NSG517 Week 2 Discussion Board - What is an NP?

Week 2 Discussion Board: What is an NP?

Directions

Please post your response to your assigned scenario by Sunday midnight.  Then, read and respond to the posts by the groups before Tuesday midnight. See below for explicit instructions.

Part 1:  There are four scenarios below.  Group 1 correlates with Scenario 1 , etc. Please read through your scenario and post on the discussion board how you would reply. Most people will only listen for less than a minute.  Your response should be concise to ensure listener engagement. Your initial response should be no more than 1-2 paragraphs.

Scenario #1: You are at Thanksgiving Dinner and Uncle Roy asks you, “What are you in school for again, super nursing school?  Why didn’t you just go to medical school?”  How would you reply?

Scenario #2:  You go in to see your patient you have been following in primary care for 5 years.  Your patient states, “ I see on your badge you are still practicing to be a nurse. When will you finish?”  (This actually happened to me.)  How will you reply?

Scenario #3:  You go into a room to see a patient you have never seen before.  You introduce yourself as the nurse practitioner.  The patient states, “I thought I was seeing a doctor.  What is a nurse practitioner and when is the doctor coming in?”  How will you reply?

Scenario #4:  You are visiting the Sing Sing Maximum security prison health facility for research.  A prisoner goes missing and you are caught in a security lock down until the prisoner is found.  You are secured in a small room of the health facility with the physician of the institution for an unknown period of time. After five minutes of silence he states, “What do you think you are doing trying to pretend you are a doctor.  My daughter is going to medical school and you  people are going to make it so there are no jobs for her.” (This actually happened to me too.) How do you reply?

Part 2: Please review the posts for all of your classmates in your group.  After the initial post due date (Sunday at midnight which is the due date set for the assignment) please make at least two substantive replies to your peers with comments, reactions, or feedback you have to their initial post.  Please complete this by the following Tuesday. Remember that you should use at least 2 references. Please be sure to review the rubric for this assignment located in the bubble box you can click to your right.

How do I locate my group?

When a group assignment is a discussion assignment, when students click the link to a group discussion they will automatically be placed in the group discussion in the group space. Students can tell when they are in a group space by a couple of indicators. Review the numbered items below:

The group space name will display above the left navigation. The course name will display below it and is clickable. Click the course name to return to the course space.

In the group space the left navigation will display the group tools. Quizzes and assignments will not display in the left navigation. Students can return the group discussion from Discussions in the left navigation.

The breadcrumb navigation is another indicator that lets students now when they are in a group space.

Students can also return to the course space by using the global menu