PVCs Dynamic Process of Clinical Judgment Paper

PVCs Dynamic Process of Clinical Judgment Paper

You are a student in the last term of a BSN Program. You are preparing for an end of term exam. To help you prepare, your instructor developed three real world clinical scenarios to provide opportunities for you to apply clinical reasoning and clinical judgement. The instructor stated, “You received reports on these clients. Decide which one you need to see first and then make appropriate nursing decisions based on relevant information to promote positive client outcomes.”

The three scenarios include:

Patient 1

JR is a 55 yr old male admitted 8 hrs ago for 24 hr hold to evaluate for possible myocardial infarction. Serial troponins within normal range, and 12 lead ECG indicate evidence of prior right anterior wall myocardial damage

Patient 2

EH is a 40 yr old admitted within the past hour with acute onset severe right upper quandrant pain and vomiting for the past 36 hr. Waiting on labs, ECG monitoring showing occasional premature ventricular contraction (PVCs)

Patient 3

BW is a 21 yr old male athlete admitted yesterday with fever of 103 and diagnosis of influenza. He rested well overnight. Morning chest xray revealed mild infiltrates in left lower lobe

Instructions

Record your answers to these statements.

• Rank the three scenarios provided in order of priority related to which client you will assess first, second and third.
• Defend your selection for the three ranked scenarios.
• Review the data below for the priority client to determine what to assess first.

Chest X-ray no abnormalities noted

Abdominal X-ray :diffuse gas throughout the small intestine

Hyperactive bowel sounds in all 4 quadrants and abdomen painful to touch

Pain level 10/10

Sodium (Na+) 147 mmol/Labn- high

Potassium (K+) 2.9 mmol/L low

Chloride (Cl-) 100 mmol/L – normal

Magnesium (Mg2+) 1.4 mg/dL

Calcium (Ca2+) 9.2 mg/dL

Phosphorus (P+) 2.3 mg/dL- low

Glucose 188 mg/dL – high

Serum albumin 3.0 g/dL – low

Amylase 185 unit/L- extremely high

Serum Creatinine 0.5 mg/dL- nor

BUN 15 mg/dL- nor

Alkaline Phos. 155 unit/L – high

• Protein 8.6 g/dL – slightly high

Bilirubin 3.5 mg/dL – extremely high

Formulate three hypotheses based on cues provided

Select the priority hypothesis

Defend your selection

Describe an evaluation plan for the priority hypothesis based on expected client outcomes

Describe the next steps in the clinical judgement model including: PVCs Dynamic Process of Clinical Judgment Paper

• Actions if satisfied with client outcomes
• Actions if not satisfied with client outcomes

Provide headings for each section to keep it organized

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses. PVCs Dynamic Process of Clinical Judgment Paper

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content. PVCs Dynamic Process of Clinical Judgment Paper
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

PVCs Dynamic Process of Clinical Judgment Paper