Physical Assessment Reflection Activity Please consider your learning and growth in this course that you base on your own personal self-reflection. Write a reflective journal discussing significant, intriguing details, including the “Aha!” factors from your virtual simulation experience. Provide at least six specific examples and learning moments from the weekly physical assessment and self-reflection activities.…

Team Work and Critical Thinking Rubenfeld & Scheffer (2015) suggested that interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration involves different communication styles and can result in conflict that can negatively affect patient care practices. Discuss how you may be able to use conflict in a positive way to promote interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration. Bensimon and Neumann, as cited…

Population Focused Interventions in a Rural Community In this activity, you will identify health issues or concerns that impact a specific population group living in Sentinel Town to address health promotion and disease prevention. Enter Sentinel Town and click the map to locate a citizen or family. Review the bio-sketch relevant to the specific population…

Health Assessment Tool Create an audio/visual presentation that will describe a healthcare education tool for a specific health need of a specific population that is different than your own. The presentation should: Identify the population and how it is different than your own. Discuss the importance of the health need. Identify special learning challenges this…

Critical Thinking Incident Think about and analyze a specific situation that has occurred in your work setting and the impact critical thinking had on that specific situation. Think back to a critical incident in your workplace that affected patient safety, had an unintended outcome, or did not contribute to the well-being of the patient. Reflect…

Multiple Intelligences   You will find a discussion of Howard Gardner’s list of Multiple Intelligences (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2015, Box 3-2) in the textbook readings. Review the different categories in the text and explain how an experienced nurse can use these categories to nurture critical thinking and clinical judgment skills in a novice nurse. Discuss:…

Prioritization of Care The Prioritization of Care digital activity provides a safe and convenient environment for students to practice clinical judgement and decision-making skills related to identifying and prioritizing patient care and needs. Play Video Complete the Prioritization of Care virtual simulation activity which can be found by clicking Enter Virtual Simulation. Then debrief on…

Review the discussion of the “Core Competencies for a New Vision for Health Professions Education” in your readings in (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2015, Box 4-1). Review these core competencies and complete evidence of mastery that includes: a discussion of how these core competencies relate to your particular area of nursing practice specific example(s) that describe…

Critical Thinking Assessment Tool Choose a population that you believe should use critical thinking. Develop a tool, for this specific population, that you can use to assess or measure the cognitive habits or behaviors that are part of the critical thinking process that this population uses. For example – a novice nurse entering the nursing…

Describe two forms of private spending that represent consumption. The national income accounts include tuition as part of the consumer spending. In your opinion, are the resources you devote to your education a form of consumption or a form of investment. Explain.