As a newly hired nurse, prepare a list of ten pertinent questions that you plan to ask your supervisor throughout your orientation experience to gain more knowledge about the specific role of an informaticist. Share your questions along with a rationale about why you feel these particular questions are important.
As a newly joined nurse, routinely asks their supervisor on the following questions:
As a newly hired nurse, prepare a list of ten pertinent questions that you plan to...
63. a staff nurse is teaching a newly hired nurse about alternatives to use of restraints on clients who are confused. Which of the following instructions should the staff nurse include? A. Encourage physical activity throughout the day to expand energy B. Check on the client frequently while he is in the restroom C. Remove clocks from the client room D. Use full length side rails on the clients bed 64. A nurse is preparing to check a client's blood...
For this assignment, you will interview a registered nurse who has a current nursing license- this could be an advanced practice nurse. If you do not know a nurse, ask one of your faculty members for help. The purpose of this exercise is to help you identify the role of a registered nurse in addition to professional issues around licensure. During the interview address the following questions: What does being a Registered Nurse mean to you? What is your favorite/least...
Questions 3 and 5 CASE STUDY You have been hired to teach in a graduate health program. Your newly developed course has an objective that states: Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to dem- onstrate interprofessional team-building concepts. As a new educator, you would like to include simulation as a teaching methodology to achieve this and other course objectives. After you are hired, you find a rarely used, high-fidelity human patient simulator in the corner of...
questions 1,3, and 5 CASE STUDY You have been hired to teach in a graduate health program. Your newly developed course has an objective that states: Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to dem- onstrate interprofessional team-building concepts. As a new educator, you would like to include simulation as a teaching methodology to achieve this and other course objectives. After you are hired, you find a rarely used, high-fidelity human patient simulator in the corner of...
7. A newly licensed nurse is applying wrist restraints to a client .Which of the following actions should the nurse take? a. Secure the restraints using a quick-release tie. b. Ensure four fingers fit under the restraint to prevent constriction e. Secure the restraint to the lowest bar of the side rail. d. Anticipate removing the restraint every 4 hours. 8. During a shift report, a staff member briefly describes the history of a patient admitted with chronic gastrointestinal bleeding. In which SBAR topical...
To prepare: Reflect on your experiences as a nurse and on the information provided in this week’s Learning Resources on diversity issues in health assessments. By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a case study by your Instructor. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your case study assignment. Reflect on the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors related to the health of the patient assigned to you. Consider how you...
You have made a career plan, networked with professionals in that field, undergone experiences, and acquired skill sets that would apply to the career path you have chosen. For the last several weeks, you have conducted a job search that has involved creating a resume, searching for jobs via job posting sites, networking, and perhaps attending a job fair. Now, all of your work has paid off and you have an interview scheduled for an entry-level position in a manufacturing...
You are having your second month staff nurse performance evaluation after taking a new job. Your manager believes it is important to have frequent evaluations in order to provide timely feedback and focus on improvement. This is your second job in healthcare in 2 years. You struggled in your last position—felt frustrated, tired, never seemed to get all your work done when needed, and felt like you were running around and getting nowhere. You changed jobs because you thought the...
Group Members: Scenario: Two new associate degree graduates were hired for the pediatric unit. Both worked three 12- hour shifts a week, Jan in the day-to-evening shift and Ronnie at night. Whenever their shifts connected, they would compare notes on their experience. Jan felt she was learning rapidly, gaining clinical skills and beginning to feel at ease with her colleagues. Ronnie, however, still felt unsure of herself and often isolated. "There have been times," she told Jan, "that I am...
2. Diagnosis: Once the nurse has all the information on the patient and after analyzing next step in the process is the diagnosis. Diagnosis. as the name sugests, involves the clinical judgment of a nurse on the response of a patient to the actual (happening right now) of potential (risk for/concern) health condition. The diagnosis is done by a skilled nurse, and so it should be very detailed. For example, it should not just indicate that the patient is in...