21 Jan Students must also complete both

MN581 Clinical – Children and Adolescent Health Focus

Unit 2 Assignment

Assignment: Age Appropriate Health Maintenance Screening and Associated Tools

This Assignment includes ten different pediatric cases that require further evaluation with a developmental testing tool. Selecting the correct tool is vitally important in getting accurate data that promotes early identification and intervention. A template is available to you as an Excel spreadsheet in Course Documents, and is specifically designed for this Assignment.

After you have selected the standardized developmental testing tool that is appropriate for each of the following cases, address the following:

Does the tool measure the domain(s) of concern?

Is the tool “age appropriate?”

Does the tool address cultural considerations?

Who is to administer the test?

Is the reliability and validity of the tool acceptable? How did you assess these measurements?

How much time is involved in using the tool?

Is the language of the tool applicable to the patient and family?

Helpful tip: It is recommended that you keep all of your course work in a virtual (or physical, or both) portfolio for easy access in clinicals as well as future pediatric encounters.

Assignment Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);

consult the Grading Rubric (under Course Documents) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and

utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Submit your Assignment to the Unit 2 Assignment Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit.

MN581 Clinical – Children and Adolescent Health Focus

Unit 5 Assignment

Assignment: Midterm Clinical Evaluation – 25 points

For the Midterm Clinical Evaluation in Week 5 you will be required to schedule a preceptor call with your instructor and preceptor utilizing the faculty directions in the course Announcements. Failure to schedule or complete this preceptor call could result in failure of the course.

Grading will follow the rubric and will be a collaboration between your faculty and preceptor. Any area of clinical concern will require faculty and student conference as well as implementation of an individual learning plan.

You can find the rubric located in Course Resources.

MN581 Clinical – Children and Adolescent Health Focus

Unit 6 Assignment

Assignment: Collaboration paper

This Assignment is specific to a particular pediatric primary care practice and is mostly based upon student observation and experience. This should be a formal paper and should be 3-5 pages in length (excluding title page and reference page). You must use APA formatting including header, title page, content, in-text citations, and reference page.

For full points the following must be addressed adequately in your paper:

From your observations and experiences in your pediatric clinical rotation, provide an example of multidisciplinary collaboration.

From your observations and experiences in your pediatric clinical rotation, provide an example of how multidisciplinary and family collaboration affects patient outcomes.

Discuss how you have been able to promote communication and collaboration among health care professionals, patients, and family/caregivers.

Discuss a particular case where collaboration among health care professionals and family members affected patient/family satisfaction.

In your clinical practicum, what are some barriers that you have observed to collaboration among health care professionals, patients, and families?

Your writing Assignment should:

follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)

be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;

display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and

use APA 6th edition formatting.

Helpful tip: It is recommended that you keep all of your course work in a virtual (or physical, or both) portfolio for easy access in clinicals as well as future pediatric encounters.

Assignment Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);

consult the Grading Rubric (under Course Documents) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and

utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Submit your Assignment to the Unit 6 Assignment Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit.

MN581 Clinical – Children and Adolescent Health Focus

Unit 7 Assignment

Assignment: Interpretation of Common Diagnostic Labs in Pediatric Primary Care

Nurse practitioners routinely order labs for a variety of reasons. Some labs are recommended as part of a certain wellness check. Some labs are tested at birth and repeated at regular intervals. Many labs are ordered to rule in or rule out a diagnosis or just to add to an objective data base along with physical examination, vital signs, image studies, etc. Some of the labs can be done at the point of care (POC) such as an Accu-Check®. Most all labs require a venous blood sample but may require different additives that are in the collection tube. Other samples include arterial blood, urine, sputum, spinal fluid, or exudate.

In Course Documents, you will find the “Unit 7 Assignment Template” that you will use to complete this Assignment. It is organized to include information about a common lab test that you will be completing in pediatric primary care. Please fill in the requested information. It is highly recommended that you keep this information with you during clinical as a reference.

Helpful tip: It is recommended that you keep all of your course work in a virtual (or physical, or both) portfolio for easy access in clinicals as well as future pediatric encounters.

Assignment Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);

consult the Grading Rubric (under Course Documents) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and

utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Submit your Assignment to the unit Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit.

MN581 Clinical – Children and Adolescent Health Focus

Unit 9 Assignment

Assignment: Analysis of Current Evidence Based Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of OM

This Assignment requires a current, evidence based practice guideline that is specific to the child in the following scenario. Once you find the appropriate guideline, you will be ready for analysis and evaluation.

First, carefully review the case. Then, using the Internet, find a current (no older than 4 years old) relevant evidence based practice guideline for the treatment of otitis media for this particular pediatric patient.

Please use APA formatting, including title page and reference page. This Assignment should be between 3-5 pages, excluding title page and reference page. There should be a minimum of three current (within the last 5 years) peer-reviewed references including the authors of the guideline.

Make sure to address the following in your paper:

Briefly explain your search strategy. For example, how did you find the correct guideline?

Who developed the guideline?

Is this a revision of a previous guideline or an original? What is the date of publication?

Explain the concept of “systematic review of current best evidence.”

How was conflict of interest managed in the development of these guidelines?

How is quality of evidence defined?

Explain differences among strong recommendation, recommendation, and option

What are “key Action statements?”

For this particular child, what are the specific treatment recommendations including any diagnostics, medications (include exact dosage, frequency, length of treatment), follow-up, referral, prevention, and pain control.

Case:

A 5-year-old male is brought to the primary care clinic by his mother with a chief complaint of bilateral ear pain for the last three days. The mother states that the child has been crying frequently due to the pain. Ibuprofen has provided minimal relief. This morning, the child refused breakfast and appeared to be “getting worse.”

Vital signs at the clinic reveal HR 110 bpm, 28 respiratory rate, and tympanic temperature of 103.2 degrees F. The mother reports no known allergies. The child has not been on antibiotics for the last year. The child does not have history of OM. The child is otherwise healthy without any other known health problems.

After your questioning and examination, you diagnose this child with bilateral Acute Otitis Media.

Helpful tip: It is recommended that you keep all of your course work in a virtual (or physical, or both) portfolio for easy access in clinicals as well as future pediatric encounters.

Assignment Requirements

Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);

consult the Grading Rubric (under Course Documents) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and

utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Submit your Assignment to the unit Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit.

MN581 Clinical – Children and Adolescent Health Focus

Unit 10 Assignment

Final Clinical Evaluation- 300 points

This unit will contain the mandatory preceptor final evaluation in RxPreceptor. Your preceptors will receive an automatic email from the RxPreceptor system during Week 8 and then weekly until Week 9 to complete evaluations. Once it is complete you will review it and upload to the Unit 10 Assignment 1 Dropbox for grading. Grading will follow the scale below and will be a collaboration between your faculty and preceptor. Any area of assessment with a score of 2.4 or below will receive an entire evaluation score of 0 points as failure in any area of assessment constitutes a failing evaluation.

Final evaluation will be worth 300 points and follow the grading rubric below.

Score of 4 to 5 all 300 points awarded

Score of 3 to 3.9 = 240/300 points awarded

Score of 2.5 to 2.9 = 210/300 points awarded

Score of 2.4 and below = 0

Students must also complete both the evaluation of their preceptor and site for credit. The evaluations provide faculty an overview of your clinical performance and experiences with your preceptor and clinical location. The final clinical evaluation is required to pass the course.

Failure to complete all clinical hours or all associated RxPreceptor documentation (clinical time log, patient encounter log, preceptor evaluation of student, and student evaluation of preceptor) will result in failure of the course.

Upload a copy of your evaluation of the preceptor and clinical site to the Unit 10 Assignment Dropbox. The form can be found in RxPreceptor.