NUR345 Strategies for Transition into Practice - Assessment 1: Digital Presentation

You have been short listed for an interview for the Graduate Nurse Program at Charles Darwin University Hospital. 

Task.

You are required to submit a 5-10 minute digital presentation answering the following interview questions: 

1.   Can you tell me about a time where you recognised adverse changes in your patient's condition and how you  responded? ---How would you respond?—Describe the situation---Include assessment, plan, implementation and  evaluation(APIE)/nursing process.

2. What is work health and safety?  And can you give me an example of your application of work health safety in clinical practice? -- How would you respond? --Provide an explanation of Work Health & safety. Give an example.—Consider using the STAR method (Situation,Task, Action, Result) to give a specific, concrete example.

3. You have a Muslim woman going to theatre for a D&C post mid trimester delivery for retained  products of conception. As you prepare her for theatre she refuses to take off her hijab.  How would you manage this? --- How would you respond?—What are some of the considerations? Cultural  Competence, Advocacy, Infection control, Safety, Problem solving, Communication.

4. You have a 12 year old Aboriginal girl from a remote community on the ward with query appendicitis.  The RMO advises that he thinks her appendix has ruptured and that she will need to go to theatre ASAP.  Her mother has gone up town to do her Centrelink, banking and shopping. How do you manage this situation? How would you respond? — What are some of the considerations? Family centered care, Cultural competence, Consent, legal consideration, Role within a multidisciplinary, Communication.

5.The border mother of a six month old admitted to the ward with pneumonia returns to  the ward after an evening off the ward. She appears to be intoxicated as she has an ataxic gait and smells of alcohol.  She picks up her son and starts breastfeeding him.  When you approach she asks for some sandwiches to eat as she has not had any dinner.  How do you manage this situation? --- How would you respond? — What are some of the considerations? – Family centered care, Role of the border, wellbeing of child, Assess situation, Query alcohol intoxication or another Condidtion that may mimic same , Safety, Harm minimisation, Deescalate situation, Advocacy, Referral(s).