Integrate modes of inquiry to generate and evaluate hypotheses in the context of clinical reasoning.   Scenario   You recently finished new graduate orientation in the emergency room (ER) of a rural, 60-bed hospital, and tonight is the first shift you have worked independently. The Intensive Care Unit of the hospital has only four beds […]

Explain the impact of relational inquiry when recognizing and analyzing cues to action in the process of clinical reasoning.   Scenario   You are a nursing student in a BSN Program, currently enrolled in a Leadership course. As part of your current immersion experience, you are working with the charge nurse in the operating room. […]

You are working as a charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit in an acute healthcare facility. One of the staff nurses who recently from bereavement leave has been assigned to care for an elderly client, newly diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. While you are visiting with the client, the nurse is completing her assessment. […]

Explain technologies that lead to enhanced decision-making strategies utilizing the technology life cycle.   Scenario   As a BSN student you are shadowing a Nurse Informaticist to better understand their role and impact in making healthcare decisions. You have one day in this immersion and will be exposed to several Health Information Technologies and their […]

Evaluate the role and scope of practice for nursing informatics.   Scenario   You are a clinical educator in the education department of a regional healthcare facility and you have been asked to prepare an infographic (i.e. Venngage, Visme, Snappa, Google Charts, Piktochart) for the local University’s Nursing Student Association’s Annual Conference next week. They […]

Explain technologies that lead to enhanced decision-making strategies utilizing the technology life cycle.   Evaluate the role and scope of practice for Nursing Informaticists.   Differentiate the impact of various communication technologies on safety and quality improvement.   Analyze ethical and nursing informatics practice standards within the context of healthcare delivery.   Analyze how evidence-based […]

Explain innovative systems and distribution of technology to enhance the quality of healthcare delivery and patient safety.   Scenario   You are a nursing supervisor at a private, critical access hospital offering a variety of clinical care and hospital services to the community. As part of this role, you conduct weekly patient satisfaction phone calls […]

Unfortunately, mental illness is frequently in the news. Reflect on one recent news item that discusses mental illness. What points did the media correctly identify about the disease? What points did the media miss or discuss correctly? How does media coverage of mental illness add to the stigma of the disease? How does it impact […]

In the assigned article, you read about ovarian teratomas. This diagnosis, although rare, can cause patients to present with psychiatric symptoms. However, if not discovered, the patient can end up in respiratory arrest and/or cardiac arrest on the psychiatric unit. Think back over your experience to a time when a misdiagnosis may have had serious […]

When a patient presents to a primary care provider with a complaint of abdominal pain, there are a number of possibilities that must be considered. Discuss the first three steps you would complete in assessing a patient with this complaint. Then, discuss at least two differential diagnoses for a patient with abdominal pain. How would […]