Your written assignment for this module should be a 1-2 page paper (not including title page and reference page) that describes the following:
What did you learn from this course that you did not already know?
How will you apply what you learned to your patient care?
You should include a minimum of 2 references. Include a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page in APA format.
Category: Professional Nursing
Your written assignment for this module is a worksheet that describes the following:
The difference between hypothermia and hyperthermia and the impact to the patient?
Patient education for client and family in order to avoid extreme temperature variations?
Your written assignment for this module is a worksheet that describes the following:
The differences between acute and chronic pain
Reasons that a patient would experience acute versus chronic pain and patient presentation examples of each.
You are the nurse caring for a 64-year-old male client who is postoperative day four on the medical-surgical unit after having an emergency right colectomy due to cancer. The client is NPO with a nasogastric (NG) tube to low intermittent suction. The client has a history of smoking and no other health problems.
Vital signs:
Temperature: 99.2° F
Heart rate: 91 beats/min
Respirations: 20 breaths/minute
O2 saturation: 93% on 2L oxygen via nasal cannula
Blood pressure: 110/68 mm Hg
Pain: “6/10”
Focused assessment findings:
Alert and oriented to person, place, and time
Moves all four extremities, refuses to ambulate
Apical pulse is regular at 91 beats/minute
Lungs clear to auscultation, diminished bilaterally
Bowel sounds hypoactive, abdomen soft, tender in all four quadrants
Midline abdominal incision well approximated with staples intact, no erythema, Penrose drain intact with scant serous drainage
Right lower quadrant Jackson-Pratt drain with sutures intact, no erythema, 30 mL of serosanguineous drainage
You are the nurse caring for a 66-year-old female client with complaints of lower abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and a low-grade fever over the past two days who is admitted to the medical-surgical unit with the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI). The client’s family reported the client was confused and incontinent with urine that had a “strong odor.” The client is on a clear liquid diet and has an intravenous infusion of lactated Ringer’s solution at 50 ml/hour.
Your written assignment for this module is a worksheet that describes the following:
An example of an evidence-based practice (EBP) project
How EBP projects can improve patient care
You should be using complete sentences to answer the questions. Ensure that you are using correct grammar. In addition, support your answers using your textbook, course materials, credible internet resources, and scholarly journals. All citations must be in APA format.