N522PE Shadow Health Assessment Assignments

Assignment Instructions:

Write a three-page paper on the use of clinical reasoning in developing and applying advanced health history and physical assessment skills at the graduate level. Consider contemporary nursing literature on the development of clinical reasoning and decision-making. How does the use of the nursing process enhance critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment in professional nursing practice at the graduate level. Please use the submission parameters and rubric below to guide you when completing this assignment. N522PE Shadow Health Assessment Assignments

Submission Parameters:

For this written assignment, please use the following guidelines and criteria. Also, please refer to the rubric for point allocation and assignment expectations. The expected length of the paper is approximately 3 pages, which does not include the cover page and reference page(s). N522PE Shadow Health Assessment Assignments

I.        Introduction (including purpose statement)

II.        Clinical Reasoning

• Describe how clinical reasoning is used in developing and applying advanced health history and physical assessment skills at the graduate level.

III.        Nursing Process

• Describe how the use of the nursing process enhance critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment in professional nursing practice at the graduate level.

IV.        Clinical Example

• Discuss an example demonstrating the nurse’s use of critical thinking, clinical judgment, and clinical reasoning.
• Discuss how nursing care is provided when each of these concepts are evidenced in nursing care of the patient.

V.        Conclusion

VI.        References (consider contemporary nursing research studies or reliable electronic sources)

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In regards to APA format, please use the following as a guide:

• Include a cover page and running head (this is not part of the 3 pages limit)
• Include transitions in your paper (i.e. headings or subheadings)
• Use in-text references throughout the paper
• Use double space, 12 point Times New Roman font
• Apply appropriate spelling, grammar, and organization
• Include a reference list (this is not part of the 3 pages limit)
• Attempt to use primary sources only. That said, you may cite reliable electronic sources (i.e. NCSBN, AANP)

Assignment 1 Rubric – N522PE Shadow Health Assessment Assignments

Final Project

The Final Project (6-8 page paper) synthesizes the previous weeks’ study of advanced physical assessment by conducting a comprehensive assessment in ShadowHealth. The final project synthesis is focused upon designing evidence-based, culturally competent nursing interventions through the development of an individualized health plan. Assessment of competency is based on the Comprehensive Patient Interview, Physical Examination and Individualized Plan of Care incorporating Healthy People 2020 and evidence-based interventions and patient-centered goals.

You will use one comprehensive digital clinical experience health history and physical assessment for this assignment: Comprehensive Assessment. Please submit your summary documentation in MS Word. Use the submission parameters and rubric below to guide you in completion of this written assignment. The use of Headers in your paper is strongly encouraged.

Submission Parameters:

For this written assignment, please use the following guidelines and criteria. Also, please refer to the rubric for point allocation and assignment expectations. The expected length of the paper is approximately 6-8 pages, which does not include the cover page and reference page(s).

1. Introduction (including purpose statement)
2. Subjective Findings Synthesis
3. Objective Findings Synthesis
4. Plan of Care
   1. Apply one nursing theory in planning care for this patient
   2. Incorporate Healthy People 2020 Objectives into the plan of care prioritized to meet the health needs of the patient
   3. Document evidence to support clinical reasoning for selected evidence-based plan of care
   4. Plan of care is individualized to findings, life-span stage of development with culturally specific considerations, and patient-centered.
5. Conclusion
6. References (use primary and/or reliable electronic sources)

 

In regards to APA format, please use the following as a guide:

• Include a cover page and running head (this is not part of the 6-8 pages limit)
• Include transitions in your paper (i.e. headings or subheadings)
• Use in-text references throughout the paper
• Use double space, 12 point Times New Roman font
• Apply appropriate spelling, grammar, and organization
• Include a reference list (this is not part of the 6-8 pages limit)
• Attempt to use primary sources only. That said, you may cite reliable electronic sources (i.e. NCSBN, AANP)

The Final Project documentation is due in Week Seven.  Please see the Final Project below to help you complete the assignment. N522PE Shadow Health Assessment Assignments

Final Project Rubric – N522PE Shadow Health Assessment Assignments

Competency	20	18	16	0	Earned/ Possible Points
The history, assessment and key findings are synthesized	Documentation clearly shows student has completed a comprehensive assessment with a written synthesis of key findings.	Documentation supports the student has completed the comprehensive assessment with key findings.	Documentation supports the student has completed the assessment without documentation of key findings.	Documentation supports the student attempted to complete the comprehensive assessment without identification of key findings. The comprehensive health history is briefly documented and lacks depth and specificity.	/20
	20	18	16	0
Documented  Prioritized Physical Examination Findings	Documentation clearly shows student has completed the physical examination with findings prioritized.	Documentation supports the student has completed the physical examination with findings.	Documentation supports student completed some of the physical examination. Documentation is accurate but lacks depth.	No evidence that the student is applying read concepts of advanced focused physical assessment. Documentation lacks depth and may lack coherence for understandability.	/20
	20	18	16	0
Documented Evidence to Support Clinical Reasoning with External Course Resources	Discourse clearly shows the student has studied the topic and has given thought in developing the final plan of care with one nursing theory applied and integration of Healthy People 2020.	Discourse supports the student has studied the topic and has given thought in developing the final plan of care. Lacks integration of either one applied nursing theory or integration of Healthy People 2020.	Discourse supports student studied some of the topic, however, lacks detail and depth in developing the final plan of care. Lacks integration of either one applied nursing theory or integration of Healthy People 2020.	No evidence that that student has read or studied the topic. Discourse lacks depth. May be presented in a rambling manner. Content is inaccurate &/or is unclear. No use of one applied nursing theory or integration of Healthy People 2020.	/20
	20	18	16	0
Individualized and Prioritized Plan of Care is Based Upon Clinical Findings	Accurately presents an individualized plan of care based upon clinical findings.	Presents an individualized plan of care based upon clinical findings. Some minor omissions are noted. N522PE Shadow Health Assessment Assignments	Presents a plan of care that is not individualized based upon the clinical findings.	A plan of care is not presented or the plan of care presented lacks demonstration of competency or is irrelevant to the clinical findings.	/20
	5	4	3	0
Developmentally and Culturally Specific	Accurately documents a development-ally and culturally specific assessment and plan of care for the selected patient.	Documents a development-ally and culturally specific assessment and plan of care.	Presents a development-ally and culturally specific assessment or plan of care and one or both are not based upon the selected patient.	A development-ally and culturally specific assessment and plan of care are not presented or based upon the selected patient’s findings.	/5
	5	4	3	0
Demonstration of Compliance with Ethical and Legal Standards of Professional Nursing Practice	Compliance with the ethical and legal standards of professional nursing practice is explicitly stated in the documentation of the comprehensive physical assessment.	Compliance with the ethical and legal standards of professional nursing practice is stated in the documentation.	Compliance with the ethical and legal standards of professional nursing practice is briefly implied in the documentation of the comprehensive physical assessment or inaccuracies are evidenced in the written assessment.	Compliance with the ethical and legal standards of professional nursing practice is not included in the documentation of the physical assessment.	/5
	10	9	8	0
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation APA Format	APA Format, grammar, punctuation and spelling is accurate with errors.	APA Format, grammar, punctuation and spelling is accurate with less than two types of errors.	APA Format, grammar, punctuation and spelling is accurate with five or fewer types of errors.	APA Format, grammar, punctuation and spelling is accurate with more than five types of errors.	/10
COMMENTS:				TOTAL:	/100

N522PE Shadow Health Assessment Assignments