Part 1: Decision making (write in the first person) Five paragraphs per page Place: Telemetry med surge floor nurse Situation: The nurse doesn’t know how to use the new equipment to monitor the patient vital signs. She invented the vital signs of a patient who came out of surgery. 1. What makes a difficult moment? a. Who was in sync with whom? 2. How did people relate to the difficulty? a. What emotions arose? b.What strategies were used? 3. Did anyone jump in to fix the difficulty? a. Was the situation well known first, or did a little more letting be make a difference? 4. To what extent was health and well-being being promoted, and for whom? 5. What did you learn from this moment? Part 2: Decision making (write in the first person) Five paragraphs per page Place: ICU unit Situation: A nurse intentionally delayed a patient’s admission because she was his partner’s ex-girlfriend. The patient arrived with respiratory distress she had a cardiorespiratory arrest waiting to be admitted 1. What makes a difficult moment? a. Who was in sync with whom? 2. How did people relate to the difficulty? a. What emotions arose? b.What strategies were used? 3. Did anyone jump in to fix the difficulty? a. Was the situation well known first, or did a little more letting be make a difference? 4. To what extent was health and well-being being promoted, and for whom? 5. What did you learn from this moment? Part 3: Decision making (write in the first person) Five paragraphs per page Place: Post anesthesia care unit (PACU) Situation: One patient was not given analgesics causing her pain to worsen. The nurse in charge was injecting them because she was addicted to painkillers 1. What makes a difficult moment? a. Who was in sync with whom? 2. How did people relate to the difficulty? a. What emotions arose? b.What strategies were used? 3. Did anyone jump in to fix the difficulty? a. Was the situation well known first, or did a little more letting be make a difference? 4. To what extent was health and well-being being promoted, and for whom? 5. What did you learn from this moment? The number of words in each paragraph should be similar Parts a, 5 and 6 have the same questions. However, you must answer with references and different writing, always addressing them objectively, as if you were different students. Similar responses in wording or references will not be accepted. Part 4: Decision making (write in the first person) 1. Describe the importance of decision-making in nursing 2. Describe the key components of decision-making in nursing 3. What is the main difference between a situation addressing from decision-making approach Vs irrational or emotional approach Part 5: Decision making (write in the first person) 1. Describe the importance of decision-making in nursing 2. Describe the key components of decision-making in nursing 3. What is the main difference between a situation addressing from decision-making approach Vs irrational or emotional approach Part 6: Decision making (write in the first person) 1. Describe the importance of decision-making in nursing 2. Describe the key components of decision-making in nursing 3. What is the main difference between a situation addressing from decision-making approach Vs irrational or emotional approach
