RUA Interdisciplinary Management of Healthcare Technology Guidelines
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is for the student to present a complete picture of interdisciplinary care using specific therapeutic modalities in the care of a complex adult health client. The student will demonstrate clinical reasoning skills and will discuss interdisciplinary care that had been incorporated and/or anticipated using a healthcare technology or therapeutic modality for the care of the complex health client.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
- Provide patient and family centered nursing care to adults with complex health needs using theories and principles of nursing and related (PO 1)
- Initiate the use of appropriate resources in direct care responsibilities within complex adult health (PO 2)
- Demonstrate effective therapeutic communication and relationship skills in family centered nursing care to adults with complex health (PO 3)
- Demonstrate effective clinical decision making based on critical thinking skills and legal, ethical, and professional standards and principles when caring for patients and families with complex adult health (POs 4 and 6)
- Implement a plan of care for continued personal, professional, and educational development related to nursing practice with complex adult health (PO 5)
- Use evidence including research findings from nursing and related disciplines to answer clinical questions related to nursing care of patients with complex adult health (PO 8)
Due date: Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.
Total points possible: 100 points
Preparing the assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
- Choose a therapeutic modality or healthcare
- Examples of a therapeutic modality include Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Automatic rotating pronation beds, right and/or left ventricular assist devices, nontraditional ventilator modes.
- Examples of healthcare technology can include regional O2 saturation monitoring (NIRS).
- Refer to your faculty member if your selection requires prior
- Write a 4-5 page paper (not including the title page or reference page) using APA
- For APA, formatting, or grammar assistance visit the APA Citation and Writing page in the online
- Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric):
- Introduction – 5 points/5%
- The chosen therapeutic modality or healthcare technology meets one of the following criteria:
- Has been introduced recently at the bedside for care of the complex adult
- Is a non-traditional modality for very ill patients in special
- Is being used in a new way to treat a patient with complex
- Requires specific training above and beyond general entry-level nursing
- Introduce the therapeutic modality or healthcare
- The chosen therapeutic modality or healthcare technology meets one of the following criteria:
- Introduction – 5 points/5%
NR341 Complex Adult Health
RUA Interdisciplinary Management of Healthcare Technology Guidelines
- Name the therapeutic modality or healthcare
- A brief fictional case is used to illustrate the therapeutic modality or healthcare
- Explanation and Background– 15 points/15%
- Include a clear description of the therapeutic modality or healthcare
- Discuss how the therapeutic modality or healthcare technology
- Describe the patient population it is used
- Include medication, safety, and cost considerations as
- Risks and Benefits– 15 points/15%
- Describe how the therapeutic modality or healthcare technology can benefit the
- Discuss ways to promote positive
- Explain the complications that may
- \ preventing
- Interdisciplinary team’s Roles and Responsibilities– 20 points/20%
- Identify all interdisciplinary team members caring for the patient, such as respiratory therapy, assistive personnel, providers, case managers, clinical nurse specialists, and researchers.
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of each member of the healthcare team that is involved in the use of the therapeutic modality or healthcare
- Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the nurse as a member of the interdisciplinary team caring for the
- Nursing Scope of Practice – 15 points/15%
- Discuss the knowledge needed for the Registered Nurse to provide care for the patient using the therapeutic modality or healthcare technology.
- Describe skills needed for the Registered Nurse to provide care for the patient using therapeutic modality or healthcare technology.
- Discuss attitudes needed for the Registered Nurse to provide care for the patient using therapeutic modality or healthcare technology.
- Patient Education – 20 points/20%
- Describe the information to be taught to the patient and/or
- Discuss how information will be
- Explain how the effectiveness of the teaching will be
- Conclusion – 5 points/5%
- Provide a summary of the
- No new information is
- Include additional resources for further
- APA Style and Organization – 5 points/5%
- References are submitted with
- Uses current APA format and is free of
- Grammar and mechanics are free of
- At least three (3), nursing, scholarly, peer reviewed, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook, are provided.
Please note that your instructor may provide you with additional assessments in any form to determine that you fully understand the concepts learned.
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