Nursing

Use textbook and other resources to answer questions:

1. Describe 3 priority nursing considerations when preparing to care for a client who is 84 years old, lives alone, and presents to the ER with confusion.

2. How can a change in mental status be misinterpreted as a psychosocial condition vs. a medical-related illness?

3. Identify how implementing the teach-back method during the medication administration process can determine if the client is able to adhere to their medication regimen at home.

In order to prepare for the simulation, you are required to complete the pre-simulation questions below and submit this prework to the faculty via uploading your responses in Canvas prior to the start of the virtual simulation. If you do not complete the pre-simulation questions and upload them, you will not be able to access or participate in the simulation.

1. Compare and contrast acute impaired cognition and chronic impaired cognition.

2. Describe communication strategies for a patient who has impaired cognition.

3. What assessment findings and diagnostic testing would you anticipate for a patient experiencing fluid volume deficit?

4. What diagnostic testing and treatments would you anticipate for a patient with impaired gas exchange?

In order to prepare for the simulation, you are required to complete the pre-simulation questions below and submit this prework to the faculty via uploading your responses in Canvas prior to the start of the virtual simulation. If you do not complete the pre-simulation questions and upload them, you will not be able to access or participate in the simulation.

1. Compare and contrast left-sided versus right-sided heart failure.

2. What diagnostic testing should the nurse anticipate for a patient with heart failure and why?

3. What the desired outcomes in a patient with left-sided heart failure?

4. Develop discharge teaching for a patient with left-sided heart failure.