medications demonstrate an attempt to treat these signs and symptoms (GCU‚ 2013b) but Mrs. Fisher may neither truly understand her disease process‚ nor comprehend the potential side effects of her medications (GCU‚ 2013a). For these reasons‚ more nursing care‚ specifically‚ increased home health visits will be beneficial. Mrs. Fisher’s poor health and decreased knowledge means that she will need a nurse to visit at least twice weekly‚ in order to obtain vital signs and provide a physical assessment
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Sallie Mae Fisher is a recently widowed‚ depressed‚ 82-year-old-female with congestive heart failure (CHF)‚ atrial fibrillation‚ and hypertension. She has been hospitalized four times for CHF exacerbation. With limited family support‚ and a long list of medications‚ she is having difficulty managing her CHF. During a home health visit‚ the nurse and nursing student assess Sallie Mae and identify several concerns. Subjective Information Subjectively‚ Sallie states‚ “My mind just feels so cloudy”
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Problem 1 The client shows symptoms of Iron deficiency anemia‚ evidenced by the preliminary work up and symptoms. Microcytic anemia is defined as the presence of small‚ often hypochromic‚ red blood cells in a peripheral blood smear and is usually characterized by a low MCV (less than 83 microns). Iron deficiency is the most common cause of microcytic anemia. The absence of iron stores in the bone marrow remains the most definitive test for differentiating iron deficiency from the other microcytic
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Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) * It is a philosophy as well as a place; it is a way of being as well as a working model. It is a mindset as well as a map. Foundation: Collaboration - working together for common goals‚ partnership‚ shared leadership‚ co-evolving and co-learning - rather than competition and power given to only a few. Focus: Learning - learning where students are actively demonstrating their understanding‚ rather than students passing written tests as the sole sign of
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what is the reading about. This usually happen when they are reading about a topic that they are familiar with. A reading examples of a task that I have performed recently was reading a letter that I received in the mail. The letter was from Sallie Mae. As soon as I read the first sentence I was able to know what was the letter about without reading the entire letter. Just like it stated in the book‚ "This perspective is called a "constructive view" because readers actively construct cohesive
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Essay question 3: Collaborative Learning Introduction In the Book Review of Collaborative Learning‚ Stoerger said “ emphasis on collaborative learning is pushing educational community to a new forms” (2008). Collaborative learning involves groups of people to work‚ such as completing a project or producing a product. All team members’ work sequentially to the project and towards to the same goal. It is quite difference with cooperative learning‚ which members work concurrently on the project
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Collaborative Learning Basically‚ from a personal stance‚ intrinsic to group work is the process of students working together to do a task whereby shared goals are realised through the sharing of knowledge. As stressed by both Ted Panitz (n.d) in his article ‘Collaborative versus Cooperative Learning- A Comparison of the two Concepts which will help us understand the underlying nature of interactive learning’ and Olga Kozar (2010) in her article ‘Towards Better Group Work: Seeing the Difference
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cooperative learning classroom. Schools are moving towards cooperative groups as the model for learning. The current classroom furniture and environment does not accommodate this trend. definition of cooperative learning In cooperative learning students work with their peers to accomplish a shared or common goal. The goal is reached through interdependence among all group members rather than working alone. Each member is responsible for the outcome of the shared goal. "Cooperative learning does not
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agree with COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES to learning? In recent decades collaborative learning theory has emerged at the forefront of contemporary learning approaches. An evolution from traditional individualistic and independent learning approaches‚ to that of cooperation and interdependence‚ is challenging and changing the face of learning at its very core. It is the assertion of this essay to provide evidence in the support of collaborative learning as an effective and efficient learning approach
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Take It Outside Our collaborative learning community case proposal is to review the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management’s program called Take It Outside. The United States Department of Interior’s website indicates that the purpose of this program is to: Promote and support outdoor activities and experiences of children on the public lands. The program strives to improve the health of our nation ’s children‚ families‚ and communities‚ while at the same time
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