Flue Final Module

Interdisciplinary Teamwork Healthcare Importance

• Develop understanding as to how each professional contributes to a patient-centered approach to health and wellness.

• Promote clearer communications among diverse professionals to improve quality of healthcare standards.

• Understand how each professional can better assist fellow team members in overall care for the patient.

Team Building Activity

• This activity requires the leader to purchase enough Dum-Dum lollipops for each student to have one lollipop prior to the start of class.

• In this activity, the leader needs to pass out a Dum-Dum lollipop to each member of the health care group.

• For every letter that appears in the flavor, a group member has to share something about his or her profession.

Team Building Activity

• For instance if the member speaking were a nurse and got the flavor grape her facts may be as follows:

G: I give patient prescribed medicationsR: I raise public awareness on health issuesA: I advocate for my patient's rightsP: I protect my patients from injuryE: I am empathetic toward my patients

Pre / Post Test Questions

• During the first week students will be presented with a pretest that will test their current level of knowledge on the other professions

• Students must complete this test at home and on their own. We encourage you to be resourceful with online resources as you learn about one another, but please refrain from asking individuals in your group or outside for the answers.

• After you have completed the test please review your results and indicate the correct answer on any questions you got wrong, and the reason your answer was incorrect while the correct answer is the right choice. Submit these answers on a word document to blackboard under the correct tab to receive credit for your answers.

Pre / Post Test Questions

• The following week in class, get together with your group for a few moments to discuss the answers. If there were any you felt confused about and wanted clarification on, seek the advice of the member of your group from that profession.

• At the end of this class you will be asked to take this test once again. It is expected that once you have discussed answers you struggled on with group members, and learned more about the other professions this may be easier for you to complete.

Pre / Post Test Questions1. All of the following statements are a reason SLPs can provide professional services via telepractice except:

A. Telepractice may be used to overcome barriers of access to services caused by distance, unavailability of

specialists, and impaired mobility.

B. Telepractice removes service delivery responsibilities including adherence to HIPAA, licensure requirements,

and adherence to the Code of Ethics.

C. Telepractice offers the potential to extend clinical services to remote, rural, and underserved populations.

D. The American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) position is that telepractice is an appropriate

model of service delivery for the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology.

2. SLPs in Ohio may be required to attain multiple licensures/certifications depending on their professional setting.

Choose the answer that contains only SLP licensure requirements in Ohio.

A. ASHAs Certification of Clinical Competence, Ohio Board of Education licensure, Great Lakes Regional Board of

Speech Language Pathology and Audiology licensure.

B. ASHAs Certification of Clinical Competence, Ohio Certificate of Praxis Completion.

C. Ohio Board of Education licensure, ASHAs Certification of Clinical Competence, Ohio Board of Speech Language

Pathology and Audiology licensure.

D. Certification of acceptance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Certification of acceptance from the

National Association of Hospitals, Licensure from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association

(ASHA).

Questions continued

3. Chose the answer that is not part of an SLPs scope of practice:

A. Donating two hours of free speech-language therapy services each month at a local school or hospital.

B. Screening, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of acquired and organic speech and language

delays/disorders in all ages.

C. Treatment of fluency (stuttering), social language, dysphagia (swallowing), and singing voice.

D. Screening for outer and middle ear pathology.

4. SLPs can work in a variety of settings. Choose the setting that is not considered a typical setting

for SLP services. A. Private practice

B. Individuals' homes and community residences

C. Correctional institutions

D. Industrial settings

E. None of the above

Questions continued

5. What body system do physical therapists specialize in?A. MusculoskeletalB. CardiopulmonaryC. NeurologicalD. Integument

6. How long is the doctorate of physical therapy academic program?A. 4 yearsB. 1 yearC. 3 yearsD. 2 years

Questions continued

7. In a hospital setting, what is a major/the most important responsibility of a physical therapist that they do not have in other settings?

A. Fitting a prosthesisB. Long term rehabilitationC. Discharge planningD. Walking patients

8. What other profession do physical therapists often work closely with because they provide similar services?

A. Occupational therapistsB. Speech language pathologistC. PhysicianD. Social worker

Questions continued9.) As a nurse, what patient would you see first?

A. The patient who has a minor ankle injuryB. The patient who was just in a house fire and has a swelling face and burnt nose

hairsC. The patient who scheduled to have their pain medication in ten minutesD. The patient who has a an infected paper cut

10.) As a nurse it is our job to provide patient education and support and follow up on what the

physician says. How would a nurse respond to a male client who says, “Only girls can get Gardasil shots”

A. That is correct, this vaccination is reserved for women in protecting from the HPV virus and there are no benefits for males

B. Both men and women can get this shot and be protected from newly getting the HPV virusC. Both men and women can get this shot but there are no benefits for men, it simply won’t harm them.

D. This vaccination is not safe for men or women currently.

Questions continued11.) As a nurse you are following up with a client recently diagnosed with diabetes who is confused

about what insulin to give at what time of the day. He asks you which insulin he should take before meals, and which insulin is long acting. What is the best response? You are trying to explain which is short acting, and which is long acting.

A. You should give glargine (Lantus) before meals and detemir (Levemir) as your long acting dose in

the morning or before bed for 24 hour control.

B. You should give lispro (Humalog) before meals and detemir (Levemir) as your long acting dose in

the morning or before bed for 24 hour control.

C. You should give glargine (Lantus) before meals and lispro (Humalog) as your long acting dose in

the morning or before bed for 24-hour control.

D. You should give lispro (Humalog) before meals and aspart (NovoLog) as your long acting dose in

the morning or before bed for 24-hour control.

12.) What settings would you find an RN (with or without any special certification), practicing in?

A. A mental health unit

B. A school or university

C. An oncology outpatient unit

D. All of the above

Questions Continued13. Which of the following do NOT have the authority to prescribe drugs?

A. MDsB. DOsC. Social WorkersD. Nurse PractitionersE. Dentists

14. Which of the following is a typical requirement for admission to any U.S. medical school?

A. Bachelor's degreeB. Master's degreeC. PhDD. Associate's degree in nutrition

Questions Continued15. Which of the following is the best description for the difference between

MDs and DOs?A. MDs are better doctorsB. DOs cannot practice in all 50 statesC. DOs can only prescribe non controlled drugs

D. DOs are trained to view the patient as a "total person" with a focus a primary and preventive care, employing techniques such as OMT for the maintenance of health.

16. OU HCOM has an ambitious goal of sending ______% of its students into primary care fields:

A. 50%B. 70%C. 90%D. 99%

Pre Post Test Answer Key1. B

11. D2. D

12. D3. A

13. C4. E

14. A5. A

15. D6. C

16. B7. C8. A9. B10. B

Case Study Video

Alone in a crowd (~4 minutes)

Review the clinical scenario on the following slide.1. Be sure that there is a clear role for your discipline.

2. If you feel there is not a clinical role for your discipline in this case, ADD or MODIFY the case to provide a reasonable access point. This could be the result of adding a concomitant disorder that is unrelated or that may reasonably co-occur.

Case Study Video

Week One: Evidence-Based MedicineAfter careful considerations, the medical team has decided

our patient from the video, Ms. Shore, has suffered a cerebrovascular accident (CVA).

1. Apply EBP principles using a project-based approach by completing Steps 1-5 on the next slide.

• Start a SINGLE Google document for your group and share it with the each member. Conduct your own individual EBM search. All group members add search responses to their group document. Step #5 should be a summary of your group’s performance on what you learned about this case and this process. Feedback will be provided to each of the five EBM steps to answer the clinical question in this case

Week One: EBM Contd1. Formulate an answerable clinical question Develop a good clinical question based on the case.

[Report your clinical question]

2. Finding the evidence* Search relevant search databases to identify clinical trials, systematic reviews, original research, etc. to help you answer your clinical question. [Provide a list of search terms you used]

3. Appraise the evidence Focus on the validity and clinical importance of what you found in the literature related to your clinical question. Were you able to answer your clinical question? [Draft a brief summary appraisal of your search findings]

4. Apply the evidence How might you apply your findings in steps 1-3 to the care of this patient? [Report your thoughts and observations]

5. Evaluating performance Evaluating clinical performance and outcomes takes time and clinical experience to develop. As such, in this step, discuss how what you learned about EBM. [Summary of your group’s performance on what you learned about the EBM process]

*[Provide reference list (AMA/APA format) of the pertinent articles your group developed]

Week One: EBM ResourcesHere are a few links that you may want to peruse:

PubMed Tutorials: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html

PubMed Clinical Queries: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pubmed+clinical+queries&oq=pubmed&gs_l=youtube.1.6.0l10.7982.9331.0.14060.6.5.0.1.1.0.148.459.3j2.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.PcIeOn-g0n4 These are YouTube videos that have been produced by various health sciences libraries. I suggest you find the most current as PubMed tweaks the website periodically. Also keep in mind, the length of the video is not always the best.

Cochrane: http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/HowtoUse.html On this page, there are two online self-paced tutorials. You might find something on YouTube as well.

Week One, Part Two

• During the acute care of Ms. Shore, the medical team has administered a series of Coumadin (Warfarin Sodium) and streptokinase. The intravenous thrombolytic therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-Pa) was given at 0.9 mg/kg to a max of 90 mg, with a 10% bolus over 1 minute and the remainder over 1 hour.

• After 5 days of treatment, Ms. Shore develops thrombocytopenia. The medical team also notes the formation of IgG autoantibodies.

• It is also discovered that Ms. Shore was taking mifepristone and aspirin.

• Please use this new information for the next section.

Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors

Ms. Shore is admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of a stroke. Upon her arrival to the unit, a nurse does a head to toe assessment, reviews and confirms the patient history, and takes her vitals. In the head to toe assessment, it is found that Ms. Shore has one sided weakness, very dry skin, slurred speech, and is aware of only one side of her body. In reading the patients history, the nurse confirms with the family that the patient takes fish oil for depression, mifepristone, and aspirin. Her labs confirm that she has thrombocytopenia. Her vitals seem to be within normal limits; however, the orders the physician prescribes cause reasons for concern. The nurse also advocates for medications to be added to the regimen for this patient based on arising needs.

Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors

Believe it or not, there are times even physicians make medication errors. They may prescribe the wrong medication to a patient, prescribe medications at wrong doses, and even prescribe medications that can cause a harmful drug to drug interaction. As a nurse, it is critical to review all your medications prior to administration to avoid potentially life threatening situations.

Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors

• Before starting this weeks activity, please use a google doc to answer the following questions.

• Each member of the group must answer these questions individually, but it is important read what other members have said. Perhaps there is something you don't agree with another member added, or something you would like to expand upon.

• Turn in your assignment before the start of class next week specifying each individual group members input by typing their name and major prior to their response.

Week Two: Correcting Medical ErrorsQuestions and Discussion

1. What is a good way to approach a physician about correcting an order after they have made a medication error and why?

2. Why is it important to check medications before distributing them, and what obstacles do nurses face that may make checking every medication each time unrealistic or difficult?

3. Why is it important to know what medications a patient takes regularly prior to prescribing new medications, and what might happen if a nurse chooses not to review the new medications and drug history?

4. What are some ways a nurse can best manage her time so she is able to adequately review medications, and what resources are available to her to review them?

Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors

Activity:• Teach healthcare professionals how to use

resources to verify physician orders and to confirm them if they have found an error.

• First: download the latest Micromedex drug information app to your device.

• Then watch the following tutorial.

Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors

Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors

Continued directions:1. Once you have searched for the medication you

want information on select that medication and there you will find a number of options such as clinical teaching, generic names, dosing and indications, black box warnings, drug interactions etc.

2. Use these tabs as a guide for answering the following questions about the drugs this stroke patient was prescribed.

Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors

Group Activity:Using the Micromedex Drug Information application and the knowledge gained from preview the tutorial, please answer the following questions as a group using a Google Doc. Turn in your assignment before the start of class next week specifying each individual group members input by typing their name and major prior to their response. Also, have one group member screenshot and incorporate into the Google doc the place they found the answer. For instance, if you find the answer under adverse effects, screenshot the list of adverse effects that includes the answer to the question in the Google doc.

1.) As discussed in the previous scenario, Ms. Shore developed thrombocytopenia. Of the medications prescribed, are there any that should be reconsidered with this discovery? Each profession please provide various insights on potential hazards this could bring. Your answers may be similar.

2.) Ms. Shore is taking both Aspirin and Mifepristone, are there any potential issues

that may arise combining these drugs? If so please provide details. As a group, discuss the details of this question and explore reasons why this could be hazardous.

3.) Ms. Shore was having difficulty sleeping so the doctor called in an order for

trazodone. Although this is not a sleeping aid, the side effects induce drowsiness and aid in sleeping. What would you teach Ms. Shore about using this drug? Each member lists two different teachings that have not yet been listed by another group member. If your answer is not displayed on the screenshot shown, please provide another screen shot that includes yours.

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Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors4.) When taking the patient’s history, the nurse notices that the patient is

also taking fish oil at home. Ms. Shore believes that it is a natural way to deal with her depressed mood recently. Are there any issues with Ms. Shore taking this medication? Are there issues with any other medications that she should be aware of? Each member please answer the question on fish oil and name three other medications that may be contraindicated with warfarin.

5.) Ms. Shore shares a few concerns about adding trazodone into her medication regimen. She is very irregular with her bowels already and has concerns it will alter her patterns. What can you tell her about this and other side effects? Each member select a body system and describe the side effects trazodone has on this system.

Week Two: Correcting Medical Errors

6.) During the nurses review, she notices that Ms. Shore has developed extremely dry skin near her elbow that appears to be irritating her. The nurse advocates for Ms. Shore and contacts the physician who prescribes Amlactin (Ammonium Lactate). Ms. Shore asks the nursing aid to open the window and let the sun in because she is so cold. What should the nurse do in this situation, and why?

7.) Have each group member construct a question about a

medication of choice. After constructing the question place it in the Google Doc with your name and initials before it as you have done with all your answers. Next answer each group members question and get together as a group to confirm your answers and ask any questions.

Week 3: Rehab of Motor Deficits

• The woman in the video, Ms. Shore, had severe weakness in her right arm. This was seen when she could not raise her right arm or squeeze the physician's hand. She did not show the same weakness on her left side. The hemiparesis commonly seen after stroke can be reversed (best case scenario) or managed (usual scenario) through rehabilitation.

Week 3: Rehab of Motor Deficits

• Assignment: Make a google hangout within your group to answer the following questions.

• Use this Youtube tutorial to familiarize yourself with Google Hangout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oouI7KSeao

Week 3: Rehab of Motor Deficits

• CVA is a leading cause of disability in the U.S. Imagine yourself without the use of your dominant arm.

1. What tasks do you use your right arm only for? (i.e. picking up a cup)

2. What tasks do you use your right arm to support/aid your left arm to complete (bimanual tasks)? (i.e. buttoning a shirt)

3. What tasks imperative to your job/career require the use of your right arm?

Week 3: Rehab of Motor Deficits

• Regaining motor function after a CVA is a long process and requires dedication from the patient/client and support from family, friends, and the healthcare team.

1. What adjustments/accommodations can you make for a patient/client with minimal use of one of their arms?

2. As a healthcare professional, how could you promote the use of a hemiparetic arm during your appointments? Focus on ways to change the environment to make it easier .

Week 3: Rehab of Motor Deficits

• Depending on the location in the brain of the CVA, motor deficits tend to correlate with the structures damaged. Using the same thought process as above, discuss implications for a patient with hemiparesis of the left leg.

Week 3: Rehab of Motor Deficits

• Here are a few questions to guide the discussion:

1. Where in the brain might this CVA occurred based on the symptoms?

2. Other than using the legs to walk, what tasks will this patient/client have difficulty completing?

3. Which requires more effort, to sit in a chair that is taller or shorter? To stand up from a chair with armrests or without armrests?

Week 4: Rehab & CommunicationActivity: view this video of a patient 9 months post CVA who has Broca's

aphasia. It is probable that the woman in the original video (Alone in a Crowd) would have also acquired this type of aphasia from her stroke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aplTvEQ6ew

If necessary, review the videos or other resources to assure all group members understand the strengths and limitations of someone with Broca's aphasia. This understanding is vital to interacting with these patients/clients and to helping their families. How would this limited communication affect your professional interaction with a patient/client?

Week 4: Rehab & CommunicationDeliverable 1: work with your group to develop a list of 10 short "power

phrases" that will facilitate communication between the patient with Broca's aphasia, the medical team, and the family. Examples of power phrases are 'stop that now,' and 'I love you.' (If you had to choose 10 phrases to communicate with for the rest of your life, what would they be?)

*Create a new 'notebook' using the Evernote app to record your group's 10 power phrases. Be sure to share the notebook with everyone in your group AND with the instructor.

Week 4: Rehab & CommunicationDeliverable 2: Using the app "Say hi" from the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation

each team member will create one new communication page. Each team member will use 1-2 of the group's power phrases on their page. Pages and phrases must include a photo or icon of some sort and must include an audio recording of the phrase. Remember that you are creating functional communication for a patient who is recovering from a stroke.

Take screen shots of each step as you add pages, phrases and pictures (this can be done when your page(s) is completed). Move these screen shots from the camera roll on the iPad to the Evernote notebook you created for this project. NOTE: this app can be used on an iPad

in conjunction with two additional apple products as controllers (ex. iPhones).

For this activity simply use the app as-is on the iPad. No additional devices are necessary!!

Week 4: Rehab & CommunicationDeliverable 3: Each member of the group will choose an alternative

communication app to review and share with other group members. Review your selected app from a professional perspective - 1. Would you recommend this app for medical professionals to keep on their iPhone or iPad? Why or why not? 2. Would you be comfortable using this app with a patient/client who was not able to speak? Why or why not?3. Is there additional information that would need to be added to the app to make it more appropriate for the medical setting; for example additional terminology, icons, text, etc.?

Save your review, including the answers to these questions, in the shared notebook in Evernote.

Free apps to review: Verbally, Picture Board, Vox4All Free, Speech+, Communicate Mate, Small Talk Aphasia (by Lingraphica).

Questions for test: Social Work1: What is the formal national professional organization for professional Social Workers in US:A: National Social Work AssociationB: American Social Workers OrganizationC: National Association of Social WorkersD: Social Workers of America 2: At Ohio University, Social Work degree programs are accredited by:A: Council of Social Work EducationB: North Central Council of Social WorkC: Ohio Council of Social WorkD: None of the above 3: In Ohio, This is required to be a Licensed Independent Social Worker:A: MSWB: BA in Social WorkerC: 2 years and 3,000 hours of supervisionD: A and C 4: All of the listed are core values of Social Work except:A: Social JusticeB: IntegrityC: ServiceD: Courtesy

Week 5:Discharge Planning- Returning to the care of the family

"Discharge is often a time of anticipation. Yet at the same time, it can be anxiety for patients who have undergone transformative trauma or diseases in their lives. The role of the Social Worker involves many areas during the hospitalization, but none as important as helping family members understand the needs and anxiety involved in adjusting to shifts in roles of family members."

Week 5 continued

Questions and discussion:• What are some concerns that the patient will

most likely have involving returning to their family?

• What are some of the concerns of the family members?

Pick a profession other than your major and tell how it will help prepare the patient for discharge. For example: Social Work will assist family members to understand emotional concerns of the patient.

Week 5 continued

Activity:Teaching families about patient concerns.

First,Download the latest Explain Everything app from the app store.

Then,go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMttsHd0M8M, the YouTube tutorial for Explain Everything's latest free version.

Week 5 continuedWith the Explain Everything app, create a

presentation that helps others better understand the feelings and frustrations the patient is experiencing as a mother who was vibrant and involved prior to her stroke.

Using the patient's family as the audience who will view and benefit from your work, make sure it is understandable for all ages.

Week 5 continued

Concentrate on the communication and frustrations associated with her limits.

The presentation must be between 5 - 7 minutes long and contain 12 total slides.

Upload the presentation onto BlackBoard when complete.