ARM2 — ARM2 TASK 1: POPULATION HEALTH DATA PAPER INFORMATICS FOR TRANSFORMING NURSING CARE — D029 PRFA — ARM2

ARM2 — ARM2 TASK 1: POPULATION HEALTH DATA PAPER
INFORMATICS FOR TRANSFORMING NURSING CARE — D029
PRFA — ARM2

COMPETENCIES
7067.1.1 : Analyze Underpinnings of Nursing Informatics
The learner analyzes the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of the nursing informatics scope and
standards to improve patient experience and health outcomes.
7067.1.2 : Determine Technologies to Improve Care
The learner determines how technology and informatics can be optimized to improve the patient experience
and lower healthcare costs.
7067.1.3 : Analyze Administrative Systems
The learner analyzes core administrative systems to support the management of safe, cost-effective, and
high-quality healthcare.
7067.1.4 : Analyze Population Data
The learner analyzes data from population-based systems to mitigate public health threats and decrease
incidence of disease.
7067.1.5 : Design Data Collection Tools
The learner designs data collection tools and processes to capture, analyze, and report health indicators and
outcomes.
7067.1.6 : Refine Data Visualizations
The learner refines data to visually represent, forecast, monitor, and report progress in meeting healthcare
outcomes.

INTRODUCTION
In this course, you learned that Informatics for Transforming Nursing Care integrates nursing science with
multiple information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. This provides knowledge and skills to apply informatics concepts,
communications, and data critical to facilitating interprofessional data-driven decision-making. In population
health initiatives, a nurse's knowledge—including informatics competencies, clinical practice experience, and
leadership skills—can be applied to positively affect health outcomes. All advanced professional nurses
should strive to cultivate an awareness of and sense of involvement in population health to ensure equitable
healthcare.
Preparation Task Overview Submissions Evaluation Report
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In this task, you will gather data about the local geographical distribution of health-related factors for a
county of your choice, study the significance of the data, and present the data in a manner illustrating the
selected county's population health. You will explore the community's health profile and trends, as well as
factors influencing the county's current health status. Identifying health risk factors within a community
serves as the foundation for setting priorities on healthcare initiatives. You will do the following: summarize
key findings and highlight at least one health factor or condition requiring focused attention as a population
health initiative; create an action plan describing how you would create a service or a program to address the
identified need and raise public awareness of and promote public engagement in this identified need; and
describe how you would monitor and evaluate the impact of your proposed service or program. You will use
the attached "Population Health Data Paper Template"to complete your work.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must represent your original work and understanding of the course material. Most
performance assessment submissions are automatically scanned through the WGU similarity checker.
Students are strongly encouraged to wait for the similarity report to generate after uploading their work and
then review it to ensure Academic Authenticity guidelines are met before submitting the file for evaluation.
See Understanding Similarity Reports for more information.
Grammarly Note:
Professional Communication will be automatically assessed through Grammarly for Education in most
performance assessments before a student submits work for evaluation. Students are strongly encouraged to
review the Grammarly for Education feedback prior to submitting work for evaluation, as the overall
submission will not pass without this aspect passing. See Use Grammarly for Education Effectively for more
information.
Microsoft Files Note:
Write your paper in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) unless another Microsoft product, or pdf, is specified in
the task directions.Tasks maynotbe submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides,
OneDrive, etc. All supporting documentation, such as screenshots and proof of experience, should be
collected in a pdf file and submitted separately from the main file.For more information, please see Computer
System and Technology Requirements.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that
will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric
aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

Use the attached "Population Health Data Paper Template"to complete the following components:

A. Provide a 3-5 sentence introduction describing the selected county, including the county and state and
the overall health outcome ranking.
Note: The overall health outcome ranking is found on the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps website
in the County Snapshot section. Review the bubble graph in the County Snapshot section to determine if

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your selected county is ranked at, below, or above the state average.
B. Complete the "Sociodemographic Profile" section by doing the following:

1. Provide a screenshot of the state map with your chosen county highlighted. Include the screenshot as
   a labeled figure (Figure 1).
   Note: Include the source of your map.
2. Complete Table 1,"Sociodemographic Profiles for [County, State] and the United States," by providing
   data for each of the listed population characteristics for the selected county and using the
   "data.census.gov" web link.
   Note: Include the source of your data.
3. Discuss the data provided in part B2, comparing the county data to the United States data, and
   summarize your findings.
   C. Complete the "County Health Outcomes" section by doing the following, using the "County Health
   Rankings" web link for charts and data:
4. Select seven health trends for the chosen county, and provide one trend graph for each health trend,
   resulting in a total of seven health trend graphs. Include these health trend graphs as labeled figures
   (Figures 2–8).
   Note: Include the source of your graph. You may copy and paste an existing graph from anywhere on
   the “County Health Rankings & Roadmaps” website (such as health infrastructure, social and
   economic factors, and physical environment) if available. If a trend graph is not provided for a selected
   health trend, you will need to create a trend graph for that health trend using an application of your
   choice (e.g., Excel). Created trend graphs should include your selected county and state data along
   with the United States data and show a trend of data over time.
5. Complete the "County Health Trends and Rankings Discussion" subsection by discussing each of
   the seven health trends selected in part C1, including what the health outcome is and
   whether each trend is improving, worsening, or remaining stable.
   D. Complete the "Health Factors" section by doing the following, using the "County Health Rankings &
   Roadmaps" web link for data:
6. Complete Table 2 by providing data for each of the listed factors influencing health for the selected
   county, the state, and the United States.
   Note: Include the source of your data.
7. Discuss the purpose of comparing county health ranking data to both state and United States data.
8. Discuss successes and challenges for the selected county when comparing the data to the state and
   United States.
   Note: Review selected county data using Table 2.
   E. Complete the "Analysis and Proposal" section by doing the following:
9. Complete the "Significant Findings" subsection by summarizing one of the seven health trends
   selected from part C1 that has the potential to be improved by the creation of a service or program.

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1. Complete the “Service or Program” subsection by creating a new service or program that may be
   introduced by the advanced professional nurse in the county to address the identified health trend
   from part E1.
2. Complete the "Action Plan" subsection by describing the initial steps needed by the advanced
   professional nurse for planning and implementing the service or program created in part E2.
3. Complete the "Raising Public Awareness and Promoting Public Engagement" subsection by discussing
   how the advanced professional nurse could use two forms of technology to raise public awareness of
   and promote public engagement in the service or program from part E2.
4. Complete the "Evaluating the Service or Program" subsection by describing how you would evaluate
   the effectiveness of your program. Include the data collection tool that could be used to visually
   represent your collected data.
   Note: Refer to page 61 in the course of study to review information on data visualization.
   F. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or
   summarized.
   G. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
   File Restrictions
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   File size limit: 200 MB
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