(NR 526 Week 3)
NR 526 Week 3 Assignment: Clinical Questioning
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to provide educator students with a tool for working with nursing students and staff members when they are caring for complex healthcare cases.
Requirements: In this assignment you are the nursing professional development specialist (NPD specialist, formerly called the “staff educator”) assisting your assigned new graduate nurse in applying the nursing process. In the role of NPD specialist, you will not only take care of your patient at an advanced level, incorporating advanced physical assessment findings, associated pathophysiologic mechanisms that underlie the presenting disease, and the appropriate pharmacologic treatment approach, you will also consider the educational needs of your orientee.
NR 526 Week 3 Discussion: Polypharmacy and the Effects of Age
Examining the case of Charles Gibson, construct and explain a concept map that describes how you would expect polypharmacy and his age to affect the pharmacokinetics of his medications. Include a discussion of pathophysiology and health assessment in your discussion.
To assist you with this discussion, please refer to the following Brainshark tutorial:………………. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Note: there are several sites that provide free concept mapping software or allow you to use their software for free for 30 days. Your faculty member may also be able to discuss potential sources. If you prefer, you can draw out a concept map on pencil and paper, take a picture of it, and copy it into the discussion textbox.