A client asks the nurse to explain the different types of advance directives. What information should be provided regarding living wills, durable power of attorney and DNR orders?
Which action will the nurse perform when conducting a Rinne Test?Occlude one ear and whisper three words. Have the client repeat the three words whispered.Place a vibrating tuning fork firmly against the mastoid bone.Place a vibrating tuning fork on top of the client’s head.Straighten the ear canal by pulling the auricle up and back.
A nurse is caring for several clients receiving intravenous therapy. What are actions the nurse should use to prevent IV infections? Suggested Fundamentals Learning Activity: Peripheral IVs
A nurse is caring for a client with abdominal pain. List the correct sequence the nurse will complete the abdominal assessment. Suggested Fundamentals Learning Activity: Gastrointestinal Assessment
A nurse is caring for a client prescribed an Aquathermia pad. What should the nurse monitor this client for during therapy? Suggested Fundamentals Learning Activity: Heat and Cold Therapy
Identify two (2) hand-off tools that a nurse can use to relay information to another health provider to improve communication.
A nurse is preparing for a procedure with a client who has a latex allergy. What action should the nurse take regarding this allergy? Suggested Fundamentals Learning Activity: Medical and Surgical Asepsis
Which nursing action made by the nurse is correct when providing postmortem care?Keep all personal belongings in the client’s roomRemove denturesProvide bright lightingAlign the body in supine position Suggested Fundamental Learning Activity: Palliative Care
A nurse is documenting on the electronic medical record (EMR). How should the nurse ensure client confidentiality during documentation?
A client is on strict bedrest, identify three (3) interventions the nurse can implement to prevent skin breakdown. Suggested Fundamentals Learning Activity: Pressure Ulcers
Which guidelines should the nurse follow when calculating a client’s fluid intake?
A client is unresponsive and breathing agonally after cardiopulmonary resuscitation has been provided. The family asks about “do not resuscitate” (DNR) because of their concern with aggressive treatment with all that has been provided. What is the role of the provider in this situation?
Describe two (2) priority nursing considerations for a client who appears to be having an allergic reaction to his medication.
What are possible role problems in family functioning following an acute event? Suggested Fundamentals Learning Activity: Family Dynamics
A newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and is terrified to perform glucose monitoring. Identify two (2) points the nurse should teach the client to minimize pain. Suggested Fundamentals Learning Activity: Glucose Monitoring
What should be included in education for the client who reports insomnia due to increased stress?
A nurse is discussing different complementary and alternative therapies with a client. What instructions should be provided regarding progressive relaxation technique?
A nurse is caring for a postoperative client who is nauseated and vomiting. What are clinical manifestations of dehydration? Suggested Fundamentals Learning Activity: Oral Hydration
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
- Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
- Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
- One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
- I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
- Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
- In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
- Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
- Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
- Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
- Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
- I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
- I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
- As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
- It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
- For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
- Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
- Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
- Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
- The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
- Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
- If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
- I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
- As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
- Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
- Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
- Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.
