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Class Date

Learning Activities to be Completed

• Review General Course Information and 475 Course pages on Denise Wilson's web site (http://www.ilstu.edu/~ddwilso2)
• Note:  During class, each student will choose a topic on which to present a case study sometime during the semester.
• Note:  During class, we will discuss the September 14th school physicals
• Complete the module on HIPAA
• Print guidelines for Marketing Portfolio and Case Study Presentation and bring to class
• Read applicable sections of:
  - McPhee, Chapter 1
  - Fauci, Section 16

- Ham, Chapters 1-11, and 32
• Print notes:  Aging Adult
• View "Parents Wish" on YOU TUBE...have a tissue handy!
• View "See Me, Nurse" video found at http://hartfordcenter.uams.edu/SouthernRegionCoalition/default.asp
• IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SEEING THE ENTIRE 3:47 VIDEO AT THE ABOVE WEBSITE, TRY IT AT THIS ONE:  See Me, Nurse
• Review "Assessment of the Geriatric Patient:  Initial Impressions"
• Review "Physical Diagnosis in Elderly People"
• Attend and participate in class 

• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 4
  - Ham, Chapters 24, 25, and 51
  - McPhee, Chapters 7 & 8
• Review "Evaluating Drivers"
• Print notes for HEENT  and bring to class 
• Bring one case study example from your clinical practice related to the assigned content
• Attend and participate in class

• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 8
  - Ham, Chapters 20, 35, 36, 37, and 38
  - McPhee,  Chapters 10, 11, & 12
• Read "Syncope in the Elderly Patient:  Common and Uncommon Causes"
• Notes for class session:  
  - CV Student Handout

- Chronic Venous Insufficiency
- Pericarditis
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Syncope
• Read "A Systematic Approach to Managing Warfarin Doses"
• For fun:  check out www.warfarindosing.org
• Review Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis  guidelines
• Bring one case study example from your clinical practice related to the assigned content
• Pictures of common findings:  http://www.veinclinics.com/cme/skin-findings.html
• Images of lipodermatosclerosis ("champagne bottle" appearance--leg assumes the shape of an inverted champagne bottle--wide at knee, narrow at the ankle) can be viewed at http://www.dermnetnz.org/vascular/lipodermatosclerosis.html
• Review case study of Mr. Crabbe at: http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2005/november/Doherty/Encourage-patient-Involvement-Mgt-Lymphovenous.html
• Website for pictures of ulcers:  http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7249/1589
• Print PVD handout
• Attend and participate in class

• Continue from last class

  ATTENTION:  SOAP notes #1 & #2 must have been accepted by your clinical instructor by this date. (Late notes will not receive credit)

• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 13 (#179, #182)
  - Ham, Chapters 40 and 41
  - McPhee, Chapters 26 & 27
• Diabetes notes:  To be distributed in class
• Diabetes info: http://ndep.nih.gov/media/guidprin_hc_eng.pdf
•  Print out Thyroid notes and bring to class
• Bring one case study example and the associated labs for a patient from your clinical practicum who had an endocrine problem.
• Attend and participate in class

• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 12, Section 13 (#186)
  - Ham, Chapters 18, 21, and 42
  - McPhee, Chapter 20
• Materials for class presentation:  Print MSK notes
• Read articles related to fibromyalgia:  Part 1, Part 2
• Review National Osteoporosis Foundation website
• Note guidelines for rheumatoid and osteoarthritis at American College of Rheumatology website
• Bring one case study example from your clinical practice related to the assigned content
• Attend and participate in class

• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 10
  - Ham, Chapters 22, 31, 47, and 49
  - McPhee, Chapters 22 & 23
• Materials for class presentation:  GU notes
• Read article on Urinalysis
• Read articles on Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria
• Read articles on Interstitial Cystitis and Erectile Dysfunction
• Review Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines
• Bring one case study example from your clinical practice related to the assigned content
• Attend and participate in class

• Study for Exam #2
• In case of illness or emergency, leave message on Denise's office voice mail before 7:30 a.m.
• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 11
  - Ham, 23, 27, and 48
  - McPhee, Chapters 15 & 16
• Materials for class:  Print off the Gastrointestinal notes
.
• Print "Diagnostic Algorithm for Chronic Diarrhea"
• Bring one case study example from your clinical practice related to the assigned content
• Attend and participate in class

• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 5
  - Ham, Chapters 28 and 52
  - McPhee, Chapter 6
• Materials for class presentation:  Print off and review notes on Derm
• Review Skin Cancers article  
• Nice resource:  Dermnet.com

• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 3 and Section 14
• - Ham, Chapters 19 and 50.
  - McPhee, Chapter 24
• Materials for class presentation:  Print off and review Neuro Notes.
• Review Medscape article on Restless Legs Syndrome
• Bring one case study example from your clinical practice related to the assigned content
• Attend and participate in class

• MARKETING PORTFOLIO DUE
• Finish Neuro:  Neuro Notes
• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 15
  - Ham, Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 33
  - McPhee, Chapter 25
• Materials for class presentation:  Mental Health Part 1 and Mental Health Part 2
• Bring one case study example from your clinical practice related to the assigned content
• Attend and participate in class

• Finish Mental Health
• Materials for class presentation:   Rural Health.
• Read applicable sections of:
  - Fauci, Section 2 (regarding emergencies)
  - Fauci, Section 2 (#32)
• Bring one case study example from your clinical practice related to the assigned content
• Attend and participate in class
• Your clinical instructor must have  your completed folders (with all required materials in them) by Monday of final exam week.  You cannot receive a grade in this course without meeting this requirement. 

• NOTE:  The final examination schedule for this course will be available through iCampus by early October.
• Study for Exam #3 
• In case of illness or emergency, leave message on Denise's my office voice mail before 7:30 am.

Page last updated Sunday, August 14, 2011

Denise D. Wilson, PhD, APN, FNP, ANP
Office:  Edwards 220
Office Phone: (309) 438-2358
E-mail: ddwilso2@ilstu.edu
Internet: http://www.ilstu.edu/~ddwilso2

Mennonite College of Nursing
Illinois State University
Campus Box 5810
Normal, IL  61790-5810
Fax: (309) 438-2288
 

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