Lesson Plan: Blood Pressure
Objectives:
Each student understand the importance of blood pressure in the human body and the physiology that goes with it.
Each student will understand hypo and hypertension and what can these conditions do in the human body.
Each student will learn how to take a person blood pressure both manually and digitally.
Content:
Discuss and draw on the board a Discuss how the blood pressure is the blood flowing through the arteries when the heart in pumping the systolic (top number) is when the heart is pumping. The diastolic (lower number) the heart a rest. Discuss some of the factors that can change a person blood pressure such as stress, smoking, fatty diet. ( have students add to this discussion)
Show the students a sphygomanometer (Blood pressure cuff) Have both Manuel and digital. Using a double headed stethoscope demonstrate how to take a blood pressure. Have each student listen to their own or their partners blood pressure as teacher demonstrate. Discuss each component of the cuff. Manometer, bulb, valve bladder. Discuss each component of a stethoscope. Stress the importance of keeping even fellow students blood pressure confidently. Discuss cleaning the cuff and stethoscope in between use. (You don't want someone else ear wax in your ears
Give plenty of time for students to practice this skill. If a student have difficulty hearing the blood pressure allow them to use a digital cuff with a manual pump so the students can practice using a valve and a pump. Demonstrate wear the brachial artery is. (The inner arm) Discuss the importance of palpating that artery with your Evaluationthree fingers for placement of your stethoscope.
Teaching Methods:
Video
Lecture Discussion demonstration and return demonstration
Say, see, do
If student is hearing imapired they may use a digital blood pressure cuff. Use of the digital blood pressure cuff in For Red Cross Testing needs advanced Permision
Evaluation
Students will demonstrate taking a blood pressure to instructor using a double headed stethoscope using the six principles of patient care.
http://aumnicat.aum.edu/instruction/subject/nursing.html
Friday, October 19, 2007
Assignment 2 lesson plan
Lesson Plan: Principles of patient care
Course Objectives:
Participants will understand the six principles of patient care: Dignity, Infection Control, Safety, Communication, Independence, and Privacy.
Each participant will demonstrate principles of patient care through role play, and and return demonstration in clinical setting when doing direct patient care.
Participants will pass written quiz with seventy percent accuracy.
Content: Discuss and demonstrate the six principles of patient care stressing the importance of each step in good nursing practice.
Dignity: Inform the students of the importance of speaking to patient by using their proper name. Never call a patient honey or sweety this is demeaning.
Infection Control: Most infections in hospitals are spread by nurses hands. Demonstrate and return demonstration of hand washing. Use National news of MRSA infections in hospital setting and the meaning nosocomial infections. (hospital acquired infections)
Communication: Patients have a right to know what you are doing to them and nurses have the responsibility to explain all procedures to the patient before doing them.
Safety: This is the most important principle. Check the patient ID band is this the right patient. Check your orders. Have call bell within reach of the patient answer it promptly. Demonstrate to students how use call light systems, electric bed, show them sample arm bands. Discuss with students how to find a patient care plan and importance of reading it before taking care of patient.
Independence: Encourage a patient to assist in their own care. Providing adaptive devices so people with disabilities can live more independently. Demonstrate built up eating utensils for people with arthritis. Demonstration of wheel chair and how to remove and replace footrest and apply breaks.
Privacy: Demonstrate and return demonstrate how to drape a person properly during patient procedures. Talk about the rights patients have to confidentiality. Nurses can be sued for breaking patients confidentiality. Patient records are on the need to know basis. Discuss what information a student can have access to have and the rights of patients to refuse to have students have access to the patient or their records. Discuss George Clooney and how the hospital suspended staff for not keeping his medical information private.
Teaching Methods:
Lecture, discussion, demonstration, return demonstration and role play. Written Quiz
Accommodation (Differentiated Instruction)
Written Vocabulary List for ESL students. Lecture with White Board use for hearing impaired)
Demonstration and check for feedback with return demonstration. Written Quiz with Mosbey textbook for resource.
Materials used. Classroom white board for lecture. DVD player for news media and or newspaper articles on increase in infections. Nursing lab with all with all its materials, Visit to a nursing unit and visits with patient in long term care. Written quiz on principles of patient care.
Evaluation: Return demonstration of role play of nurse patient relationship. Demonstration of use of equipment, handwashing. Understanding of confidentiality. Written Quiz.
Course Objectives:
Participants will understand the six principles of patient care: Dignity, Infection Control, Safety, Communication, Independence, and Privacy.
Each participant will demonstrate principles of patient care through role play, and and return demonstration in clinical setting when doing direct patient care.
Participants will pass written quiz with seventy percent accuracy.
Content: Discuss and demonstrate the six principles of patient care stressing the importance of each step in good nursing practice.
Dignity: Inform the students of the importance of speaking to patient by using their proper name. Never call a patient honey or sweety this is demeaning.
Infection Control: Most infections in hospitals are spread by nurses hands. Demonstrate and return demonstration of hand washing. Use National news of MRSA infections in hospital setting and the meaning nosocomial infections. (hospital acquired infections)
Communication: Patients have a right to know what you are doing to them and nurses have the responsibility to explain all procedures to the patient before doing them.
Safety: This is the most important principle. Check the patient ID band is this the right patient. Check your orders. Have call bell within reach of the patient answer it promptly. Demonstrate to students how use call light systems, electric bed, show them sample arm bands. Discuss with students how to find a patient care plan and importance of reading it before taking care of patient.
Independence: Encourage a patient to assist in their own care. Providing adaptive devices so people with disabilities can live more independently. Demonstrate built up eating utensils for people with arthritis. Demonstration of wheel chair and how to remove and replace footrest and apply breaks.
Privacy: Demonstrate and return demonstrate how to drape a person properly during patient procedures. Talk about the rights patients have to confidentiality. Nurses can be sued for breaking patients confidentiality. Patient records are on the need to know basis. Discuss what information a student can have access to have and the rights of patients to refuse to have students have access to the patient or their records. Discuss George Clooney and how the hospital suspended staff for not keeping his medical information private.
Teaching Methods:
Lecture, discussion, demonstration, return demonstration and role play. Written Quiz
Accommodation (Differentiated Instruction)
Written Vocabulary List for ESL students. Lecture with White Board use for hearing impaired)
Demonstration and check for feedback with return demonstration. Written Quiz with Mosbey textbook for resource.
Materials used. Classroom white board for lecture. DVD player for news media and or newspaper articles on increase in infections. Nursing lab with all with all its materials, Visit to a nursing unit and visits with patient in long term care. Written quiz on principles of patient care.
Evaluation: Return demonstration of role play of nurse patient relationship. Demonstration of use of equipment, handwashing. Understanding of confidentiality. Written Quiz.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Technology in the Nursing Field
After thinking about how I use technology in the classroom. The entire classroom is a teaching tool. Our classroom has three beds in it mock set up units. We have a mechanical lifts for students to practice on. (When I started out we had lift all the patients ourselves) Our cabinets are field with thermometers, stethoscopes, foleycath bags, IV pole. We even have a manikin with bedsores for students to practice on. In the phlebotomy classes we have simulated arms so students can practice drawing blood and starting IV's. (In my day we practiced on each other). We lecture, demonstrate and the students return demonstration. (Say, see, do) The instructor can make sure of students skill level before they ever touch a patient. We use video for students to look at (some are pretty graphic) so students can know what human body and conditions look like before they ever see a patient. And then we role play, letting the student understand how it feels to be the nurse and they patient. The resources we use for teaching are often the community itself the hospitals in the area let us bring students in to observe, and learn.
Todays medicine require that health care providers keep up with the latest technology and so the schools need to keep up with the same technology. Nursing in long term care teaches patients with disabilities how to adapt back into activites of daily living. Technology allows the patients to live within the communities. As certified nursing intructors we teach students how to assist and teach patients using adaptive devices such as mechanical wheelchairs, computers, adapative utencils.
Todays medicine require that health care providers keep up with the latest technology and so the schools need to keep up with the same technology. Nursing in long term care teaches patients with disabilities how to adapt back into activites of daily living. Technology allows the patients to live within the communities. As certified nursing intructors we teach students how to assist and teach patients using adaptive devices such as mechanical wheelchairs, computers, adapative utencils.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Technology can save lives.
In todays field of nursing, instructors can check the accuracy of the students skills with something as simple as a double headed stethoscope. A digital blood pressure cuff can give out an patients reading when a nurse has touble hearing the blood pressure through a manual sphygmomanometer. In most of the Registered Nursing Schools, it is a prerequiste that nurses take computer technology courses. Nurse's often do much of their documentation on the computer, giving physcians, pharmacists and other nurses instant access to how the patient is doing. Nursing instuctors often require students to use the internet to get information on disease process of patients, so students can have a clear understanding of what is going on in the patient's body and helps the student in understanding an participating the plan of care for this person. However, technology can never replace a nurses bedside manner and the empathy that is required when taking care of someone who ill.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Class Dates
Welcome to Monterey Adult Ed Certified Nurse Assistant course. Next Class starts October 30th. In January we will be offering evening classes
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