COURSE

NR305 Health Assessment for Practicing RN

Preparing the Collaboration Café

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the collaboration café. Abide by Chamberlain University’s academic integrity policy. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

Directions

Collaboration Café: Reflect on Knowledge

Step 1: Reflect on your current health assessment skills and understanding of the importance of health assessment in client care.

Step 2: Answer all questions below with explanations and detail. No scholarly sources are required.

Paragraph one: Briefly describe the type(s) of health assessments you typically perform now or have performed in the past. Explain the setting and why the type of assessment was appropriate.

Paragraph two: Describe a personal experience where effective health assessment skills significantly impacted your client’s care. Discuss what you learned about the importance of health assessment from this experience.

Paragraph three: Share your thoughts on the importance of accurate and thorough documentation of health assessments. Describe the situation where documentation was crucial in client care or communication among healthcare providers.

Posts should meet the following criteria:

1. Engage in Meaningful Dialogue:Engage with peers and/or faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
   1. Respond to a peer and/or faculty post.
   2. Provide additional information or clarification in the reply post.
   3. Add depth to the collaboration café.
2. Communicate Professionally:Communicate professionally on all posts.
   1. Communicate clearly and concisely.
   2. Communicate respectfully, civilly, and caringly.
   3. Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.

• Participate:Participate during the assigned week. You are expected to meet the minimum participation requirement described below. You will receive a 10% point deduction in a graded discussion if you do not post at least two (2) times on at least two (2) different days during the assigned week.
  1. Post in the collaboration café at least two times.
  2. Post in the collaboration café on two different days.

SOLUTION

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