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What was your favorite lecture topic we covered this semester 

Provide two guidelines for exercising in cold weather 

Poor sleep increases stress hormones in the body.

Side effects of anabolic steroids include all of the following EXCEPT:

Discuss one exercise recovery tool we discussed in class and why it is worth trying 

A radar pulse ( an EM wave)  returns 9.0 × 10-4 s after it was sent out and reflected by an object. What is the separation distance of the radar source and the object?

Students will present their patient care scenarios and teaching material to the class via a scheduled Microsoft Teams meeting. Students will mark their calendars to be present for this required live presentation on:

ATI Proctored Exams must be completed at a scheduled time. The Proctored Dosage Calculation Exam will be scheduled while students are on campus in July and are required to bring their computer to campus.  The ATI Fundamentals Proctored A Exam via Proctorio is scheduled for  7/31/24 @ 6pm via Proctorio. 

The major assignment, Making Connections from Classroom to Patient’s Bedside, is a multi-part assignment. The video submission assignment includes: Head-to-toe assessment with a standardized adult patient/manikin, highlighting verbally the abnormal assessment findings congruent with the chosen disease process.Focus on patient teaching on the pathophysiology of the chosen disease process at a knowledge level appropriate for the client, utilizing the educational resources the student created. The student will create a realistic patient care scenario and select a major illness diagnosis and 2 co-morbidities from:

 A 55-year-old female arrives to the ER with a right leg fracture. An x-ray is performed and shows a closed tibia fracture. A closed reduction is performed and a cast is put in place. The patient is ordered Morphine 2 mg IV every 4-6 hours as needed for pain. The patient informs the nurse that the pain medication is not working and it is “a 10/10 pain” to even slightly stretch the leg.  Select the appropriate nursing interventions to be completed in response to this statement: (select all that apply)