Assessment 2 Instructions: Community Resources

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• Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit
  organization or government agency to determine how it contributes to
  public health and safety improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and
  improves the quality of life within the community. Submit your findings
  in a 3-5 page report.
  As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent
  choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health
  activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal
  opportunity and improving the quality of life in a community. The
  information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed
  with the assessment.

  Professional Context

  Many organizations work to better local and global communities’
  quality of life and promote health and safety in times of crisis. As
  public health and safety advocates, nurses must be cognizant of how such
  organizations help certain populations. As change agents, nurses must
  be aware of factors that impact the organization and the services that
  it offers. Familiarity with these organizations enables the nurse to
  offer assistance as a volunteer and source of referral.
  This assessment provides an opportunity for you gain insight into
  the mission, vision, and operations of a community services
  organization.

  Demonstration of Proficiency

  By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate
  your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment
  criteria:

  • Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations.
    • Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.
  • Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.
    • Explain how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.
  • Competency 3: Evaluate health policies, based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes.
    • Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization’s provision of services.
  • Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions.
    • Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life within a community.
  • Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.
    • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth
      transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice,
      and spelling.
    • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

  Preparation

  You are interested in expanding your role as a nurse and are
  considering working in an area where you can help to promote equal
  opportunity and improve the quality of life within the local or global
  community. You are aware of several nonprofit organizations and
  government agencies whose work contributes to this effort in some way.
  You have particular interest in one of these organizations but would
  like to know more about its contributions to public health and safety
  improvements. You would like to report the results of your research in a
  scholarly paper that you could submit for publication.
  Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit
  organization or government agency from the list provided. Determine how
  the organization or agency contributes to public health and safety
  improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of
  life within the community. Submit your findings in a 3–5 page report.
  As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent
  choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health
  activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal
  opportunity and improving the quality of life in a community. The
  information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed
  with the assessment.
  Choose the organization or agency you are most interested in researching:

  • Doctors Without Borders.

  Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft research paper to Smarthinking Tutoring
  for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment.
  If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround
  time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.

  Instructions

  Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit
  organization or government agency from the list provided. Determine how
  the organization or agency contributes to public health and safety
  improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of
  life within the community. Submit your findings in a 3–5 page report.
  As you begin to prepare this assessment, it would be an excellent
  choice to complete the Nonprofit Organizations and Community Health
  activity. Complete this activity to gain insight into promoting equal
  opportunity and improving the quality of life in a community. The
  information gained from completing this activity will help you succeed
  with the assessment. After completing this activity, choose an
  organization or agency from the list that you are most interested in
  researching.

  Document Format and Length

  Format your paper using APA style.

  • Refer to the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:
    • A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.
    • Appropriate section headings.
  • Your paper should comprise 3–5 pages of content plus title and references pages.

  Supporting Evidence

  Cite at least three credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or
  professional industry publications published within the past 5 years
  that support your research findings.

  Graded Requirements

  The research requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading
  criteria in the assessment scoring guide, so be sure to address each
  point.

  • Explain how the organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.
    • Include examples of ways a local and/or global initiative
      supports organizational mission and vision and promotes public health
      and safety.
  • Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in the community.
    • Consider the effects of social, cultural, economic, and physical barriers.
  • Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on the organization’s provision of services.
    • Consider the potential implications of funding decisions,
      policy, and legislation for individuals, families, and aggregates within
      the community.
  • Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.
    • Consider how nurses might become involved with the organization.
  • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions;
    contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
  • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
    • Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
    • Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.