Virtual Clinical Excursions 2 0 To Accompany Introduction To Medical Surgical Nursing

Virtual Clinical Excursions (Phase 2) is a workbook/CD-ROM package that guides the student through a multi-floor virtual hospital in a hands-on learning experience. The student is actively engaged with the workbook, CD-ROM and parent text throughout each lesson. Each lesson has a core textbook reading assignment and activities based on "visiting" the patients in the hospital. The lessons in the workbook complement the content in the textbook and provide a perfect environment in which students may "practice" what they are learning in the text. The multi-floor virtual hospital also has built-in testing of clinical knowledge with NCLEX type questions. As the student "visits" each patient, they are able to access realistic information resources essential for patient care. Information resources include: charts, medical administration records, electronic patient records, video streaming of patient dialogue with nurses and other related materials. These resources provide an opportunity for the student to assess and analyze information, make a diagnosis, set priorities and implement and evaluate care. Includes a guided tutorial which shows students how to work with a patient in the virtual hospital - collect patient data from various sources (reports, charts, medication administration record, short video clips and audio clips of nurse-patient interactions) - record patient data - listen to a report and itemize a patient's problems and high-priority concerns - and sometimes administer medications. Requires students to use their critical thinking skills to set priorities for care, collect data, analyze and interpret data, and reach conclusions about complex problems within a health-illness transition. Encourages active learning and provides opportunities to identify information to collect and process data for evidence-based patient care; work with data entry and retrieval screens; optimize use of available information resources; understand hospital information systems; manage information for decision-making; and maintain and improve core computing skills.

This convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for practical/vocational nursing students! It includes Linton's Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 3rd edition text & Virtual Clinical Excursions 2.0 for Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 3rd edition.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "case studies including 40 patient cases, disorder overviews, and interactive activities; glossary of terms and definitions organized alphabetically and by chapter; patient and family instruction guides in English and Spanish for printing and distributing to patients."--Page 4 of cover.

Take a guided tour through Canyon View Regional Medical Center with Virtual Clinical Excursions 2.0. This interactive learning aid combines a CD-ROM with a workbook and the parent textbook to provide the perfect learning experience. The student is able to learn and develop patient care skills in a virtual hospital environment. It includes such features as patient medical charts, medical administration records, and video streaming of nurse patient interactions. These resources provide the student the opportunity to assess and analyze patient information, establish a nursing diagnosis, set priorities,implement care, and evaluate the outcomes.

A multi-floor, virtual hospital, VCE 2.0: Canyon View Regional Medical Center contains 14 patient rooms with five floors - a Well Child Clinic, a Pediatrics Floor, a Surgery Department, an Intensive Care Unit, and a Medical-Surgical Telemetry Floor. These patients are included in VCE 2.0: Canyon View Regional Medical Center: Darlene Martin Ms. Martin, age 49, was admitted with uterine leiomyomata, irregular periods, and endometrial hyperplasia. She opts for a total abdominal hysterectomy. James Franklin Mr. Franklin, age 67, admitted after experiencing episodic light-headedness, left arm and left leg numbness, and one episode of expressive aphasia. He undergoes a carotid endarterectomy. James Story Mr. Story, age 42, has renal failure and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. He arrives complaining of significant weakness, nausea, and an increasingly edematous right arm. Paul Jungerson Mr. Jungerson, age 61, complains of persistent left lower quadrant abdominal pain that has lasted for 3 days. Diagnosed with a coloanal anastomosis disruption, he undergoes a colostomy. Elizabeth Washington Ms. Washington, age 63, is admitted following an automobile accident which fractures her hip. Tom Handy Mr. Handy, age 62, is admitted for a right upper lobectomy with bronchoscopy for moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung. Julia Parker Ms. Parker, age 55, is admitted with indigestion and mid back pain. She suffers a myocardial infarction.

CD-ROM features virtual hospital setting with six unique patients, whose charts, lab data and medical administration records can be assessed and monitored; each lesson in workbook has a reading assignment from Ignatavicius & Workman, Medical-surgical nursing, 5th edition, Saunders, c2006.

This groundbreaking workbook/CD-ROM package brings learning to life in a "virtual" hospital setting. Each lesson has a textbook reading assignment with corresponding CD-ROM and workbook activities. The workbook acts as a map, guiding students through the CD-ROM as they care for patients in the virtual hospital, and helping them make connections between what they experience through the CD-ROM and what they've learned in their textbook. Each virtual hospital visit allows the student to access realistic information essential to patient care. The result is a true-to-life, hands-on learning experience.

A multi-floor, virtual hospital, VCE 2.0: Canyon View Regional Medical Center contains 14 patient rooms with five floors - a Well Child Clinic, a Pediatrics Floor, a Surgery Department, an Intensive Care Unit, and a Medical-Surgical Telemetry Floor. These patients are included in VCE 2.0: Canyon View Regional Medical Center: ?Darlene Martin Ms. Martin, age 49, was admitted with uterine leiomyomata, irregular periods, and endometrial hyperplasia. She opts for a total abdominal hysterectomy. ?James Franklin Mr. Franklin, age 67, admitted after experiencing episodic light-headedness, left arm and left leg numbness, and one episode of expressive aphasia. He undergoes a carotid endarterectomy. ?James Story Mr. Story, age 42, has renal failure and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. He arrives complaining of significant weakness, nausea, and an increasingly edematous right arm. ?Paul Jungerson Mr. Jungerson, age 61, complains of persistent left lower quadrant abdominal pain that has lasted for 3 days. Diagnosed with a coloanal anastomosis disruption, he undergoes a colostomy. ?Elizabeth Washington Ms. Washington, age 63, is admitted following an automobile accident which fractures her hip. ?Tom Handy Mr. Handy, age 62, is admitted for a right upper lobectomy with bronchoscopy for moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung. ?Julia Parker Ms. Parker, age 55, is admitted with indigestion and mid back pain. She suffers a myocardial infarction.