Mountain climbers like Sir Edmund Hillary—the first person to scale Mt. Everest—are driven by a passion not everyone can understand. They persevere through brutal environments, dangerous conditions, and the risk of failure, merely for a chance to meet their objective: to reach the top.
That passion can fuel their desire and their objectives, but it should not drive their thinking and decision making. Failure to apply logical reasoning with each step can be a matter of life and death.
This week, you examine how clinical reasoning is used in your specialty area, and how advanced knowledge of physical assessment, pathophysiology and pharmacology can help improve your clinical reasoning skills. With an appreciation for the need to reason and think critically, you will further examine a case study of your choosing from your practicum experience and begin to determine the patient history and presentation as part of Part 1 of your Threaded Case Study. You also will submit your finalized Practicum Experience Plan.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
- Analyze advanced knowledge of clinical reasoning to area of specialty.
- Develop measurable individualized practicum learning objectives.
- Evaluate a clinical specialty as a means to advance knowledge and development.
- Develop a Practicum Experience Plan.
- Develop a timeline for the practicum experience.
- Evaluate practicum experiences related to advanced physical assessment, pathophysiology, and pharmacology.
- Analyze patient history and presentation related to a chosen case study*
- Analyze pathophysiology of primary diagnosis*
- Recommend a pharmacological approach to the primary diagnosis*
- Recommend a nursing treatment plan for a chosen case study*
- Recommend short- and long-term nursing treatment goals for a chosen case study*
