NR_305 Week 4 Assignment, Visual Teaching Tool Presentation (Stress and Time Management)

NR_305 Week 4 Assignment, Visual Teaching Tool Presentation (Stress and Time Management) NOTE: Please do NOT remove any of the text on this form. Do NOT use any other form but this one. Fill it in and submit in its entirety to aid in its grading. Your Name: Date: Purpose: The purpose of this Patient Teaching Project is to develop a patient teaching plan and create a visual teaching tool aimed at promoting health and preventing disease for a specified patient population. Directions: • This Teaching Plan is Part 1 of the Patient Teaching Project. You will use this Patient Teaching Plan to create a Visual Teaching Tool in Part 2 of this project. • You are required to complete the form using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the ".docx" format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at . Click on the envelope at the top of the page. • Type your answers on this form. Click Save as and save the file with the assignment name and your last name, e.g., “NR305_W4_Patient Teaching Plan Form_Smith”. When you are finished, submit the form to the Drobox by the deadline indicated in your guidelines. Post questions in the Q & A Forum or contact your instructor if you have questions about this assignment. • The use of correct terminology, grammar, and spelling is important! Please write in full sentences. References should be written in APA format. Utilize in-text references when appropriate, and list all references in the space provided at the end of the worksheet. Patient Teaching Plan HEALTH TOPIC ANSWER State the topic you have selected for your Teaching Project. (Please select from the list provided in the Teaching Project guidelines located in Module 4.) I have selected stress and time management as my topic for the patient teaching plan. Stress levels can impact a patient's overall health status. Prolonged stress has been shown to increase the risk of cardiovascular conditions and mental health conditions such as depression (Beutel, Zwerenz, & Michal, 2018, p. 1). Chronic stress can lower the levels of serotonin in the body, which helps with appetite, sleep, and memory function. Eating a healthy diet can help maintain or increase the body’s ability to produce serotonin (Stress and Nutrition, 2018, p. 87). During times of stress, patients may be at an increased risk for poor nutrition by overeating, undereating or eating unhealthy foods. Poor time management skills may increase stress levels. By providing education on stress management techniques and providing tips for time management skills, the nurse may be able to help patients improve their overall health. POPULATION ANSWER Describe, in detail, the characteristics of the population you are planning to teach with the Visual Teaching Tool. I have selected freshman college students as my population target. I would also invite any higher-level college students that are struggling with these topics if there is interest was identified. Higher-level college students have often overcome the initial challenges of adjusting to college routine, but may still be struggling with stress levels and time management concerns with heavier class loads and assignments. Stress is an unavoidable part of daily life and is becoming more frequent and troublesome among college students (Weijia, 2019, p 437). Current freshman college students are typically aged 18-20, and are from what is generalized as “Generation Z.” Joan Hope, author and editor for Successful Registrar, described Generation Z college students as actively motivated by relationships and have a fear of letting other people down, and feel that their closest role models are their parents. College students also are proficient with using technology having information at their disposal at all times; they are used to spending a great deal of time using technology often on more than one device at once. (Hope, 2016, pgs. 6-7). The percentage of high school students directly entering college after graduation was 69.8% in 2016 (The NCES Fast Facts, n.d., para. 17). Young adults entering college face a great deal of stress in adjusting to this new level of education and often struggle with time management to effectively get assignments completed on time. College students are attempting to adjust to life away from home. Students need to form a sense of self and establish new friendships while exercising their independence and self-regulation. (Mahfouz et al., 2018, p. 2). New college students may be struggling with time management for class assignments and projects, social events, and work schedules. Students report causes of stress to include being homesick, managing tasks and social activities, and relationship stress. Students additionally find the causes of stress to include maintaining grades, financial concerns, and adjusting to a different routine (Mahfouz et al., 2018, p. 7). “Because of the many challenges faced by college students, particularly those who are entering college for the first time, good stress management support at colleges and universities is essential for the retention and success of students and for their health and well-being” (Morgan, 2017, p. 285). By providing support and education tips to college students, they may be able to handle and healthily cope with stress.