You CAN Teach Med-Surg Nursing! : The Authoritative Guide and Toolkit for the Medical-Surgical Nursing Clinical Instructor.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share You CAN Teach Med-Surg Nursing! -- Part I: Introduction to the Role of the Medical-Surgical Clinical Nursing Instructor -- Chapter 1: Instructor Contracts and Evaluations -- Online or Distance Learning -- The Contract -- Sample Adjunct Professor Contract -- Self-Assessment and Evaluations/Observations -- Pre-Evaluation Questions -- The First Year as a Clinical Instructor -- Chapter 2: Effective Student Evaluations -- Anecdotal Notes and Student Evaluations -- Sample Action Verbs -- Identifying, Documenting, and Conducting Interventions for Students with Performance Deficiencies -- How to Counsel a Student -- Clinical Remediation -- Learning Contract -- Probation -- Chapter 3: Learning Requirements and Syllabus Preparation -- Skills Checklist and Course Preparation -- Resources -- Before the Clinical Class Begins -- Week 1 Logistics -- Syllabus Preparation -- Sample Course Syllabus -- Assignments -- Student Handbook Example -- Skills Checklist for Medical-Surgical Clinical -- Chapter 4: First Day of Clinical Practice: Forms, Expectations, and Math Assessment -- The Initial Meeting -- Week 1 Preconference -- Attendance -- Clinical Day 1 -- Unit Scavenger Hunt -- Equipment Scavenger Hunt -- Care Plans -- Concept Maps -- Math Quiz -- Weekly Journal -- Postconference Instructions -- Week 1 Postconference -- Part II: Basics of Clinical Teaching and Student Evaluation -- Chapter 5: Review and Assessment of Basic Skills -- Week 2 Preconference -- Hand Washing -- Taking Vital Signs -- Signs and Symptoms -- Pulse Assessment -- Pulse Locations Worksheet -- Answers to Pulse Locations Worksheet -- Guiding Factors During a Physical Examination -- Neurological Assessment -- Cardiology Assessment -- Respiratory Assessment -- Gastrointestinal Assessment.

Genitourinary Assessment -- Skin Assessment -- Report-Taking Exercise -- Bed Positions -- Bathing the Patient -- Shadowing -- Week 2 Postconference -- Chapter 6: Medications -- Teaching about Medications -- Medication List -- Medication Administration Guide -- The Six "Rights" of Medication Administration -- Drug Terminology -- Basic Drug Terms -- Common Terms in Drug Toxicy -- Bacterial Terminology -- Drug Names, Mechanisms, Descriptions, and Contraindications -- Analgesics and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs -- Anesthetics and Other Drugs Given During Surgery -- Anticoagulants -- Antimicrobials -- Antipyretics -- Cardiac Drugs -- Chemotherapeutic Drugs -- Diabetic Medications -- Diuretics -- Gastrointestinal Medications -- Immunosuppressants -- IV Fluids -- Neurological and Psychoactive Drugs -- Reproductive Drugs: Hormones -- Respiratory Drugs -- Tuberculosis Combination Drugs -- Vitamin and Mineral Supplements -- Medical Abbreviations -- Dosage Calculations -- Conversions -- Dosage Calculation Formulas -- IV Flow-Rate Calculations -- Chapter 7: Admission Assessments -- Week 3 Preconference -- Week 3 Medication Quiz -- Admission Assessment Exercise -- Answers to Sample Admission Assessment Exercises -- Nursing Notes -- Nursing Documentation Samples -- Narrative Charting Sample -- SOAP Charting -- Electronic Medication Administration Records -- Purpose of Electronic Medication Administration Records -- Disadvantages of Electronic Medication Administration Records -- eMAR Quiz -- Answers to eMAR Quiz -- Week 3 Postconference -- Chapter 8: Critical Thinking Applied to IV Therapy, Medications, and Laboratory Values -- Week 4 Preconference -- Building Critical Thinking Skills -- Medication Sites -- Drug Calculations -- IV Therapy -- IV Information -- Complications of IV Therapy -- Fluid Volume Terms -- Lattice Format -- Laboratory Values.

Physician Orders Exercise -- Week 4 Postconference -- Chapter 9: Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Nursing Responsibilities -- Week 5 Preconference -- Week 5 Medication Quiz -- Preoperative Nursing -- Consents -- Day of Surgery -- Key Information -- Preoperative Checklist Exercise -- Patient Information Sheet -- Intraoperative Nursing -- Operating Room -- Postoperative Nursing -- Transfusions -- Transfusion Compatibility Chart -- Postoperative Care -- Postsurgical Critical Thinking Questions -- Answers to Postsurgical Critical Thinking Questions -- Postsurgical Mapping Exercise -- Answers to Postsurgical Mapping Exercise -- Additional Postoperative Scenarios -- Answers to Additional Postoperative Scenarios -- Week 5 Postconference -- Chapter 10: Delegation and Management Styles and Concepts -- Week 6 Preconference -- Delegation Survey -- Delegation Survey Exercise -- Delegation -- Delegation Matching Exercise -- Answers to the Delegation Matching Exercise -- Delegation Questions -- Answers to Delegation Questions -- Prioritization -- Prioritizing and Planning Nursing Care for a Group of Patients -- Prioritization Questions -- Answers to Prioritization Questions -- Leadership Styles -- Other Styles -- Team Management -- Managing Difficult Situations -- Research Concepts and Terms -- Personal Protective Equipment -- PPE-Related Vocabulary Words -- Palliative Care -- Week 6 Postconference -- Part III: Bringing Theory to the Clinical Setting: Teaching the Body Systems -- Chapter 11: The Neurological System and Assessments -- Week 7 Preconference -- Week 7 Medication Quiz -- Neurology -- The Neurological Assessment and Neurological Scale -- Babinski Reflex -- Cerebrovascular Accident -- Embolic Stroke -- Assessments for Stroke -- Key Factors -- Intracranial Pressure -- Autoregulation -- Additional Stroke Information.

Other Neurological Disorders -- Brain Tumors -- Meningitis -- Encephalitis -- Brain Abscess -- Transient Ischemic Attack -- Types of Brain Hemorrhage -- Spinal Cord Injuries -- Seizures -- Concussion -- Postconcussion Syndrome -- Coup-Contrecoup Injury -- Skull Fracture -- Multiple Sclerosis -- Parkinson's Disease -- Myasthenia Gravis -- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis -- Huntington's Disease -- Dementia -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Physician Orders Exercise -- Critical Thinking Exercises -- Problem-Solving Steps -- Critical Thinking Exercise # 1 -- Answers to Critical Thinking Exercise #1 -- Critical Thinking Exercise #2 -- Answers to Critical Thinking Exercise #2 -- Week 7 Postconference -- Chapter 12: The Cardiac System and Assessments -- Week 8 Preconference -- Week 8 Medication Quiz -- Cardiac System -- Ekg and Cardiac Site Material -- Cardiac Wave form Exercise -- Cardiac Wave form Answer Sheet -- Heart Sounds Exercise -- Heart Sounds Answer Sheet -- Edema -- Cardiac Definitions -- Pulse Pressure -- The Heart of the Matter -- Atherosclerosis -- Hypertension -- Assessing Heart Sounds -- Murmurs -- Congestive Heart Failure -- Right Ventricular Heart Failure -- Left Ventricular Heart Failure -- Pacemakers -- Physician Orders Exercise -- Word Recall Exercise -- Simulations -- Contraindications -- Management of Responsibilities -- The Instructor Workstation -- Stage 1 Baseline -- Simulation Exercise -- Critical Thinking Exercises -- Critical Thinking Exercise #1 -- Answers to Critical Thinking Exercise #1 -- Critical Thinking Exercise #2 -- Answers to Critical Thinking Exercise #2 -- Week 8 Postconference -- Chapter 13: The Respiratory System and Assessments -- Week 9 Preconference -- Week 9 Medication Quiz -- Arterial Blood Gases -- Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation -- Arterial Blood Gas Practice Sheet -- Answers To Arterial Blood Gas Practice Sheet.

Assessing Lung Sounds and Pulmonary Conditions -- Pleural Effusions -- Pulmonary Assessment -- Health History -- Inspection -- Clinical Signs and Symptoms -- Using the Breath Sounds Worksheet -- Respiratory System Conditions -- Pulmonary Edema -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Asthmatic Bronchitis -- Emphysema -- Pulmonary Embolism -- Pneumonia -- Tuberculosis -- Pleurisy -- Pneumothorax -- Indications for Oxygen Therapy -- Using the Supplemental Oxygen Device Worksheet -- Supplemental Oxygen Device Worksheet -- Answers to Supplemental Oxygen Device Worksheet -- Chest Tube Drainage Systems -- Critical Thinking Exercises -- Critical Thinking Exercise #1 -- Answers to Critical Thinking Exercise #1 -- Critical Thinking Exercise # 2 -- Answers to Critical Thinking Exercise #2 -- Week 9 Postconference -- Chapter 14: The Gastrointestinal System and Assessments -- Week 10 Preconference -- Week 10 Medication Quiz -- How to Measure for an NGT Quiz -- Answers to NGT Quiz -- NGT/OGT Quiz -- Answers to NGT/OGT Quiz -- Abdominal Girth Measurement -- Abdominal Girth Measurement Quiz -- Answers to Abdominal Girth Measurement Quiz -- Gastrointestinal Knowledge Quiz -- Answers to Gastrointestinal Knowledge Quiz -- Abdominal Organ Position Exercise -- Answers to Abdominal Organ Position Exercise -- Abdominal Quadrants and Regions -- Abdominal Quadrants Labeling Exercise -- Answers to Quadrants Labeling Exercise -- Abdominal Regions Labeling Exercise -- Answers to Abdominal Regions Labeling Exercise -- GI System -- Review of GI System Functions -- General Signs and Symptoms of GI Disorders -- Upper GI Symptoms -- GI Assessment -- Assessment Steps -- Brief Review of Anatomy and Assessment -- GI Surgeries -- GI Disorders and Diseases -- Hiatal Hernia -- Gastric Ulcer -- Gastric Cancer -- Ulcerative Colitis -- Appendicitis -- Barrett's Esophagus.

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