Recommendations for Screening Examinations for an At-Risk Patient Population: Cardiovascular Disease

For this assignment, students will discuss current recommendations for screening exams for an at-risk patient population and propose evidence-based intervention(s) for the identified population. The paper should be a minimum of four to five paragraphs, 500- 800 words in length, and no more than four pages, not including the title and reference pages.

Assignment Details:

Perform the following tasks:

1. Conduct a literature review and identify current recommendations for screening exams for an at-risk patient population.
2. Write an engaging and informative paper that would be helpful for someone in the discipline wanting to learn about current recommendations for screening exams for the identified at-risk patient population.
3. Use the following as a checklist for the scholarly paper:
   1. Include the following elements:
      1. Title page (APA formatted title page).
      2. Introduction
         1. Background knowledge-brief summary of current knowledge on the at-risk population and the current recommendation for screening exams
         2. Challenges imposed in practice
         3. Intext citation present and appropriate
      3. Literature Review
         1. Expound on the current recommendations for screening exams for selected at-risk population.
         2. Literature searches for the topic on the web and in databases are limited to peer-reviewed professional nursing and medical journals, texts, and writings (no older than 5 years).
         3. Uses literature to support claims, facts, and statistics.
         4. Intext Citation present and appropriate.
      4. Proposed Intervention
         1. Clearly state proposed intervention(s)
         2. Define the ethical considerations or issues relevant to proposed intervention(s)
         3. State why the intervention(s) were chosen
         4. Describe the implications of the proposed intervention to nursing education and practice.
      5. Discussion/Implications/Conclusion
   2. All work should have appropriate citations and reference lists.
   3. Use Times New Roman, 12 pt. font; 1-inch margins; double-spaced.
   4. Consists of 500 to 800 words in length (four to five paragraphs)
   5. Citation and references are to follow the APA manual format
      1. 1. 1. References should be no more than 5 years old
            2. Sources:
               1. Wikipedia (or similar sites) is not to be used as a reference
               2. Taber’s and/or other medical dictionaries or encyclopedias are not to be used as references.
4. Proofread and edit the paper carefully, following the assignment rubric.
5. Use the plagiarism tool to check the summary against unintended plagiarism.
6. Spell check the paper and submit via Canvas.