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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO

SCHOOL OF NURSING
NUR 340L PATIENT CARE CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITY

Student Name:

Date of Care: _________________________________

Patient Diagnosis: Admission Date:

Patient Age (include units): Weight (kg):

Allergies: ________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY:

I HAVE ABIDED BY THE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY ON THIS ASSIGNMENT.

_______________________________ _______________________________
Student Signature Date

Information with * should be gotten from the patient chart or during interactions with the patient and
family. Other information should be completed at home after the clinical experience.

Part I: Please complete the medication form for your patient. Include 3 medications as directed
by faculty. (20 points)

Part II: General Information (20 points):

1. Pathophysiology of diagnosis in your own words. (Include appropriate APA citation within
paragraph and full reference at the end of the paragraph, textbooks may be used as your
reference).
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2.
History of Current Illness Past Medical History
*(paragraph) *(bulleted list)

Part III: Clinical Activities and the Nursing Process (40 points)

1. *List all abnormal assessment data that you identified for your patient.

2. List the results of your patient’s most recent laboratory data and diagnostic tests. Include both
those labs with abnormal and normal results unless otherwise instructed. What is your
evaluation of the result? List necessary interventions and/or patient education.

*Test *Result Evaluation of Result Interventions and Patient

(i.e., Education
numeric
value)
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3. List the patient’s ordered/prescribed diet.* How well is your patient tolerating their diet? Are they
eating enough to meet their nutritional needs?

4. Calculate your patient’s daily fluid requirement. Show your work.

5. List the expected psychosocial developmental stage of your patient according to Erikson. Compare
developmental assessment findings of your patient to textbook criteria.
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6. Identify safety issues for your patient’s developmental level for both the home and hospital setting.
(i.e., what is most likely to cause harm to your patient?) Discuss interventions needed to improve
patient safety in the hospital and home environments.

Safety Concern Interventions to Improve Safety

7. List all actual and potential nursing diagnosis in priority order. Please use NANDA
approved formatting. (Diagnosis & related to)

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8. What were your priority nursing interventions? Highlight interventions appropriate for delegation
to a certified nursing assistant (CNA).

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9. What discharge teaching will your patient require? Consider possible complications that may occur
after discharge.

10. Describe effective communication strategies utilized when working with your patient, family and
members of the health care team. What barriers to effective communication did you encounter?

11. Discuss social, cultural, religious, and economic assessment findings for your patient that may
impact nursing care.

Part IV: EBP/QI Article (10 points)

Select an evidence-based practice (EBP) or quality improvement article (≤ 5 years old) related to the
nursing care of your patient. In at least 1 but no more than 2 paragraphs, summarize the article in your
own words and discuss how this evidence impacts nursing practice. (Include appropriate APA
citation within paragraphs and full reference at the end of this section).
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Part V: Self Evaluation (10 points)

1. What were your strengths during this clinical experience? What did you do well?

2. What areas for improvement have you identified from this clinical experience? What did you
learn?

Faculty Comments Regarding Clinical Performance and Written

Work