(Solution) NR305 Week 4 Discussion: iHuman Virtual Patient Encounter Debriefing

COURSE

NR305 Health Assessment for Practicing RN

Directions

Debriefing: Discover and Deepen

  1. You are encouraged, but not required, to complete at least one iHuman Virtual Patient Encounter attempt before participating in the debriefing.
  2. Answer all questions below with explanations and detail. No scholarly sources are required.

Paragraph one: Reflect on your experience conducting cardiovascular, respiratory, or peripheral vascular assessments. Discuss challenges and barriers when performing these assessments in a clinical setting and describe how you can address them effectively. Reflect upon a time you encountered an unexpected assessment finding and describe what you learned from that experience related to the assessment.

Paragraph two: Answer the questions based on the first letter of your last name below.

Last Name Question to Answer
A – G How would you approach a cardiovascular physical assessment differently if you were assessing an adolescent female experiencing anxiety in the clinic setting? Address inspection, palpation, and auscultation.
H – Q How would you approach a respiratory physical assessment differently if you were evaluating a pregnant client in her third trimester experiencing shortness of breath in the clinic setting? Address inspection, palpation, and auscultation.
R – Z How would you approach a peripheral vascular physical assessment differently if you were assessing an elderly client with dementia in a long-term care facility who is non-verbal and unable to provide feedback during the examination? Address inspection and palpation.

Paragraph three: How will you apply what you learned from the simulation and/or this week’s lesson to your nursing practice? How will your new knowledge of health promotion help you advocate for early recognition and intervention in your nursing practice?

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 debriefing.
  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 debriefing at least two times.
    2. Post in the debriefing on two different days.

SOLUTION

Some of the challenges and barriers experienced while conducting cardiovascular, respiratory and/or peripheral vascular assessments can be lack of time and interruptions. The only time I have worked in the inpatient setting was during clinicals while in school. One day at clinicals, the nurse that I was helping had some challenging patients and she was not able to focus on one patient long enough to complete an assessment in one sitting.……Please click the icon below to access entire solution at $5