🛌Surgical Unit Fundamentals - Active Learning Deck
Features:
Four patient scenarios - mastectomy, bowel obstruction, ORIF with change in condition and orthopedic surgery with acute renal failure
For beginning students - it includes I&O calculation, basic teaching scenarios, simple lab trending, and basic nursing interventions.
Students manage one patient scenario at a time.
Created for small groups - ideal for 4-6 students
Stand alone activity takes about 45-60 minutes to complete - longer with debriefing suggestions in the answer key!
📝 Learning Objectives
Post-Operative ORIF
Identify abnormal patient assessment findings related to pain
Utilize appropriate pain assessment tool for patient with a language barrier
Recognize appropriate pain interventions - pharmacological and non-pharmacological
Evaluate effectiveness of pain interventions
Complete a delegation to a CNA
Identify change in condition and implement appropriate nursing interventions
Apply telemetry and oxygen via nasal cannula
Use therapeutic communication techniques with an anxious patient
Analyze basic lab values related to pulmonary embolism
Bowel Obstruction
Recognize abnormal assessment findings related to small bowel obstruction
Complete a focused GI assessment
Review NG tube connections and use suction safely
Identify potential complications related to small bowel obstruction and related medical and nursing interventions
Calculate intake and output
Evaluate patient outcomes related to low urine output
Communicate with the provider and receive an order
Calculate IV fluid rate based on order
Mastectomy
Recognize abnormal assessment findings
Assess a surgical wound and document using wound vocabulary
Review orders and communication with a provider
Provide basic education on drain management
Understand the steps of emptying a JP surgical drain
Evaluate patient understanding after teaching
Calculate medication dosage based on order
Complete basic discharge instructions for a post-operative surgical patient
Acute Renal Failure
Recognize abnormal assessment findings and relate them to past medical history
Complete basic wound assessment and identify appropriate dressing
Analyze lab values and trend changes over time
Identify complications related to acute renal failure
Choose appropriate pain management techniques
Prioritize provider orders according to patient needs
Evaluate patient response to medical and nursing interventions
📌 Next-Gen NCLEX Style Questions
The deck is a unique way to present Next-Gen NCLEX-style questions to students through an unfolding scenario. Types of alternative question formats include:
Drop-down CLOZE
Drop-down table
Multiple choice
Matrix multiple choice
Select all that apply
Short answer
🔎 Looking for more examples?
Here are a few more cards students will use during the activity.
📑Answer Key and Debriefing Guide
A debriefing guide for the instructor and an answer key accompanies the deck. Check out a few of the pages below.
An unfolding case study contained in a card deck!
Avoid the overwhelming and time-consuming task of creating an interactive and engaging activity for your students. This BreakoutRN Active Learning Deck brings puzzles, teamwork, and a clinical learning experience to any nursing classroom.
🩺Designed to mirror nursing care at the bedside, students work through gathering and noticing important assessment data, organizing and identifying priority problems, and carrying out nursing interventions.
🗣️Through interactive puzzles within the deck and QR codes that connect to online questions, students must use teamwork, communication, and clinical judgment to complete patient care.
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