Chapter 1-1
TEACH FOR NURSES LESSON PLAN
Chapter 1: Nursing in Today’s Evolving Healthcare Environment
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
1.
2.
3.
4.
PR
Describe the demographic profile of registered nurses today.
Recognize the wide range of settings and roles in which today’s registered nurses practice.
Identify evolving practice opportunities for nurses.
Consider nursing roles in various practice settings.
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5. Explain the roles and education of advanced practice nurses.
STUDENT RESOURCES
understand
apply
Textbook Chapter 1
Sherpath for Black Professional Nursing*
Research Article Library (Evolve)
Case Studies (Evolve)
Review Questions (Evolve)
FD
Student Exercises (Evolve)
CLINICAL JUDGMENT CLASSROOM TOOLS
O
in text
Concepts and Challenges
Ideas for Further Exploration
C
Evidence-Based Practice Box 1.1 The Evidence: Better Professional Nurse Staffing Improves Quality and Safety of Patient Care
Evidence-Based Practice Box 1.2 Nurses Taking Care into Their Community: COVID-19 Testing Among the Resilient Alaskan Native
People
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, Chapter 1-2
lesson Recognize Cues
focus Analyze Cues
Generate Solutions
Take Actions
INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES
before class Nursing Curriculum Standards (below)
Clinical Judgment Classroom Tools (above)
in class
PR
PowerPoint Presentations (Evolve)
Image Collection (Evolve)
Learning Activities (below)
Discussion Topics (below)
In-Class/Online Case Study (below)
after class Test Bank (Evolve)
* Sold separately from textbook.
O
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Content Focus
NURSING IN THE UNITED
Content Highlights
Investigate the website
FD Learning Activities
Discussion Topic: Ask the students what areas have seen
Resources
Evidence-Based Practice Box 1.1 The
O
STATES TODAY provided in this section the largest growth of men in nursing and have them Evidence: Better Professional Nurse
(https://www.discovernurs speculate reasons for growth in these particular areas. Staffing Improves Quality and Safety
Nurses in the Workforce ing.com/explore- Online Activity/Discussion Topic: Foreign-educated nurse of Patient Care
specialties#.WhXOF0qnE2 migration is rapidly increasing. Have the students read Evidence-Based Practice Box 1.2
Gender
Age
Race and Ethnicity
Education
w) and explore the
numerous specialties that
are available to nurses.
Examine the statistics on
nursing that can be found
in the most recent survey
sites/default/files/inline-
C
the International Council of Nurses (https://www.icn.ch/
files/2010_guideline_career_moves_
migration_eng.pdf) and the Sigma Theta Tau International
(http://www.nursingsociety.org/docs/default-source/
position-papers/policy_migration.pdf) position papers.
What are some of the reasons that nursing organizations
Nurses Taking Care into Their
Community: COVID-19 Testing Among
the Resilient Alaskan Native People
Professional Profile Box 1.1 Military
Nurse
Professional Profile Box 1.2 Pediatric
Palliative Care Nurse
through the National are developing position papers about nurse migration? Power Point Slides 3-7
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, Chapter 1-3
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Content Focus Content Highlights Learning Activities Resources
Practice Settings for Sample Survey of What are the pros and cons of increased foreign-
Professional Nurses Registered Nurses educated nurse migration to the United States? Compare
(NSSRN). Discuss whether the educational requirements of nurses in the United
any of these statistics are States and Canada with those of other countries, both in
surprising. Europe and on other continents.
PR
Discuss the concerns of a
possible nursing shortage
as older nurses, who make
up 30% of the workforce,
move toward retirement.
Interview Activity: Interview a nurse who is from a
different country. Pose questions about education,
authority, culture, salary, and “push/pull” factors. Write a
two-page paper about your interview and share it with
the class.
Clinical Judgment Group Activity: Separate students into
O
small groups and have them list attributes that might be
Examine the settings required for different nursing opportunities or positions
available for nursing and state why they believe each attribute is necessary.
employment
opportunities. Invite
several nurses who work in
settings other than
hospital or physician office
to share their experiences
and the reasons they have
FD
NURSING OPPORTUNITIES
REQUIRING ADVANCED
chosen a particular nursing
setting.
Examine the many
opportunities for nurses
O
Discussion Topic: Compare and contrast the current
demographics of RNs, nurse educators, and the US
Professional Profile Box 1.3 Certified
Nurse-Midwife
DEGREES
Nurse Educators
Clinical Nurse Leaders
Advanced Practice
with higher degrees,
including nurse educators,
APNs, and CNMs. Provide
some information on
average tuition costs for
higher degrees and make a
list of states that allow
C
population. What changes need to be made within
nursing education to even out the demographics?
Discussion Topic: Explain why nurse educators are not a
category within APN. Justify this reasoning.
Activity: Assign students to research and read one article
on APN autonomy and write one paragraph summarizing
Power Point Slides 8-12
their article. Discuss student findings in the next class.
Nursing APNs to work
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, Chapter 1-4
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Content Focus Content Highlights Learning Activities Resources
independently.
Issues in Advanced
Practice Nursing Discuss why that despite
recent advances,
opposition to APN
PR
autonomy persists.
Examine ways for APNs to
continue to work with
their professional
organizations to promote
legislation mandating full
O
autonomy.
EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK Discuss the issue of wage Interprofessional Discussion Activity: In what ways will Power Point Slides 13-15
IN NURSING compression and the nursing roles and nursing practice settings be altered in
impact it has on retention the next several years and beyond?
RECOGNIZING AN
EXEMPLARY NURSE AND
HIS CAREER
within the nursing
profession.
FD Professional Profile Box 1.4
Recognizing an Exemplary Nurse and
His Career
IN-CLASS/ONLINE CASE STUDY
IN-CLASS/ONLINE CASE STUDY
O
C
Abby Samuels has been an RN for 8 years. Since completing her associate degree in nursing (ADN) basic nursing education, she has worked on a
medical unit where many of her patients are terminally ill. She has become very interested in palliative care. Abby would like to become an APN
so that she can work more directly with terminally ill patients and their families on symptom and pain management. Her “dream job” is to be a
family nurse practitioner (FNP) with expertise in palliative care, working in a hospice.
Consider these questions:
1. What are Abby’s challenges in achieving her goals?
Copyright © 2024, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
TEACH FOR NURSES LESSON PLAN
Chapter 1: Nursing in Today’s Evolving Healthcare Environment
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
1.
2.
3.
4.
PR
Describe the demographic profile of registered nurses today.
Recognize the wide range of settings and roles in which today’s registered nurses practice.
Identify evolving practice opportunities for nurses.
Consider nursing roles in various practice settings.
O
5. Explain the roles and education of advanced practice nurses.
STUDENT RESOURCES
understand
apply
Textbook Chapter 1
Sherpath for Black Professional Nursing*
Research Article Library (Evolve)
Case Studies (Evolve)
Review Questions (Evolve)
FD
Student Exercises (Evolve)
CLINICAL JUDGMENT CLASSROOM TOOLS
O
in text
Concepts and Challenges
Ideas for Further Exploration
C
Evidence-Based Practice Box 1.1 The Evidence: Better Professional Nurse Staffing Improves Quality and Safety of Patient Care
Evidence-Based Practice Box 1.2 Nurses Taking Care into Their Community: COVID-19 Testing Among the Resilient Alaskan Native
People
Copyright © 2024, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
, Chapter 1-2
lesson Recognize Cues
focus Analyze Cues
Generate Solutions
Take Actions
INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES
before class Nursing Curriculum Standards (below)
Clinical Judgment Classroom Tools (above)
in class
PR
PowerPoint Presentations (Evolve)
Image Collection (Evolve)
Learning Activities (below)
Discussion Topics (below)
In-Class/Online Case Study (below)
after class Test Bank (Evolve)
* Sold separately from textbook.
O
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Content Focus
NURSING IN THE UNITED
Content Highlights
Investigate the website
FD Learning Activities
Discussion Topic: Ask the students what areas have seen
Resources
Evidence-Based Practice Box 1.1 The
O
STATES TODAY provided in this section the largest growth of men in nursing and have them Evidence: Better Professional Nurse
(https://www.discovernurs speculate reasons for growth in these particular areas. Staffing Improves Quality and Safety
Nurses in the Workforce ing.com/explore- Online Activity/Discussion Topic: Foreign-educated nurse of Patient Care
specialties#.WhXOF0qnE2 migration is rapidly increasing. Have the students read Evidence-Based Practice Box 1.2
Gender
Age
Race and Ethnicity
Education
w) and explore the
numerous specialties that
are available to nurses.
Examine the statistics on
nursing that can be found
in the most recent survey
sites/default/files/inline-
C
the International Council of Nurses (https://www.icn.ch/
files/2010_guideline_career_moves_
migration_eng.pdf) and the Sigma Theta Tau International
(http://www.nursingsociety.org/docs/default-source/
position-papers/policy_migration.pdf) position papers.
What are some of the reasons that nursing organizations
Nurses Taking Care into Their
Community: COVID-19 Testing Among
the Resilient Alaskan Native People
Professional Profile Box 1.1 Military
Nurse
Professional Profile Box 1.2 Pediatric
Palliative Care Nurse
through the National are developing position papers about nurse migration? Power Point Slides 3-7
Copyright © 2024, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
, Chapter 1-3
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Content Focus Content Highlights Learning Activities Resources
Practice Settings for Sample Survey of What are the pros and cons of increased foreign-
Professional Nurses Registered Nurses educated nurse migration to the United States? Compare
(NSSRN). Discuss whether the educational requirements of nurses in the United
any of these statistics are States and Canada with those of other countries, both in
surprising. Europe and on other continents.
PR
Discuss the concerns of a
possible nursing shortage
as older nurses, who make
up 30% of the workforce,
move toward retirement.
Interview Activity: Interview a nurse who is from a
different country. Pose questions about education,
authority, culture, salary, and “push/pull” factors. Write a
two-page paper about your interview and share it with
the class.
Clinical Judgment Group Activity: Separate students into
O
small groups and have them list attributes that might be
Examine the settings required for different nursing opportunities or positions
available for nursing and state why they believe each attribute is necessary.
employment
opportunities. Invite
several nurses who work in
settings other than
hospital or physician office
to share their experiences
and the reasons they have
FD
NURSING OPPORTUNITIES
REQUIRING ADVANCED
chosen a particular nursing
setting.
Examine the many
opportunities for nurses
O
Discussion Topic: Compare and contrast the current
demographics of RNs, nurse educators, and the US
Professional Profile Box 1.3 Certified
Nurse-Midwife
DEGREES
Nurse Educators
Clinical Nurse Leaders
Advanced Practice
with higher degrees,
including nurse educators,
APNs, and CNMs. Provide
some information on
average tuition costs for
higher degrees and make a
list of states that allow
C
population. What changes need to be made within
nursing education to even out the demographics?
Discussion Topic: Explain why nurse educators are not a
category within APN. Justify this reasoning.
Activity: Assign students to research and read one article
on APN autonomy and write one paragraph summarizing
Power Point Slides 8-12
their article. Discuss student findings in the next class.
Nursing APNs to work
Copyright © 2024, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
, Chapter 1-4
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Content Focus Content Highlights Learning Activities Resources
independently.
Issues in Advanced
Practice Nursing Discuss why that despite
recent advances,
opposition to APN
PR
autonomy persists.
Examine ways for APNs to
continue to work with
their professional
organizations to promote
legislation mandating full
O
autonomy.
EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK Discuss the issue of wage Interprofessional Discussion Activity: In what ways will Power Point Slides 13-15
IN NURSING compression and the nursing roles and nursing practice settings be altered in
impact it has on retention the next several years and beyond?
RECOGNIZING AN
EXEMPLARY NURSE AND
HIS CAREER
within the nursing
profession.
FD Professional Profile Box 1.4
Recognizing an Exemplary Nurse and
His Career
IN-CLASS/ONLINE CASE STUDY
IN-CLASS/ONLINE CASE STUDY
O
C
Abby Samuels has been an RN for 8 years. Since completing her associate degree in nursing (ADN) basic nursing education, she has worked on a
medical unit where many of her patients are terminally ill. She has become very interested in palliative care. Abby would like to become an APN
so that she can work more directly with terminally ill patients and their families on symptom and pain management. Her “dream job” is to be a
family nurse practitioner (FNP) with expertise in palliative care, working in a hospice.
Consider these questions:
1. What are Abby’s challenges in achieving her goals?
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