguished score I would like to see 1 or 2 more collaborative objectives related to your topic. This will allow you to more easily evaluate them when you create your presentation for assessment 4. The evaluation is the degree to which your session was successful and if your overall goals and educational objectives need revisions

Please review the announcement on SMART goals and learning objectives in community health on the home page of the course. This gives you an example of a SMART goal, a SMART learning objective, and how to evaluate the learning objective. You will need to be able to do this to be successful in assessment 4.

SMART Goals

The nurse is accountable for maintaining the safety and health of the individual, group, or community daily and in the event of a disaster or disease outbreak. People who are prepared will achieve better outcomes and possibly demonstrate a better quality of life. An educational program is a great way to help achieve this.

Poorly planned programs result in a waste of time, money, and valuable services. It may even result in the death of those involved or hinder resiliency. The first step in an educational program is the development of SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely) goals. Smart goals provide direction for educational programs. They establish criteria and standards for evaluation of the program.

SMART goals must be effective, meaningful, achievable, and collaborative in nature. Key stakeholders (such as the individual, group, or community; possibly significant others; and you, the nurse) must be taken into account.

Often the best way to identify patient-centered functional goals is simply to ask the target group, "What are your goals?" Doing this will help you to improve adherence, satisfaction, and outcomes. Consider the following when developing SMART goals:

● Specific: Goals will specify who will be responsible, what is to be achieved, where the activity is located, and why it is important or beneficial.

● Measurable: Goals must specify criteria for measuring progress against those goals. It helps you to stay on track, reach milestones, and motivate the stakeholders.

● Attainable: Setting attainable goals serves to motivate the individual or group. ● Relevant: Key stakeholders must see how a specific goal is relevant to them. ● Timely: To be most effective, goals must be structured around a specific time frame to

motivate individuals to begin working on their goals.

SMART Objectives

After developing a mutually agreed upon goal, SMART objectives are developed to help guide activities. Objectives help to determine whether the goals have been achieved and if revisions need to be made for future educational sessions.

SMART objectives must be:

● Specific: Objectives need to be concrete, detailed, and well defined so that you know what exactly is going to occur and what to expect.

● Measurable: A way to determine how the objective was met or needs revision. ● Achievable: The objective must be appropriate and feasible for those involved. Ask:

What's the patient's learning style? For example, does the patient prefer reading printed materials, viewing audiovisual materials, or watching demonstrations?

● Realistic: It must take into consideration constraints such as resources, personnel, cost, educational level, learning style, reading level, and comprehension level. What language do they speak? How much does the individual or group like to know? Ask: Can a patient read and comprehend instructions or follow directions? Do they prefer reading printed materials, viewing audiovisual materials, or demonstrations?

● Time-bound: A time frame helps to set boundaries around the objective. Ask: How long will it take to attain the objective? Objectives may be process- or outcome-oriented.

Outcome objectives can be short-term, intermediate, or long-term:

● Short-term outcome objectives can be achieved after implementing certain activities or interventions. Change may be in cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (demonstration), and values (attitude).

● Intermediate outcome objectives provide a sense of progress toward reaching the long-term objectives. This could be behavior and policy change.

● Long-term objectives occur after the program has been implemented. It may take more than a month. These can be changes in mortality, morbidity, and quality of life.

Example of a SMART goal:

● Prepare the stakeholders in the community for a disaster.

Example of a SMART objective:

● By the end of the program, the stakeholders will verbalize at least five supplies that need to be in their family disaster kit.

Example of an evaluation of a SMART objective:

● The participants correctly verbalized five supplies that need to be in their family disaster kit.

Assessment 4 Comments:

I am sorry, but you may not submit your presentation until you get a passing grade on your first assessment. Your need to re-read the comnments that I made on assessment one. Your

presentation does not reflect a plan that you made with a small group or individual. Your presentation must be directed at educating your participants on how to prevent pregnancy during the teen years. Your plan was general, therefore this presentation was general. Please reach out if you have questions. I am here to help and I want you to be successful. You MUST make SMART goals that have supporting learning objectives. The following is taken from an announcement on SMART goals and objectives.

Example of a SMART Goal:

Prepare the stakeholders in the community for a disaster

Example of a SMART objective:

By the end of the program, the stakeholders will verbalize at least 5 supplies need to be in their family disaster kit.

Example of Evaluation of SMART objective:

The participants correctly verbalized 5 supplies need to be in their family disaster kit.

While these goals and objectives are not related to teen pregnancy, please use this format to create your own based on your topic. In assessment 1, I did give you an example of 1 learning objective that you are free to use.