Through use of the ATI modules 3 (Knowledge and Clinical Judgement) and 4 (Priority Setting Frameworks), I have become more comfortable with going about prioritizing patient needs in various situations. In the past I have struggled particularly on exams with an abundance of information distracting me from the actual priority. These modules helped with the framework of going about discerning what is immediate and what can wait. Modules 3 and 4 also helped in my learning of some of the ranges for common drugs such as digoxin and lab values including platelets. The content from these modules is applicable to my immediate learning in class in addition to clinical settings.
This directly relates to what I am learning this semester and influencing my integration in nursing culture across multiple realms of information. For starters, as it helps me narrow down options on exams for essential and non essential information. Also from a clinical standpoint this helps in deciding which patient’s call bell to attend to first. It further assists in my integration across nursing culture within the scope of lab values ordered by other health care workers. With my clinical paperwork in my Adult Health I class, these frameworks assist in the logic behind why running labs and comparing numbers is so important in adding to the client’s priority problem. It’s important to know why you are doing something for a patient and these modules further reinforce my understanding of that concept.
Nicely done Dani!
Hi Dani,
I hadn’t thought about applying the priority setting frameworks module to test taking strategies, however I feel that I have begun to do so without even realizing. Similar to you I struggled with the test questions that made you focus on the priority answer. Often times when I take multiple choice exams I solely think to myself “well whats the right answer, there is only one” but as we are moving through this semester this is not the correct strategy. When you have exam questions that focus on the primary concern or the priority assessment it is key to remember that all answers may be correct. But you need to choose which one is the most important and not let all non essential information distract you. Reading your reflection made me think about the different strategies that I have begun to do while taking the priority based exams. As well as when I am in the clinical setting looking at labs and when completing my care plan. Over all, I agree with your perspective and feel that we have similar strategies.