UTA NURS2300 Assignments Latest 2022 April (Full)

NURS2300 INTRO TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING

Week 1 Assignment

Exploring Nursing Assignment

Choose a nursing specialty (e.g. oncology, pediatrics, psychiatric) or a role (e.g. school nurse, nurse manager, nurse entrepreneur, nurse faculty). Research the working role and occupational outlook for your selected nursing specialty or role. *Make note of what websites you are using, as you will need to provide them below.

In a new Word document, start with your name and date at the top

Copy and paste the questions below (keep the numeric question format in your document)

Answer each question, avoiding plagiarism. You do not have to use formal APA for this assignment as long as you indicate where your information came from.

You may use list form or bullet points if applicable.

Submit the completed Word document to Canvas

Answer the following questions for this assignment:

What specialty or role did you choose?

What are the educational requirements? You do not have to include basic training like CPR, but include all degree requirements, license requirements, and any other specialized training required.

Describe available certifications specific to that specialty. Include the name of the certification, eligibility requirements, and how the certification is earned.

What does a nurse do in this role? You may include some general nursing roles, but you should include a minimum of 3 things that are SPECIFIC TO THAT SPECIALTY.

Describe possible locations/settings where this nurse can work.

Identify the professional nursing organization that represents this specialty in the United States. Some specialties have more than one associated professional organization. Please choose one to list here, along with their mission or vision statement.

What websites did you use to find your information? Please include both the name of the website as well as the URL address. You may simply list below.

 

NURS2300 INTRO TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING

Week 2 Assignment

Reflective Journal 1

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a new Word document, start with your name and date at the top.

Copy and paste the questions below (keep the numeric question format in your document).

Answer each question with at least 2-3 complete sentences for full credit.

Re-upload and submit the completed Word document to Canvas.

Answer the following questions for this reflection journal:

What motivated you to pursue nursing school, and to pursue it at this time in your life? What barriers do you need to overcome in order to succeed?

What emotions surface when you think about nursing school? What about your future nursing career? Explain.

As an online student, what is your best time management technique?

Describe your current study strategies. How do you prepare for classes and/or exams? What really works for you to be successful as a pre-nursing student? 

Think about the various active learning strategies you have read about this week. Which of these are you willing to put into practice for your success as a nursing student? What are the benefits and challenges to doing so?

How will learning about the history of professional nursing help you in becoming a nurse? What steps can you take to add to a positive image of nursing?

Looking back over the last two weeks of the course, what else did you learn about that you didn’t know before? How will you apply this to your life (currently, or in your future nursing practice)?

 

NURS2300 INTRO TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING

Week 3 Assignment

Nursing Article & APA Reference Submission

Step One: Locate an article in a professional nursing journal

Locate the name of a recent (<5 years), professional, nursing journal related to the area of nursing you are interested in pursuing. Please refer to the Library and APA Resources to help guide you.

Find one scholarly, peer-reviewed article in that journal that interests you and read it; editorial and topical articles will not suffice.

Step Two: Write an APA reference

Use the article that you found to write a properly formatted APA reference; only the reference is needed, you do not need to write a summary for this assignment.

Type the APA reference on a Word document.

Please include the appropriate heading for a 7th edition APA reference page.

Step Three: Submit TWO attachments to Canvas (See instructions here (Links to an external site.) for uploading more than one file to a submission)

Attach the reference in Word format.

Attach the article in a .pdf format.

You will need to submit a copy of your article; this needs to be a .pdf file and not just a copy of the link.

Please see the rubric for details on how to avoid deductions for this assignment.

NURS2300 INTRO TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING

Week 4 Assignment

Legal Case Study

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a new Word document, start with your name and date at the top.

Copy and paste the questions below (keep the numeric question format in your document).

Answer each question with at least 2-3 complete sentences for full credit.

Re-upload and submit the completed Word document to Canvas.

CASE STUDY:

Madison Wills worked night shift on a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at a major medical center. She assumed the care of a very sick premature infant who weighed 1 kg (a little over 2 lb). Sylvia Smithson had been the infant’s nurse during the day shift. Sylvia had started the infant’s intravenous (IV) antibiotic infusion at 6:30 p.m., just before shift change. She reported that the infant’s IV line in his arm was flowing without difficulty and the IV site had no redness or swelling.

When Madison assessed the infant at 7:45 after the end-of-shift report, she noted that the baby’s arm was swollen and that the IV had infiltrated (was no longer in the vein). When she stopped the medication, she also noted that the dose on the antibiotics was incorrect and was much too large for a very small infant.

Answer the following questions:

What is the first thing that Madison should do after discovering these two problems?

Which of these problems (the infiltration or the dosing) was the most significant?

What is the nurse’s responsibility when an antibiotic is prepared by the pharmacy?

Did malpractice occur? Why or why not?

Who would you hold responsible for the errors which occurred? Why?

What could have been done to prevent the errors? 

 

NURS2300 INTRO TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING

Week 5 Assignment

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a new Word document, start with your name and date at the top.

Copy and paste the questions below (keep the numeric question format in your document).

Answer each question with at least 2-3 complete sentences for full credit.

Re-upload and submit the completed Word document to Canvas.

Answer the following questions for this reflection journal:

Think of a common saying, perhaps something your family used to say to you, that is health-related (like you must not swim for 30 minutes after you eat, or you’ll get a stomach ache, or if you go outside with wet hair, you’ll catch a cold). What information you would need to have in order to support or refute these claims. For example, what questions would you need to investigate?

What do you think could be challenging to apply evidence-based practice in nursing care? How can you overcome these when you become a nurse?

What do you think you will do when you encounter a patient care situation in which decisions are made that go against your values and beliefs?

Why is it important to have passions or interests other than nursing? What is your plan to avoid burnout as a nurse?

How do you think you come across when communicating with other people? What are some areas you may need to work on with communication?

In this course, you have learned many strategies for success. Which one was the most useful and why? How will you apply this to your life (currently, or in your future nursing school)? Which concept do you want to make sure and take with you moving forward?

Looking back over the last three weeks of the course, what is the biggest change in your understanding of the nursing profession since the beginning of the course? How will you apply this to your life (currently, or in your future nursing practice)?