Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0 for Foundations of Nursing
By- Barbara Christensen, RN, MS, Formerly, Nurse Educator, Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte, NE
This innovative workbook/CD-ROM package helps bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world by teaching students about clinical settings and critical thinking before they actually start clinical rotations making the transition from nursing student to caregiver a smoother process. A guided learning experience, VCE features textbook reading assignments that correspond with the 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, making connections between what they experience in the virtual hospital and what they learn in the textbook. Throughout each lesson, students access realistic information resources essential to patient care, resulting in a true-to-life, hands-on learning experience.
CD-ROM, 192 Pages
Published: June 2006
Imprint: Mosby
ISBN: 978-0-323-04334-2
Contents
- Getting Started
Getting Set Up
A Quick Tour
A Detailed Tour
Reducing Medication Errors
Unit 1: Basic Nursing Concepts
Lesson 1: An Overview of Communication Barriers
Lesson 2: The Nursing Assessment
Lesson 3: The Nursing Process
Unit 2: Grief, Death, and Dying
Lesson 4: Establishment of End-of-Life Wishes
Lesson 5: Care of the Dying Patient
Unit 3: Care of the Postoperative Patient
Lesson 6: Assessment of Vital Signs
Lesson 7: Care of the Surgical Wound
Lesson 8: Pain Management
Unit 4: Patient Safety and Mobility
Lesson 9: Patient Safety
Lesson 10: Patient Mobility
Unit 5: Nutrition, Fluid, and Electrolyte Balance
Lesson 11: Nutritional Assessment in a Malnourished Patient
Lesson 12: Nutritional Assessment in an Overweight Patient
Unit 6: Mental Health Nursing
Lesson 13: Basic Mental Health Nursing Concepts
Lesson 14: Care of the Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder
Unit 7: Care of the Older Adult
Lesson 15: Life Span Development
Lesson 16: Health Promotion in the Older Adult

