22 Jan DQ2 You are the educator

NUR645E Advanced Health Assessments for Nurse Educators

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 You are an instructor in an undergraduate nursing program. One of your students is confused about the differences between disease prevention and health promotion. How would you describe either to him or her? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

DQ2 One of the leading health indicators from the Healthy People website is obesity. How could you as a health educator include the topic of obesity to a group of nurses on a pediatric unit? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

NUR645E Advanced Health Assessments for Nurse Educators

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 You are attaining a health history on a patient who does not look you in the eye and gives short choppy responses. What can you do to achieve a complete, comprehensive history on this patient? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

DQ2 You are working with a nursing student who is introducing herself to a Native American patient. The nurse student is trying to make eye contact and puts her hand on the shoulder of the patient to get his attention. How would you handle this situation? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

NUR645E Advanced Health Assessments for Nurse Educators

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 You are completing a complete health assessment on a patient and you notice that there are indications that the patient may have been cutting herself. You inquire about the marks and she states that she fell and scratched her wrist when she tried to break her fall. How do you handle this information? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

DQ2 You are working with a nursing student from an undergraduate nursing program. She does not perform an exam of the cranial nerves correctly. You discuss this with her outside the exam room and she denies that she did the examination incorrectly and that she got checked off on physical assessment. What do you say to her? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

NUR645E Advanced Health Assessments for Nurse Educators

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 You are elected to be on the electronic medical records committee at your hospital. The hospital currently has charts using a preprinted form. What method of charting would you recommend the hospital implement and why? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

DQ2 You are working with a nursing student and she states that the nurse she is working with today told her that she does not have to chart everything because no one will ever read it anyway. What do you say to her? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

NUR645E Advanced Health Assessments for Nurse Educators

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Discuss how a nurse approaches a focused assessment versus a complete assessment. Are there differences regarding charting? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

DQ2 What are the differences in the assessment portion of a focused versus a complete assessment? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

NUR645E Advanced Health Assessments for Nurse Educators

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 You are obtaining a health assessment on a patient and you ask them about their spiritual needs. The patient states that he does not want to answer any questions like that because they are private. How would you respond? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

DQ2 You are teaching a course on health assessment and one of the nursing students states, after you mention performing a spiritual assessment, that he or she does not believe in God and will not ask anyone about “any of that stuff.” How do you respond? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

NUR645E Advanced Health Assessments for Nurse Educators

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 One of your coworkers does not understand what the interdisciplinary team means. How do you explain it to him or her? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

DQ2 You are the educator on a medical/surgical unit and you notice that one of the patients would benefit from a consult by an occupational physical therapist. The provider doesn’t think she needs anything like that. He states that she can get everything she needs from his office. What do you say? Defend your answer with references (APA format).

NUR645E Advanced Health Assessments for Nurse Educators

Week 8 Discussion

DQ1 Your neighbor has taken an online health risk assessment tool for breast cancer and tells you that the results show she is at risk for breast cancer. She knows you are a nurse and wants a referral for a mastectomy. What do you say to her? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).

DQ2 Your brother-in-law was told by his provider that he is at risk for cardiovascular disease. He does not believe it. He said the doctor was a fool and will not change any of his eating or exercising habits. What would you say to him? Defend your rationale with references (APA format).