Virtual Clinical Excursions 2. 0 to Accompany Nursing Care of Children

Dynamic and engaging, this workbook/CD-ROM package for Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition guides users through a multi-floor virtual hospital in a hands-on learning experience. Complementing core reading assignments and activities presented in the parent text, lessons in the workbook provide a perfect opportunity for users to practice what they are learning in a realistic, virtual environment. To further enhance the lesson, the CD-ROM features built-in...
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Dynamic and engaging, this workbook/CD-ROM package for Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition guides users through a multi-floor virtual hospital in a hands-on learning experience. Complementing core reading assignments and activities presented in the parent text, lessons in the workbook provide a perfect opportunity for users to practice what they are learning in a realistic, virtual environment. To further enhance the lesson, the CD-ROM features built-in testing with NCLEX-RN type questions and immediate feedback of clinical knowledge, priorities, and communication.

• Meaningful, real-world problems place users in nursing scenarios where they can set priorities for care, collect data, analyze and interpret data, and reach conclusions about complex problems within a health-illness transition.
• The highly-engaging format encourages active learning and provides opportunities to identify information to collect and process data for evidence-based patient care; work with data entry and retrieval screens; optimize use of available information resources; understand hospital information systems; manage information for decision-making; and maintain and improve core computing skills.
• Lessons in the workbook complement the content in the textbook and guide the student through the multi-floor virtual hospital.
• The CD-ROM offers users the opportunity to visit each patient and access realistic information essential for patient care, including: charts, medical administration records, electronic patient records, video streaming of patient dialogue with nurses, and other related materials.
• The multi-floor virtual hospital has content on Patient Care, Patient Records, Case Conference, and Clinical Review to engage the user in the subject matter and allow for further exploration.
• The virtual hospital also includes a Pediatric Floor and a Well-Child Clinic with content on Physical Examinations, Parent Interviews, Developmental Surveillance, Anticipatory Guidance, Patient Records: (Admissions Form, Birth & Health History, Allergies, Immunization Record, Well-Child Visits, Sick-Child Visits, Developmental Surveillance, Growth Charts, Hearing & Vision Screening, Laboratory Results, and Referral Forms), and a Clinical Review. SEVEN different pediatric cases are feature with a variety of ages and clinical presentations.

Produced in conjunction with the Virtual Clinical Excursions CD-ROM authors: Jay Shiro Tashiro, PhD, RN; Ellen Sullins, PhD; Gina Long, RN, DNSc