Module 03 Content

1. You will be pre-assigned as a team to one of the following Units: Unit Four: Autonomic Nervous System Drugs; Unit Five: Central and Peripheral Nervous System Drugs.
   This is a 4 week activity. You will stay in your team for each of the weeks that follow.
   Prepare a 15 minute Summary Presentation for class to include the following:
   
   1. Summary of the Unit/Classification
   2. Minimum of three types of drugs or supplements
   3. Typical routes of administration
   4. Common side effects and adverse effects
   5. Special considerations
   6. Common Nursing interventions
   7. Teams must distill the material to only key points. The presentation may be a Power Point, lecture and handouts, poster or any way the team feels they will best present the information. Use your textbook and Davis’s Drug Guide as your resources.
      Teams collect points over the four weeks for their presentation. They are graded on their accuracy and thoroughness of their presentation as well as how well they worked as a team. At the end of the four modules, each team will be awarded an Olympic medal for the number of points earned.
      Following your in-class activity, prepare your presentation for submission. Scan the materials if needed.
      Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.
      Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:
      Jstudent_exampleproblem_101504

 This assessment requires you address the following topics:

• Define the seven principles of patient- clinician communication
• Explain how you apply three of the seven principles to your interactions with your own patients
• Describe the three methods being used to improve interdisciplinary communication
• Choose the one that you think applies best to your own area of practice, or the one that your area of practice currently uses, and clearly describe how you use it.
• Explain the ethical principles that can be applied to issues in patient-clinician communication
• Explain the importance of ethics in communication and how patient safety is influenced by good or bad team communication

Make sure you also include a clear, separate introduction and conclusion as a part of this assignment, as these are worth separate points on the grading rubric.This assessment is aligned with course objective 6 and the module objectives. 

 

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

Style

Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 7th edition formatting, citations and references.

Number of Pages/Words

Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.

 

 

Module 03 Content

1. Prepare a concept map for a musculoskeletal disorder from your readings. Use the included template to outline the system disorder including the pathophysiology, etiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment.
   Template

   Use at least one scholarly source to support your findings. Examples of scholarly sources include academic journals, textbooks, reference texts, and CINAHL nursing guides. Be sure to cite your sources in-text and on a References page using APA format.

   You can find useful reference materials for this assignment in the School of Nursing guide: https://guides.rasmussen.edu/nursing/referenceebooks

   Have questions about APA? Visit the online APA guide: https://guides.rasmussen.edu/apa

   Module 03 Assignment

   NUR2063 Module 3 assignment revised 0920.docx

PLEASE READ THE ATTACHED TEMPLATE AND RUBRIX FOR THIS ASSISGNMENT.

  

Mrs. Baumgartner is a 70-year-old female who has had multiple sclerosis (MS) for more than 10 years. She lives at home with her husband of 48 years, who has been her primary caretaker. Upon her last visit to the neurologist, she has prescribed natalizumab (Tysabri). 1. What questions should the nurse ask when assessing Mrs. Baumgartner’s tolerance of the new medication? 2. Mrs. Baumgartner tells the nurse that she has been reading online about complementary and alternative therapies for MS. She asks the nurse, “Should I use some of these?” How should the nurse respond? 3. While speaking with Mr. and Mrs. Baumgartner, the nurse notices that Mr. Baumgartner is often tearful when discussing his wife’s condition and treatment. What symptoms of caregiver fatigue might the nurse observe?

 Within each Week’s module, you have learned about many leadership concepts and the theory that supports them. Now, in your final paper, it is time to learn from a leader whom you admire. You will explore what makes them a good leader, how you can incorporate the techniques that they use, and how making these changes will make you a better leader. Here are the requirements for the assignment:

1. Include a title page
2. Include a separate page that provides the following information:
   1. The person’s first name.
   2. How you know him/her.
   3. Their current title in the leadership role.
   4. How long they have been in their current leadership role.
   5. The theory that supports their leadership style, type, and pattern.
3. On another page, address the following points:
   1. The interviewee’s greatest challenge as a leader according to them.
   2. The interviewee’s greatest strength as a leader according to them.
   3. The interviewee’s greatest weakness as a leader according to them.
4. In your conclusion, address the following:
   1. What makes your interviewee a good leader in your opinion?
   2. How can you incorporate the techniques that they use, so that you can become a better leader?
   3. How can these changes make you a better leader?