Activity Learning Outcomes   Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:    Identify and articulate advanced assessment health history and physical examination techniques which are relevant to a focused body system (CO 1)  Differentiate normal and abnormal findings with regard to a disease or condition that impacts the body system (CO 2)   Adapt advanced assessment skills if necessary to suit the needs of specific patient populations (CO 4)  Due Date: ...

Purpose  CO1 Incorporate appropriate historical perspectives into current professional nursing practice (PO 2).  CO2 Use lessons from nursing history to integrate clinical judgment into professional nursing practice (PO 4). Discussion AACN BSN Essential VIII clearly calls for BSN graduates to appreciate nursing history and its impact on today & professional nursing practice. As you consider your future professional nursing practice, tell us  how you will share stories and lesso...

Discussion You have completed your interview of a nurse who is making nursing history today. How will that nurse's contributions and accomplishments impact your future professional nursing practice? As you reflect on your own nursing practice, how are you contributing to nursing history? Solution: Judd and Sitzman (2014) stress that contributing to nursing history is considered as one of the main desires of most nurses. As such, many nurses usually dedicate their lives to serving p...

Requirements and Guidelines If submission method is written (typed on the template), do the following. 1. Carefully review these Milestone 3 Guidelines. 2. The interview must take place in a face-to-face or phone conversation only. An e-mail interview or asking the nurse to complete a written or typed interview is not permitted. 3. Download the required Milestone 3 Template (Links to an external site.) and save it to your computer with the file name: Your Last Name NR393 Milestone 3.docx. ...

Discussion The mid- to late 20th century was filled with amazing changes and events in professional nursing. Select one of these changes or events, describe it, and explain how that change or event has impacted quality of nursing practice today. Solution: One amazing change that took place in the mid-to-late 20th century in professional nursing was the development of coronary care and intensive care units in the 1960s whereby nurses started playing a pivotal role in caring for critically il...

There was much progress in nursing during the early to middle part of the 20th century (1900 through the late 1930s). After reading the textbook and the lesson for this week, describe one area of change in nursing during that time period that intrigues you. Discuss how that area could be applied today. Solution: The nursing field has continued to evolve significantly over the past 15 decades more particularly since the beginning of revolutionization of modern health care by Florence Nighting...

Requirements and Guidelines 1. Carefully review this Milestone 2 Guidelines document rubric and the Milestone 2 Template. 2. Review the Differences Between Closed and Open-Ended Questions (Links to an external site.) document. Use the suggestions to formulate your initial and follow-up questions. 3. Download the required Milestone 2 Template (Links to an external site.). Save it to your computer with the file name as Your Last Name NR393 Milestone 2.docx. 4. You are required to complete th...

CO3 Demonstrate responsibility for continued professional growth by exploring the nursing and lay literature related to historical nursing practice (PO 5) CO4 Compare current professional nursing practice roles with historical roles of the nurse (PO 7) Important nurses of the 19th century are often overshadowed by Nightingale's prominence. Select one 19th century nurse other than Nightingale, and describe this person's contributions to the profession. Although some duplication is expected,...

CO2 Use lessons from nursing history to integrate clinical judgment into professional nursing practice (PO 4) CO3 Demonstrate responsibility for continued professional growth by exploring the nursing and lay literature related to historical nursing practice (PO 5) The basic story of Florence Nightingale is familiar to most nurses. This week we learned more about Nightingale's life and work. Select at least one piece of the Nightingale legacy that was new to you and tell us how this changed...

CO2 Use lessons from nursing history to integrate clinical judgment into professional nursing practice (PO 4) CO4 Compare current professional nursing practice roles with historical roles of the nurse (PO 7) Nursing history is not just about the past and famous people; it is being made by nurses every day. What nurse do you know personally who is making nursing history today? Describe the contributions that this specific nurse is making to impact nursing and nursing history today. Solutio...