You will be pre-assigned as a team to one of the following Units: Unit Fourteen:

You will be pre-assigned as a team to one of the following Units: Unit Fourteen: Eye, Ear, and Skin Drugs; Unit Fifteen: Endocrine Drugs; Unit Seventeen: Reproductive and Gender-Related Drugs; Unit Eighteen: Emergency Drugs.
This is a 4 week activity. You will stay in your team for each of the weeks that follow.
Prepare a 15 minute Summary Presentation for class to include the following:
Summary of the Unit/Classification
Minimum of three types of drugs or supplements
Typical routes of administration
Common side effects and adverse effects
Special considerations
Common Nursing interventions
Teams must distill the material to only key points. The presentation may be a Power Point, lecture and handouts, poster or any way the team feels they will best present the information. Use your textbook and Davis’s Drug Guide as your resources.
Teams collect points over the four weeks for their presentation. They are graded on their accuracy and thoroughness of their presentation as well as how well they worked as a team. At the end of the four modules, each team will be awarded an Olympic medal for the number of points earned.

Scenario   Sandra is a 27-year-old female admitted with a possible Deep Vein Thr

Scenario   Sandra is a 27-year-old female admitted with a possible Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). She smokes one pack per day and is on birth control. She has a history of hypertension and obesity. She is admitted to the hospital and placed on bedrest. Heparin drip is started per protocol. The Provider is anticipating on sending her home with Coumadin.Question 1
Can Sandra be placed on Coumadin and Heparin at the same time? Explain your answer.
Develop 3 teaching points important for Sandra to know about her medications regimen.
What questions would you ask Sandra to verify that she understand the 3 teaching points?
Question 2 for each of the following anticoagulant, list a) 3 things you would teach a patient, b) 3 things you would assess, c)  3 action you would take or do  in patients taking 
1) heparin
2) Coumadin
3) Levonox. 

  Create a teaching pamphlet or brouchure on one of the medications that your pa

 
Create a teaching pamphlet or brouchure on one of the medications that your patient is taking. This pamphlet should provide education, Please bring ONE copy to clinical to present to class
List one goal for this teaching plan
List specific client instructions regarding the medications and what adverse reactions they should be aware of/and what to do
Identify at least one factor that may negatively influence adherence to the medications and how it can be overcome
If, appropriate, describe how the family might be involved in ensuring the client is on a proper and safe medication regime

You will be pre-assigned as a team to one of the following Units: Unit Six: Ment

You will be pre-assigned as a team to one of the following Units: Unit Six: Mental and Behavioral Health Drugs; Unit Seven: Pain and Inflammation Management Drugs; Unit Eight: Antimicrobial Drugs; Unit Nine – Immunologic Drugs; Unit Ten: Antineoplastics and Biologic Response Modifiers.
This is a 4 week activity. You will stay in your team for each of the weeks that follow.
Prepare a 15 minute Summary Presentation for class to include the following:
Summary of the Unit/Classification
Minimum of three types of drugs or supplements
Typical routes of administration
Common side effects and adverse effects
Special considerations
Common Nursing interventions
Teams must distill the material to only key points. The presentation may be a Power Point, lecture and handouts, poster or any way the team feels they will best present the information. Use your textbook and Davis’s Drug Guide as your resources.
Teams collect points over the four weeks for their presentation. They are graded on their accuracy and thoroughness of their presentation as well as how well they worked as a team. At the end of the four modules, each team will be awarded an Olympic medal for the number of points earned.