Assignment: Pulse Check

Assignment: Pulse Check
Assignment: Pulse Check
The “Pulse” Check. Where are you in your journey and how are you doing?
DQ2 of Week 5 is an opportunity for you to self-assess and reflect on your journey. You can write about it or you can share a created video (you-tube) expressing your navigation through the Role course. Model from the scripts in this week, but be specific to your experience.
Evaluate how you have achieved course competencies and your plans to develop further in these areas. The course competencies for this course are as follows:
1. Explore the historical evolution of the advance practice nurse.
2. Differentiate the roles and scope of practice for nurses working in advanced clinical, education, administration, informatics, research, and health policy arenas.
3. Analyze attributes of the practice arena such as access and availability, degree of consumer choice, competition, and financing that impact advanced practice nurses and their ability to effectively collaborate with other health professionals.
4. Integrate evidence from research and theory into discussions of practice competencies, health promotion and disease prevention strategies, quality improvement, and safety standards.
5. Identify collaborative, organizational, communication, and leadership skills in working with other professionals in healthcare facilities and/or academic institutions.
6. Synthesize knowledge from values theory, ethics, and legal/regulatory statutes in the development of a personal philosophy for a career as an advanced practice nurse.
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Adults should have a resting heart rate of 60 to 100 beats per minute.
In general, a lower resting heart rate indicates better cardiac function and cardiovascular fitness.
A well-trained athlete, for example, would have a resting heart rate closer to 40 beats per minute.
Simply take your pulse to determine your heart rate.
Place your index and third fingers on the side of your windpipe on your neck.
Place two fingers between the bone and the tendon above your radial artery, which is on the thumb side of your wrist, to check your pulse.
Count the number of beats in 15 seconds when you feel your pulse.
Calculate your beats per minute by multiplying this amount by four.
Keep in mind that heart rate is influenced by a variety of factors, including:
Age
Levels of fitness and activity
Being a cigarette smoker
Having a heart condition, excessive cholesterol, or diabetes
Temperature of the air
Position of the body (standing up or lying down, for example)
Emotions
Dimensions of the body
Medications
Although there is a wide range of normal, a heart rate that is excessively high or low could suggest a problem.
If your resting heart rate is consistently greater than 100 beats per minute (tachycardia), or if you’re not a trained athlete and your resting heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute (bradycardia), see your doctor, especially if you have other signs or symptoms like fainting, dizziness, or shortness of breath.