MN566 Introduction to Primary Care for the Nurse Practitioner
Unit 1 Journal
Journal: Learning Style
Purpose:
The purpose of this Journal exercise is to identify your learning style and discuss how you will time manage and confront the barriers to learning that you will experience as an NP student.
Where have you been and where do you want to go?
Career Map and Learning to Learn Exercise.
Please answer these 10 questions.
Question 1: Where have I been?
List the work areas in which you have experience.
Question 2: How did I get there?
List the path that brought you to this point in your career.
Question 3: What do I most like to do?
List the parts of your job or other professional activities you like the most.
Question 4: What do I like to do least?
Question 5: Which roles would my favorite activities use?
Think about the different roles of professional nurses. Which ones use your favorite activities?
Teacher
Practitioner
Communicator
Researcher
Leader
Question 6: Which roles require you to do your least favorite activities? Think about the different roles of nurses. Which ones use your least favorite activities?
Question 7: What education or other preparation would my favorite activities require?
Question 8: Would I really like doing those favorite activities full time?
Question 9: What is your learning style and what worked for you in the past to be successful? How did you enjoy learning in the past? How did you best communicate what you learned?
Through a written test, a term paper, an interview, performance, demonstration/presentation, etc. Why do you think that is? How would I rate my success on a scale of 1–10?
What change could have improved this score?
Question 10: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Assignment Requirements:
Before finalizing your work, you should:
be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
Utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing Assignment should:
follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and use APA 6th Edition format as outlined in the APA Progression Ladder.
MN566 Introduction to Primary Care for the Nurse Practitioner
Unit 2 Journal
Barriers to Collecting a Health History
What are the barriers you face to collecting a comprehensive health history so that you can give culturally-competent care?
Assignment Requirements:
Before finalizing your work, you should:
be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
Utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing Assignment should:
follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and use APA 6th Edition format as outlined in the APA Progression Ladder.
View the Journal Grading Rubric on the Grading Rubrics page under the Course Resources.
Submitting Your Journal
Please submit your Journal to the Unit 2 Journal Dropbox.
MN566 Introduction to Primary Care for the Nurse Practitioner
Unit 3 Journal
Writing about one’s personal experience encourages self-reflection and improves self-awareness. In this activity students are invited to reflect, in writing, on their experiences related to managing clinical risks for patients. Students to write about an event they observed or were involved in during their nursing profession that they feel might have placed a patient at risk. Alternatively, students may want to write about an event that occurred to them as recipients of healthcare, or as an observer to their friends’ or family members’ experiences. The event may be one that they feel related to any of anticipation, recognition, or management of a patient safety risk. Safe patient care and reducing medical-legal risk requires nurse practitioners to be aware of potential risks and how to avoid them.
The narrative should include:
a description of the event
an explanation of how this event placed a patient at risk
the student’s reflections on the event including:
if and how the event was recognized
why and how the event occurred, for example, was the event due to
action or inaction by an individual healthcare provider
system failure(s)
a combination of systems failure(s) and individual provider performance issues
what changes or improvements they would make, if any
how they felt at the time
how they currently feel about the even
Were you personally involved in the event? Discuss.
What, if any, workplace factors contributed to the event? (e.g., Was it during a handover? Did it involve a medication?)
How aware was the healthcare provider(s) of what was going on around them? (situational awareness)
How did the health care provider(s) recognize the safety problem, and how did they respond?
How did this event affect you?
What did you take away that you will use in the future?
I would do something differently next time because
Assignment Requirements:
Before finalizing your work, you should:
be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing Assignment should:
follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style; and
use APA 6th Edition format as outlined in the APA Progression Ladder.
View the Journal Grading Rubric on the Grading Rubrics page under the Course Resources.
Submitting Your Journal
Please submit your Journal to the Unit 3 Journal Dropbox.
MN566 Introduction to Primary Care for the Nurse Practitioner
Unit 4 Journal
Clinical Guidelines
Discuss the differences between these three tools; clinical guidelines, practice standards, and algorithms and how you see yourself using them in your clinical practice. What is one thing in your practice that you have always done, but you do not really know why you are doing it or why it works? Please reference your work.
Where to Post Response:
You will post this response to the online Journal. However, please write your response in Word or another text tool and save your work. When you are ready to post, copy your response text and paste it into the online Journal. This approach will ensure that you have a backup of your work.
To access the Journal, click the Journal tab located in the upper right area of the screen.
Assignment Requirements:
As this assignment is a Journal entry and not a formal paper, it may at times be difficult to follow the organization, style, and formatting of the APA 6th Edition Manual. Despite this, your Journal assignment should:
clearly establish and maintain the viewpoint and purpose of the assignment;
follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
use APA 6th edition format as outlined in the APA Progression Ladder.
View the Journal Grading Rubric on the Grading Rubrics page under the Course Resources.
Submitting Your Journal
Please submit your Journal to the Unit 4 Journal Dropbox.
MN566 Introduction to Primary Care for the Nurse Practitioner
Unit 6 Journal
Discuss the health education and health promotion information and strategy’s you will use when working with patients who have asthma. What is an Asthma Action Plan?
Where to Post Response:
You will post this response to the online Journal. However, please write your response in Word or another text tool and save your work. When you are ready to post, copy your response text and paste it into the online Journal. This approach will ensure that you have a backup of your work.
To access the Journal, click the Journal tab located in the upper right area of the screen.
Assignment Requirements:
As this assignment is a Journal entry and not a formal paper, it may at times be difficult to follow the organization, style, and formatting of the APA 6th Edition Manual. Despite this, your Journal assignment should:
clearly establish and maintain the viewpoint and purpose of the assignment;
follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
use APA 6th edition format as outlined in the APA Progression Ladder.
View the Journal Grading Rubric on the Grading Rubrics page under the Course Resources
Submitting Your Journal
Please submit your Journal to the Unit 6 Journal Dropbox.
MN566 Introduction to Primary Care for the Nurse Practitioner
Unit 7 Journal
Antibiotic Therapy
Discuss the use of antibiotic therapy when treating ear and throat pain in both children and adults. What is considered standard of care? Include professional guidelines and recommendations.
To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.
Assignment Requirements:
Before finalizing your work, you should:
be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
Utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing Assignment should:
follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
use APA 6th Edition format as outlined in the APA Progression Ladder.
View the Journal Grading Rubric on the Grading Rubrics page under the Course Resources.
Submitting Your Journal
Please submit your Journal to the Unit 7 Journal Dropbox.
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