Nursing Applications Guide

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SmartDraw Instructor ApplicationGuide for NursingBy Todd Savitt and Marcy Brown




This instructor guide offers ideas on how to integrate SmartDraw software into your Nursing courses. The guide

offers sample assignments incorporating SmartDraw.

Welcome To SmartDraw

Frequently Asked Questions

The SmartDraw Environment

Typical Assignments

Example Assignment Visuals

Creating The Example Visuals

Wrap Up

Welcome to SmartDrawSmartDraw software is a visual processor allowing students to create any type of visual to communicate ideas

more effectively. Students can easily prepare workflow diagrams, care plans, concept maps, nursing models,

immunization schedules, and anatomical drawings. SmartDraw has multiple possible applications in nursing

schools as well as healthcare environments such as hospitals, clinics, primary care practices, and departments of

public health.

SmartDraw helps students to:

1. retain information,

2.

stay focused, as SmartDraw is fun to use,3. go beyond mere memorization of facts,

4. effectively communicate ideas and information, and

5. market themselves to employers.

This instructor guide will help you envision ways to integrate SmartDraw into your Nursing courses.




Frequently Asked QuestionsDoes SmartDraw Fit with a Specific Text?

SmartDraw is not tied to a specific Pearson text.

You may use SmartDraw along with any Pearson text. However, SmartDraw is not bundled for use with

other publishers’ texts.

How do instructors register for a trial copy of SmartDraw?

To register for a one-year license for SmartDraw, you will need to obtain an instructor access code from

your local Pearson representative.

Once you have your access code, go to www.smartdraw.com/redeem, and enter in your

redemption/access code.

Follow the instructions to register. Your redemption code will only work one time. Please have your colleagues request a redemption code

from your Pearson representative. Students are not allowed to download a complimentary version of

SmartDraw.

If you have any questions about or problems with the registration process, contact a customer service

representative at SmartDraw via email or telephone.

o Email address: [email protected]

o Telephone number: 1-800-768-3729

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The SmartDraw EnvironmentSmartDraw provides an easy-to-use visual environment in which to work. When you launch the software, you see

the following.

You may select a specific type of visual to develop, such as a graph, flowchart, project chart, or timeline.

Alternatively, use one of many ready-to-use templates that were created after reviewing the most commonly use

visuals in many disciplines. Some of the Nursing Related templates are seen below.

Anatomy Worksheets




Disease-Related Visuals

Fitness Charts




Patient Care Worksheets

Typical AssignmentsThe discipline of Nursing is broad and covers such areas as Therapeutics, Health Through the Lifespan, Nursing

Process, Critical Thinking, Nursing Documentation, Clinical Assessment, and Patient Education. You can use

SmartDraw for a variety of assignments in each of these broad areas of study.

Below are some ideas for ways to implement SmartDraw to support learning in Nursing. The next section of this

guide offers detailed assignment information on the assignments that are italicized below.

Nursing History, Process, and Documentation

Diagram the major components of Orem’s self care deficit theory

Outline Benner’s five levels of nursing proficiency

Develop a timeline documenting major nursing leaders through history

Map the nursing planning process

Create a chart to document vital signs over a 24-hour period

Clinical Assessment

Create a decision tree to differentiate between nursing and medical diagnoses

Map the process of interviewing a home care client

Develop a family genogram

Outline developmental assessment guidelines for infants and toddlers

Create a table matching NIC interventions to listed nursing diagnoses

Therapeutics and healing

Create a mind map used to develop a care plan

Develop a decision tree for a patient care decision

Create a table of manual healing practices

Design a flowchart of the medication administration process

Outline the steps for treating a pressure ulcer




Health, Wellness, and Patient Education

Chart the use of complementary medicine by age group

Diagram the seven components of wellness

Graph the number of adults in the U.S. over the age of 65 from 1990 to 2010

Outline health promotion guidelines for older adults

Diagram the stages of health behavior change

Example Assignment Visuals

Theory Diagram Decision Tree

Mind Map




Bar Chart

CREATING THE EXAMPLE ASSIGNMENT VISUALS

NURSING PROCESS ASSIGNMENT: Diagram the major components of Orem’s self care deficit theory

Theory Diagrams

You could use any number of SmartDraw templates to create theory diagrams. Flowcharts have a variety of

shapes, lines, and connectors from which to select and a flowchart template would be a good place to start.

Theory diagrams show relationships between conceptual and actual entities. Assign them when students need to

demonstrate their understanding of theoretical processes or models.

This assignment asks students to diagram Dorothea Orem’s Theory of Self Care Deficit. It outlines when adults are

incapable of caring for themselves or others and thus nursing assistance is required.

Start by opening a blank Flowchart in SmartDraw:




Best Practices in creating a Theory Diagram with SmartDraw

Determine your entities. Which concrete concepts comprise the theory?

Create shapes to correspond to each concept or type of concept. Theory diagrams can be personalizedsince there are no standard shapes used to represent theoretical concepts.

Add lines and arrows. How does each theoretical entity relate to the others? Use lines and arrows to

indicate one-to-one, one-to-many, and directional relationships.

Add citation. Use the Add Text feature to add source information.

Finalize the layout. SmartDraw offers easy, one-click ways to rotate add color, rotate a diagram, or

otherwise change the layout.

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT ASSIGNMENT: Create a decision tree to differentiate between nursing and medical

diagnoses

Decision Trees

Use decision trees when a student nurse must choose between several courses of action. These visual tools are

particularly helpful for complex, multi-stage decisions. This assignment measures the student’s understanding of




whether a patient’s condition represents a nursing diagnosis, a medical diagnosis, or a problem that requires

interdisciplinary teamwork.

Start by opening a blank Decision Tree in SmartDraw:

Best Practices in creating a Decision Tree with SmartDraw

State the key question. Determining whether a problem represents a nursing or medical diagnosis

requires an answer to the following question: can the condition resolve with independent intervention by

a nurse?

Add decisions. Explore all possibilities and consequences that correspond to the answers to the key

question above, then add relevant branches.

Add unknowns. Sometimes the effect of a decision is unknown – which can be easily added in

SmartDraw.

Split the tree. Complex, multi-faceted decision trees may at some point require a split to a separate tree.

Test the decision tree. Validate your decision tree with a simulation using actual data. For the assignment

above, use actual patient health data to determine whether the patient requires a nursing or a medical

diagnosis.




THERAPEUTICS ASSIGNMENT: Create a mind map used to develop a care plan

Mind Maps

Mind mapping is another visual technique for showing graphic relationships between ideas and concepts. The

visual elements are arranged according to importance and are classified into groupings or branches. Mind maps

encourage a brainstorming approach to planning.

When using mind maps for patient care plans, use shapes to represent aspects of the nursing process as well as

relevant patient data. Shapes on the mind map might include

Assessment data

Nursing diagnoses

Interventions

Patient lab data

Medications

This assignment asks students to create a mind map a plan of care.

Start by opening a blank Mind Map in SmartDraw:




Best Practices in creating a Mind Map with SmartDraw

Define your main idea. Place that concept in the center or at the top of your page. For a care plan, it is

usually the patient rather than the disease.

Connect other ideas. These may look like the branches of a tree or the spokes of a wheel. If your main

idea is a patient, include information about the patient (symptoms, relevant medical or social history,

etc.).

Add branches. Each branch may represent an aspect of patient care, like intervention or evaluation.

Add ideas branches. Mind map branches should not be constrained by limiting the number of possible

ideas on each branch. You might group related ideas or ideas on a specific branch by color or shape.

Make connections. Use arrows and lines to make connections between ideas or groups of ideas.

Add narrative. If needed, define the connecting lines to explain how the ideas are related.




HEALTH AND WELLNESS ASSIGNMENT: Chart the use of complementary medicine by age group

Bar Charts

A bar chart is used for comparisons – either between different groups, or for the same group over a specified

period of time. For ease of comparison, you should arrange bars by size but they can be either ascending or

descending. There is no measurement value to the thickness of the bars, so they should remain a consistent width.

This assignment asks students to develop a bar chart showing the use of complementary and alternative medicine

practices by age group.

Start by opening a blank Bar Chart in SmartDraw:




Best Practices in creating a Bar Chart with SmartDraw

Collect your data. You may decide to collect the same data points for a given population over a period of

time. You might instead decide to take a data “snapshot” and collect the same data point for two, three,

or more groups. Because this assignment asks the students to compare age groups, it will be a snapshot

bar chart.

Create series and categories. Comparison groups are called categories in SmartDraw, and the data points

are known as series. Add or delete as many categories and series as needed. This assignment looks at ten

age groups but only one data point, so you will add categories and use only one series.

Add your data. Build a bar chart by entering key information into a Data Table which can then be hidden

or exposed after the visual representation is generated. Categories will become the x-axis and series will

translate to the y-axis.

Add labels. Enter the chart title, the names of the categories and series, and any additional labels needed.

Add citation. Use the Add Text feature to add source information if needed.

Finalize the layout. SmartDraw offers easy, one-click ways to change color or style, edit how the legend is

displayed, or rotate the chart.




Wrap UpSmartDraw offers endless opportunities for the visual presentation of student work. Start from scratch with a

blank chart, graph, or diagram, or select and modify one of hundreds of discipline-specific templates included with

your SmartDraw installation. In addition to the charts and diagrams discussed in this guide, Nursing templates

include:

Breast Self Examination Worksheet

Blood Glucose Self Monitoring Worksheet

Cancer Risk Algorithm

ECG Interpretations

Electrical Conduction System Diagram

Hypertension Risk Stratification Worksheet

Injury Report Diagrams

Physical Exam Checklists

Stages of Cancer Diagrams

Substance Use Monitoring Worksheet

This list represents a small percentage of the available templates that you can use with all of your Nursing coursesand students.

Because SmartDraw is so easy to use, students can develop their critical thinking, research, and communication

skills without spending a great deal of time learning to use the software. Download your trial copy today!

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