Week 1 Health Assessment

Week 1 Health Assessment

Pre-Anesthesia Assessment and Evaluation

Hey there! Welcome to the essential guide for rocking your pre-anesthesia assessment. Think of yourself as a detective. Before any surgery, your job is to investigate the patient to make sure they are safe and ready for anesthesia. This isn't just a regular check-up; it's a special, focused assessment just for anesthesia.

Objectives

Week 1 Study Guide

Questions

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• Ensure thorough patient preparation for anesthesia
• Build competency via the Knowledge, Skill, and Ability (KSA) model
• Assess a patient's medical status and tolerance for anesthesia
• Identify and evaluate diseases that increase perioperative risk
• Reduce the risks associated with anesthesia and surgery
• Optimize a patient's health before the procedure.
• Formulate a tailored anesthetic plan for perioperative care

Objectives

• Master the pre-anesthesia interview
• Perform a focused, anesthesia-related assessment
• Develop clinical judgment and decision-making skills
• Learn comprehensive case planning
• Improve patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes
• • Meet all professional and legal regulatory requirements

2 big questions

Your Two BIG Questions: Before you do anything else, you need to answer two main questions: 1. Should this patient even be having this procedure? (Is it worth the risk?) 2. Are they ready for it right now? (Are they in the best possible shape they can be?) Answering these helps you decide whether to proceed, delay, or cancel the procedure.

What are the key pieces of this detective work?

The N542 course focuses on a few core things:

• Pre-anesthesia Interview: A detailed chat with the patient about their medical history, past experiences with anesthesia, meds, and allergies.
• Focused Assessment: A targeted physical exam. You're zeroing in on things that could affect anesthesia, like the heart, lungs, and especially the airway.
• Continuous Monitoring: Your job doesn't stop! You'll keep assessing the patient during and after the surgery to catch any problems early.

Recall Check #1

Recall Check #1

Part 2: The "Why" - Patient Safety is Everything!

This isn't just busy work. Getting the PAAE right is critical for patient safety. Studies of malpractice claims show that failing to do a proper pre-anesthesia assessment (that's AANA Standard 2) is one of the most common, preventable errors.

Real world scenarios from Studies

• Failing to get info (Click here -->)
• Skipping the assessment
• Relying on others
• Incomplete Evaluations

Recall Check #2

1) What is AANA Standard 2 all about?2) Name three common failures in PAAE that have led to malpractice claims.3) Why is it risky to rely solely on another provider's assessment?

Part 3: The "How-To" - Your Step-by-Step Detective Process

Info

Okay, so how do you actually do this? It's a systematic process.1) Review the Paperwork 2) The In-person visit 3) Key-Skills (The KSA model)

Info

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Generates experiences with your content

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It is orderly, hierarchical, and structured

Measures results and experiments

Conclusions

Disciplines such as Visual Thinking facilitate taking visually rich notes thanks to the use of images, graphs, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!

Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to visualize it on any device and share it anywhere.

'Your content is liked, but it engages much more if it is interactive'

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Module 2. Summary

Showing enthusiasm, flashing a smile, and maintaining eye contact with your audience can be your best allies when telling stories that excite and capture the audience's interest: 'The eyes, chico. They never lie'. This will help you 'match' with your audience. Leave them speechless!

With Genially templates, you can include real visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that sticks in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want! What you read: interactivity and animation can turn the most boring content into something fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.

Use an image

And use this space to describe it. You can upload an image from your computer or use the resources available in Genially, on the left side of the tool. Leave everyone speechless!

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Through labels, images, and graphics

Hence techniques like Visual Thinking

It's easier to 'read' images than to read written text

Visual communication is key

It's easy

Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we retain 42% more information when the content is moving. What you read: interactivity and animation can make the dullest content fun. At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages. When making a presentation, you should pursue two objectives: convey information and avoid yawns. To achieve this, it may be good practice to create an outline and use words that will be etched in the minds of your audience.

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With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

Conclusions

Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate taking visually rich notes thanks to the use of images, graphs, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!

Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere.

'Your content is liked, but it engages much more if it is interactive'

-Genially

Module 3. Summary

Showing enthusiasm, flashing a smile, and maintaining eye contact with your audience can be your best allies when telling stories that excite and capture the audience's interest: 'The eyes, chico. They never lie'. This will help you to 'match' with your audience. Leave them speechless!

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We remember 10% of what we hear, 20% of what we read, and everything we do and see. Create content with interactivity!

Purchases are emotional. The passion that storytelling provokes is our ally to influence the audience's buying decisions.

The information we process comes to us through sight

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The multimedia content is essential in a presentation, to leave everyone speechless. Furthermore, this way you will synthesize the content and keep your audience entertained.

Write a great headline

When you make a WOW presentation, you turn interactivity and animation into allies and only hear applause.

A presentation is NOT WOW when it is boring and you see that drowsiness takes over your audience because no one has understood anything.

Conclusions

Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate taking visually rich notes thanks to the use of images, graphs, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!

Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to visualize it on any device and share it anywhere.

'Your content is liked, but it engages much more if it is interactive'

-Genially

Activity 2

Activity 1

Below is the boring content in your presentation: make it entertaining

A presentation is NOT WOW when it is boring and you see that drowsiness takes over your audience because no one has understood anything.

Click on the correct concepts

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We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Show enthusiasm! Breathe deeply and share what you came to say.

With a smile. This will awaken empathy and help you create a special connection.

Evaluation

Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Good: 90% of the information we assimilate comes to us through sight, and we also retain 42% more information when the content moves.

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Congratulations!

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Here you can include a text to congratulate and wish good luck to your audience at the end of the quiz.

Signature 2

Signature 1

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Clarity and relevance of the content

Course Objectives

Materials and resources

Materials and resources

General feedback

Course completed!

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Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Reviewing the PaperworkScreening Questionnaire: This is your first clue! It gives you basic health info, allergies, and past anesthesia experiences. Medical Record: Dig into their history! Look at the surgeon's H&P and, most importantly, previous anesthesia records. How did they do last time? Any issues?.

The in person visit

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