Safe patient-centered care in a hospital setting.
Upon completion of this project the student will:
Demonstrate knowledge of accurate and safe patient-centered care in a hospital setting for an older adult.
Demonstrate a beginning understanding of evidence-based nursing practice standards and how they apply to the nursing process.
Apply the nursing process to develop a safe and individualized plan of care for the surgical patient during the postoperative period.
This project will integrate your knowledge of the nursing process, a nursing lab skill, and assessment. You will write a paper applying the nursing process to a scenario.
Steps To Complete This Project:
Read the Nursing Process Project Rubric.
Review the EHR Go patient record: John Vespa
It is located in the Library in EHR.
Note assessment findings that support the order you choose in the next step.
Choose one of the following orders from the patient’s chart to implement:
Mobility
Medication administration – indicate which ordered medication
Intravenous fluids
Urinary foley catheter
Vital signs
Find a journal article that supports using your chosen order for the reasons it is ordered in the patient’s case. Incorporate and cite this journal article in your paper. Submit a PDF of the article in Canvas as well.
Write a paper according to the project rubric in APA format, which will be no longer than 5 pages (not including the title and reference pages), double-spaced, 12 font. Here is a Nursing Process Project Example Paper to help you with APA formatting and content and more APA Formatting Resources.