NR509 Week 1 Assignment Shadow Health Assessment Latest 2019 September

NR509 Advanced Physical Assessment

Week 1 Assignment

Shadow Health Assessment Assignment

Introduction and Pre-brief

In this graded assignment, you will interview Tina Jones to conduct a comprehensive health history and collect data to assess Ms. Jones’ recent right foot injury. You will have the opportunity to educate and empathize with Tina to engage in effective therapeutic communication;?create a?problem list?using evidence from the data you collected; prioritize the identified?problems?to differentiate immediate from non-immediate care; and plan how to best address the?most important concern?with further assessment, interventions, and patient education. Please note, aside from briefly assessing Tina’s foot wound, you will NOT conduct a physical examination for this assignment.

Tips and Tricks

You will earn points on the Digital Clinical Experience (DCE) score during Shadow Health activities for how well you identify and respond to opportunities to emphasize and educate your patients. Just as in real life, timing matters. For example, if your patient reveals that she is experimenting with illegal drugs and you "skip over" the chance to address the issue during the interview, you will not be able to recapture that moment to educate your patient later in the activity. Consequently, you will lose points on the Digital Clinical Experience (DCE) score.

At the end of each Physical Assessment Assignment in Shadow Health are post-activity reflection questions. Be aware that the quality of your response to each question is measured as part of the graded assignment. Please review the details on the guideline and grading rubric. In order to achieve full credit for this portion of the grading rubric, you need to respond to each reflection post question, provide analysis of your performance, use professional language, and demonstrate insight. Please reach out to your faculty with any questions.

Purposes

The purposes of the Shadow Health Physical Assessment Assignments are to: (a) increase knowledge and understanding of advanced practice physical assessment skills and techniques, (b) conduct focused and comprehensive histories and physical assessments for various patient populations, (c) adapt or modify your physical assessment skills and techniques to suit the individual needs of the patient, (d) apply assessment skills and techniques to gather subjective and objective data, (e) differentiate normal from abnormal physical examination findings, (f) summarize, organize, and appropriately document findings using correct professional terminology, (g) practice developing primary and differential diagnoses, (h) practice creating treatment plans which include diagnostics, medication, education, consultation/referral, and follow-up planning; and (i) analyze and reflect on own performance to gain insight and foster knowledge. 

Activity Learning Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

Apply knowledge and understanding of advanced practice physical assessment skills and techniques (CO1)

Perform focused and comprehensive histories and physical assessments for various patient populations (CO4 and CO5)

Adapt skills and techniques to suit the individual needs of the patient (CO4)

Differentiate normal from abnormal physical examination findings (CO2)

Summarize,?organize,?and document findings using correct professional terminology (CO3)

Reflect upon performance to gain insight and foster knowledge (CO1)

Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late, after which point a zero will be recorded for the assignment.

In the event of an emergency that prevents timely submission of an assignment, students may petition their instructor for a waiver of the late submission grade reduction. The instructor will review the student's rationale for the request and make a determination based on the merits of the student's appeal. Consideration of the student's total course performance to date will be a contributing factor in the determination. Students should continue to attend class, actively participate, and complete other assignments while the appeal is pending.

Total Points Possible: 75 Points

Assignment

Step One: Complete the Shadow Health Orientation

Step Two: Complete Conversation Lab

Step Three: Complete Health History Assignment

Step Four: Document your findings on the Fillable Soap Note TemplatePreview the document or the Printable Soap NotePreview the document.

Step Five: Upload the Lab Pass and completed SOAP Note as separate documents to the same assignment tab in the gradebook.