...ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES THE HEALTH HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION PURPOSE As you learned in NR302, before any nursing plan of care or intervention can be implemented or evaluated, the nurse conducts an assessment, collecting subjective and objective data from an individual. The data collected are used to determine areas of need or problems to be addressed by the nursing care plan. This assignment will focus on collecting both subjective and objective data, synthesizing the data, and identifying health and wellness priorities for the person. The purpose of the assignment is twofold. • To recognize the interrelationships of subjective data (physiological, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual values, and developmental) and objective data (physical examination findings) in planning and implementing nursing care • To reflect on the interactive process that takes place between the nurse and an individual while conducting a health assessment and a physical examination COURSE OUTCOMES CO 2: Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to integrate clinical judgment in professional decision-making and implementation of nursing process while obtaining a physical assessment. (POs 4 and 8) CO 3: Recognize the influence that developmental stages have on physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual functioning. (PO 1) CO 4: Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO 3) CO 6: Identify teaching/learning...
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...Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 302 Health Assessment: Part I REQUIRED UNIFORM ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES PART 1: THE HEALTH HISTORY PURPOSE Before any nursing plan of care or intervention can be implemented or evaluated, the nurse assesses the individual through the collection of both subjective and objective data. The data collected are used to determine areas of need or problems to be addressed by the nursing care plan. This assignment will focus on collecting subjective assessment data, synthesizing the data, and on identifying health/wellness priorities based on the findings. The purpose of the assignment is two-fold: To recognize the interrelationships of subjective data (physiological, psychosocial, cultural/spiritual, and developmental) affecting health and wellness To reflect on the interactive process between self and client when conducting a health assessment COURSE OUTCOMES This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO 2. Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to integrate clinical judgment in professional decision-making and implementation of nursing process while obtaining a physical assessment. (PO 4, 8) CO 3. Recognize the influence that developmental stages have on physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual functioning (PO 1) CO 4. Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO 3) CO 6. Identify teaching/learning needs from...
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...Assessment tools are useful for nursing care as they can act as a guideline while trying to assess patients. Finding the right assessment tool to match the nursing care going to be given is important. All assessment tools may not match the type of care going to be given. It is important to evaluate the assessment tool not only to match the care, but also to make sure the tool is thorough and useful. The three assessment tools discussed in this essay are an admission assessment by Pamela Craig, a nursing needs assessment tool by the Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety, and a physical assessment tool by F.A. Davis. The admission assessment by Pamela Craig was designed through evaluation of the previous admission assessment tool in which Pamela Craig redesigned it to fix the flaws of the old one. The tool begins with baseline vitals upon admission, with the inclusion of how the patient was brought to the facility and from where. The tool includes allergies, with a section specific to latex allergies. It includes who the information is obtained from, in case the information is not able to be obtained from the patient. There is a place for family history information, as well as history of past diagnoses for the patient. There is a section for nutrition that includes questions about weight loss, nausea and vomiting, enteral feeding, and changes in appetite. The physical assessment part of the assessment tool covers each system. There are boxes to check within each...
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...Types of Assessments What is an assessment? Assessment is the process of observing, recording, and documenting children’s growth and behavior. The main purpose of assessment is for teachers to get information about children’s needs. Assessment also help teacher plan an appropriate curriculum. In my site where I am working right now, we mainly use 3 types of assessment are anecdotal record, checklist, and participation charts. Anecdotal notes are the simplest form of direct observation, it simply consist on writing a narrative note, but the note must contain who was involve, what happen, when did it happen, and where did it happen. During your observation you will record how children communicate, both verbally and nonverbally; also include how they look and exactly what they do. Anecdotal records can be one of the easiest forms of assessment, since it requires no special setting and it’s basically a short story of an incident, where you collect as many details as possible. Another form of assessment we use at my site is the checklist. A checklist is where you record the presence or absence of a specific behavior. They are use when many different items need to be observed. Checklist maybe designed for any developmental domain, such as physical, social, emotional or cognitive. The advantage of a checklist is that the information can be quickly recorded at anytime during class hours, but it’s a lack of detailed information. A checklist is basically a table with goals, where...
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...What is the purpose of this guide? The purpose of this guide is to help academic units develop and/or improve the process of assessing student learning. Why is assessment of student learning important? In effect there are two reasons assessment of student learning is important. Assessment is needed for improvement. Improvement, with its internal focus provides • opportunities for the academic community to engage in self-reflection of its learning goals, to determine the degree to which these goals correspond to student and societal needs, and to evaluate if students’ activities, products, or performances coincide with the academic community’s expectations; • offers information to students about the knowledge, skills, and other attributes they can expect to possess after successfully completing coursework and academic programs. • establishes ways for academic units to understand the dimensions of student learning when seeking to improve student achievement and the educational process. Assessment is needed for accountability. Accountability, with its external focus, provides Step One: Identify Goals A goal is a statement expressing what ideals are to be achieved. Goal statements tend to be broadly philosophical, global, timeless and not readily amenable to measurement. They capture the knowledge, skills, and values that students should acquire in a program by a course. This first step in identifying goals requires faculty and others to reflect on questions such...
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...satisfied their needs and for Lilly’s safety. Lilly’s age and her husband is unknown in this case study. In this paper, various communications, teaching methods and tools will be used to help and to assist Lilly and her husband about the safety uses of the insulin pump in three different possible age groups to fit their learning needs. Physical and mental assessments are need to give clear understanding what needs to be address before teaching the insulin pump for both Lilly and her husband. Is Lilly capable of using the insulin pump? Do Lilly or her husband have any history of cognitive disabilities such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other neuro impairments? Does Lilly check her glucose finger sticks accordingly as prescribed by the healthcare provider before pressing the insulin pump for bolus surge before meals or insulin pump has a basal rate for continuous timed insulin administration? By assessing their cognitive status to determine their apprehension of the insulin pump instructions, the health care provider can teach at a level for Lilly and her husband who can understand. In the physical assessment, the healthcare provider...
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...Anecdotal Records The simplest form of direct observation is a brief narrative account of a specific incident called an anecdotal record. Often an anecdotal record is used to develop an understanding of a child’s behavior. Anecdotal records do not require charts or special settings. They can be recorded in any setting and require no special training. All you need is paper and a writing tool to record what happened in a factual, objective manner. The observation is open-ended, continuing until everything is witnessed. It is like a short story in that it has a beginning, middle, and end. The process of recording the incident requires a careful eye and quick pencil to capture all of the details. You will need to note who was involved, what happened, when it happened, and where it occurred. It needs to be done promptly and accurately. Figure 3-5 shows the contents of an anecdotal record. When you use the narrative form of observation, your eyes and ears act like a video camera. You will be recording pictures of children playing, learning, and interacting. During your observations, you will record how children communicate, both verbally and nonverbally. You will record how they look and what they do. Physical gestures and movements should be noted. You will also detail children’s interactions with people and materials. Record as many details as possible. Anecdotal Records Must Be Objective During the observation process...
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...learning takes place influences the processes and procedures by which the school makes decisions around curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The context also impacts the way a school stays faithful to its vision. Many factors contribute to the overall narrative such as an identification of stakeholders, a description of stakeholder engagement, the trends and issues affecting the school, and the kinds of programs and services that a school implements to support student learning. The purpose of the Vision Statement is to provide schools with an opportunity to describe in narrative form the strengths and challenges it encounters. By doing so, the public and members of the school community will have a more complete picture of how the school perceives itself and the process of self-reflection for continuous improvement. This statement is structured for the school to reflect on how it provides teaching and learning on a day-to-day basis. Mission Statement: The mission of Gardner Newman Middle School is to meet students' needs by providing quality educational and personal growth opportunities ensuring success in our ever-changing world. Our commitment is to guide and inspire students to be responsible, productive citizens, to nurture students to achieve full potential in the classroom, to maximize students' intellectual, artistic, technological, and physical abilities, and to seize every opportunity to learn and achieve. Gardner Newman Middle School (GNMS) is one of three middle schools...
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...INT 201: NARRATIVE AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT 01 AVATAR (2009) is a science fiction epic directed by James Cameron centred around a growing conflict between a human corporation and an alien species Known as the Na’vi, on the latter’s native planet of Pandora. Like most blockbusters a third person shooter tie-in was also released by developer Ubisoft. The video game, James’ Cameron’s AVATAR: The Game, is set two years prior in the form of a prequel. Despite this it does little to expand on the films cannon and instead offers up a similarly tailored adventure that adheres to the basic parameters of the movie, utilising many of the same key moments across a clear and discernible 3 act structure. A cross comparative analysis of the two mediums, utilising Volger’s 12 steps Hero’s Journey demonstrates however how the games at first honours this time honoured journey, being plotted along Volger’s step before discarding them to its own detriment. The similarities in the narrative structure of both the film and the game differ little, particularly across their first act structures. Much like the films protagonist Jake Scully your character avatar, Able Ryder, will similarly find him/herself awakening from cryo after a prolonged journey from earth, leaving the ‘ordinay world’ and answering the ‘call to adventure’ within the exotic forests of Pandora. The hero archetype Jake is a fully realised character from the films introduction, who during the...
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...Teacher Quality Project http://fp.uni.edu/itq Prompt for Teacher Work Sample THE VISION Successful teacher candidates support learning by designing a Teacher Work Sample that employs a range of strategies and builds on each student’s strengths, needs, and prior experiences. Through this performance assessment, teacher candidates provide credible evidence of their ability to facilitate learning by meeting the following standards: • The teacher uses information about the learning/teaching context and student individual differences to set learning goals and objectives, plan instruction, and assess learning. • The teacher sets significant, challenging, varied, and appropriate learning goals and objectives. • The teacher uses multiple assessment modes and approaches aligned with learning goals and objectives to assess student learning before, during, and after instruction. • The teacher designs instruction for specific learning goals and objectives, student characteristics and needs, and learning contexts. • The teacher uses on-going analysis of student learning to make instructional decisions. • The teacher uses assessment data to profile student learning and communicate information about student progress and achievement. • The teacher analyzes the relationship between his or her instruction and student learning in order to improve teaching practice. Your Assignment You are required to teach a comprehensive unit. Your instructional goals...
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...[pic] Unit Learning Guide School of Communication College of Arts Name of Unit – Fashion and Identity Unit Number: 100941 Teaching Period: SPRING 2010 Unit Weighting: 10 credit points Unit Level 200 Unit Co-ordinator: Juliana Swatko Teaching Staff: Juliana Swatko, Jordan Graham First Point of Contact: Name Juliana Swatko Phone 9852 5441 Email : j.swatko@uws.edu.au Student Consultation A time for face-to-face consultations can be arranged by email. Email enquiries will be answered at regular intervals during the week. Provide details of times that are available for student consultation, including face to face, answering email or phone enquiries. It is a condition of enrolment at UWS that students must use their UWS student email account when corresponding with UWS staff by email in relation to their studies. The UWS Policy relating to this requirement is accessible at the following address : http://policies.uws.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00019#maj3 Attendance Requirements Students are expected to attend at least 80% of face-to-face sessions, and should contact the unit coordinator and lecturer by email to explain any non-attendance in advance. Essential Equipment and/or Resources Equipment Students need to have access to a computer where the Internet can be used to logon to E-learning at UWS and the VUWS website for this unit. It would be useful to have Adobe Acrobat Reader. It can be downloaded from...
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...1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Timeframe2010 | Country(s) InvolvedUSA, Canada, UK trough websites | Key Individuals & TitlesIt was founded by Mark Christopher Vadon and Ben Elowitz on March 18, 1999 | Company Type & SizeThe company sells the products on its websites. Because of its unique business model the company sells its products at much lower prices than the competitors. The company had 183 full time employees, 5 part-time employees, and 1 independent contractor. | 2. BRIEF SUMMARY OF CASE SITUATION Business or Industry DescriptionBlue Nile had grown to become the world’s largest online retailer of certified diamonds and fine jewelry. | Blue Nile’s Current SituationBlue Nile reported $302 million in 2009. In 2010 Blue Nile management was concerned about the lingering effects of poor economic condition in the United States on the diamond jewelry industry and how it should pursue expansion in international business. | 3. INDUSTRY AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS Industry Macro-Environmental Characteristics-According with U.S Department of commerce U.S jewelry sales totaled $58.8 billion by 2009.- Diamond jewelry sales were particularly hard hit by the recession, with industry sales declining from $32.5 billion in 2005 to an estimated $29.5 billion in 2009.- The Jewelry Board of Trade estimated that there were some 22,415 specialty jewelry firms in the U.S in 2009, down from 26,750 specialty jewelry retailers in 1999. | Strategic Group MAPBlue Nile Zale Tiffany ...
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...[pic] STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR INFORMATION SECURITY ASSESSMENT SERVICES (ISAS) RFP NUMBER: 427.04-107-08 |CONTENTS | |SECTION | | |1 |INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….3 | |2 |RFP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS………………………………………………………………..................................6 | |3 |PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS………………………………………………………………7 | |4 |GENERAL REQUIREMENTS & CONTRACTING INFORMATION………………….…..9 | |5 |PROPOSAL EVALUATION & CONTRACT AWARD…………………………………....13 | | | |RFP ATTACHMENTS: | | ...
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...A337/A523 Accounting Information Systems Midterm Study General There will be two narratives, one for context/physical DFD, one for the flowchart. It is important for your DFDs to be consistent with each other. (See the Documentation Exercises for worked examples) DFD The physical DFD should be annotated with flow labels. At this point, you are expected to know the 4 DFD symbols and how to apply them. Flow Chart This will be a shorter narrative and/or partially completed one I will also provide a list of flowchart symbols. SUA/Transaction Cycles / Chapter 5 A handful multiple choice questions related to documents and activities in each of the three transaction cycles (similar to SUA #1). Internal Controls and Computer Crime (Chapters 13, 14, & 15) Know what internal controls are and be able to give examples * Definition * Policies, plans, and procedures * Implemented to protect a firms assets * People Involved * Board of directors * Management * Other key personnel * Provides reasonable assurance * Effectiveness and efficiency of operations * Reliability of financial reporting * Protection of Assets * Compliance with applicable laws and regulations * Important Guidance * Statement on Auditing Standard No. 94 * Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Understand the reasons humans make mistakes * Errors may be the result of many factors * Distractions – Concurrent...
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...which employees are best fit for specific jobs. One of the main purposes of conducting job analysis is to prepare job descriptions and job specifications which in turn helps hire the right quality of workforce into an organization. The general purpose of job analysis is to document the requirements of a job and the work performed. Job and task analysis is performed as a basis for later improvements, including: definition of a job domain; description of a job; development of performance appraisals, personnel selection, selection systems, promotion criteria, training needs assessment, legal defense of selection processes, and compensation plans. In the fields of human resources (HR) and industrial psychology, job analysis is often used to gather information for use in personnel selection, training, classification, and/or compensation.[3] The field of vocational rehabilitation uses job analysis to determine the physical requirements of a job to determine whether an individual who has suffered some diminished capacity is capable of performing the job with, or without, some accommodation. Professionals developing certification exams use job analysis (often called something slightly different, such as "task analysis" or "work analysis") to determine the...
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