Vital Organs & Unconscious State

 

 

After studying the course materials located on Module 5: Lecture Materials & Resources page, answer the following:

  1. Name some very important organs that are not vital organs.
  2. List the functional description of all the normal vital organs, including today’s exceptions.
  3. Is it possible to live without a vital organ? Why? Example?
  4. Distinction between assisting or substituting vital organs. Bioethical analysis.
  5. Do the following practices assist or substitute the vital organ? Why?
    • Dialysis
    • Respirator
    • Ventilator
    • Tracheotomy
    • CPR
  6. Read and summarize ERD PART FIVE Introduction.
  7. Unconscious state: Definition.
  8. Clinical definitions of different states of unconsciousness: Compare and contrast
  9. Benefit vs Burden: bioethical analysis.

Pediatric and Maternal Mental Health

  

To meet the application requirements, we kindly request the following items:

1.  Brief Program Description: 50 words or less overview of course content. Must describe target audience and pre-requisites if any. Submit formal needs assessment if applicable. (Target audience to be general Pediatric, General Women’s health nurses, and psychiatric nurses that care for Pediatric and women’s)

2. Behavioral Objective: Use action verbs to express expected learning outcomes. Objectives should be measurable and attainable within the time frame.

Objectives must be relevant to the specific discipline and within scope of practice. Can be written for the whole program or for each individual presentation.

Example:

At the conclusion of this program/presentation the participant will be able to:

  1. Describe      current nursing management of the patient with HIV
  2. Discuss      the current prevalence of HIV in Florida
  3. Examples of verbs: Define, Relate, Distinguish, Analyze,      Differentiate, Calculate, Compare, Relate, Solve, Examine, Judge,      Evaluate, Revise, Assess, Describe, Discuss, Explain, Recognize, Identify,      Use, Demonstrate, Compose, Collect, Create, and Illustrate

3. Any Program Hand-outs/Power Point presentation (15 slides on Pediatric mental health and 15 slides on Women’s mental health) this population is in Miami Dade county.  Use any grafts and pictures or hand outs that may be given. 

4. Delivery Method: Specify teaching method: lecture, panel, group discussion, demonstration, simulation, case presentation, video, PowerPoint presentation

5. CV: updated within 2 years (I will send this)

6.  References: Using APA format list books, journals, magazine articles, and web sites. All references must be no more than 5 years old. 

a description of the significance of the practice gap, your PICO question,

   Submit a description of the significance of the practice gap, your PICO  question, and the PDFs of the 4 primary research articles you identified from your literature search.  

PICO question     

“Among elderly patients aged 65 and over with chronic renal failure/ESRD, does implementing detailed discharge instruction and outpatient follow- up, compared to traditional discharge without detailed instruction and plans for outpatient follow-up reduce 30-days hospital readmission rate”?

Discussion – Cultural Assessment

 Criteria

  1. Summarize the cultural assessment of your selected country in 1 – 2 paragraphs. 
  2. Described similar patterns or themes noticed with the cultural self-assessment (identify your cultural background).
  3. Described the differences found with your cultural self-assessment.
  4. Described the one new characteristic that was learned about the chosen culture.
  5. Explained how the information learned about the chosen culture could be incorporated into the nursing plan of care. Include at least one (1) scholarly resource dated within the past five seven (7) years to support your response. 

Policies and Laws 1

 analyze a policy related to your professional practice, organization, or community and compare it to relevant healthcare laws, guidelines, and policies 

soap note

Problem-Focused SOAP Note Format

Demographic Data 

  • Age and gender (must be HIPAA compliant) 

Subjective 

  • Chief Complaint (CC): A short statement about why they are there 
  • History of Present Illness (HPI):  Write your HPI in paragraph form. Start with the age, gender, and why they are there (example: 23-year-old female here for…). Elaborate using the acronym OLDCART: Onset, Location, Duration, Characteristics, Aggravating/Alleviating Factors, Relieving Factors, Treatment 
  • Past Med. Hx (PMH): Medical or surgical problems, hospitalizations, medications, allergies, immunizations, and preventative health maintenance 
  • Family Hx: any history of CA, DM, HTN, MI, CVA?  
  • Social Hx: Including nutrition, exercise, substance use, sexual hx, occupation, school, etc. 
  • Review of Systems (ROS) as appropriate: Include health maintenance (e.g., eye, dental, pap, vaccines, colonoscopy) 

Objective 

  • Vital Signs 
  • Physical findings listed by body systems, not paragraph form- Highlight abnormal findings 

Assessment (the diagnosis) 

  • At least Two (2) differential diagnoses (if applicable) with rationale and pertinent positives and negatives for each 
  • Final diagnosis with rationale, pertinent positives and negatives, and pathophysiological explanation 

Plan 

  • Dx Plan (lab, x-ray) 
  • Tx Plan (meds): including medication(s) prescribed (if any), dosage, frequency, duration, and refill(s) (if any) 
  • Pt. Education, including specific medication teaching points 
  • Referral/Follow-up 
  • Health maintenance: including when screenings eye, dental, pap, vaccines, immunizations, etc. are next due 

Reference 

  • Compare care given to the patient with the National Standards of Care/National Guidelines. Cite accordingly.