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Clinical Thinking 1.1
Learn how to think like a Nurse. This exercise will work with your knowledge from Nursing school so that you can ace your clinical placements and become the Nurse you are meant to be.
You start your clinical placement day.....
Med-Surg/CCU Setting
Your preceptor assigns you a patient. After receiving report, you read through their chart data as follows:
Let's start with you. WHAT are 5 things that
pop out to you
and you will
write in your notes
before
entering John's room?
Now, match these priorities to the
focused nursing assessments
you will focus on when you
enter
John's room as part of your Head-to-Toe assessment.
Start creating a big picture overview of the patient. Ask yourself
WHY
have these orders been given for John?
Step 1: Match the
function
of the following scheduled/PRN medications to John's medical history and chart data (ex. Aspirin - reduces clots to prevent future heart attacks, reduces pt's 9/10 pain etc.)
continue
