Directions
Review the clinician provider guidelines and recommendations of the United States Preventive Task Force A and B Recommendations.
For the MSN prepared nurse, knowledge of epidemiology and its application to preventive screening guidelines is important in many clinical areas: administrative, education, and nurse practitioner fields. Consider you are working in a clinic and need to order a preventive screening on a patient for one of the conditions listed below. (While this is a preventative measure, it also can be a diagnostic tool in other circumstances. For this Assignment the screening is a secondary prevention measure.
Please select one screening. Your screening methodology must come from the the United States Preventive Services Task Force guidelines.
Explain the guideline, the correct application of the screening, and the epidemiology behind the guidance. Content required should include epidemiologic data such as statistical information as available ex. morbidity, mortality, incidence and prevalence of condition. Identify risk factors, risk assessment, testing interval, description of the patient population, screening test recommendations and other factors relative to the guideline.
Textbook Readings
Chapter 4: “Risk: Basic Principlesâ€
Chapter 5: “Risk: Exposure to Diseaseâ€
Chapter 6: “Risk: From Disease to Exposureâ€
Assignment Requirements: Minimum requirement of at least three peer reviewed citation. ALL SOURCES MUST BE LESS ThaN 5 YEARS OLDI have attached the grading rubric. Paper must follow all details in rubric and in this post in order to be ACCEPTED.
Master’s-prepared nurse educators, leaders, nurse practitioners and all specialty nursing fields are contributors to health promotion in populations across the life span. You will demonstrate understanding and correct interpretations of preventive screening guidelines. You should be able to apply this knowledge to your specialty focus as it relates to health promotion and epidemiology.
This paper should be 2–3 pages, excluding your title page, and references. This paper should adhere to appropriate 6thedition APA format.
NO Plagiarism or assignment will not be accepted. PLEASE FOLLOW assignment post as well as rubric to ensure that everything in the requirement is met prior to submitting this to me.