Cheatsheets
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Outline
Overview
- Cheatsheets provide a way to condense important information or illustrate an important concept in a clear and concise way.
Key Points
- How can you abridge the concept down into one page?
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- Is there a one-page cheatsheet that you would’ve loved to have with you when you were going through school?
- Is there a great mnemonic that helps the topic be more understandable?
- Is there an image you can grab that will make them say “Ah-hah! I get it!”?
- What resources can you provide the students to give them that extra push they need in order to master this content.
- They should be image/graphics heavy, with a brief explanation
- Tables and charts are wonderful
- An image in the center with arrows pointing out key points
- For Pathocharts
- What one image will help solidify this disease process for them?
- What are the most important assessment findings, diagnostic tests, nursing priorities, and therapies?
- It should fit on ONE PAGE
- They should be image/graphics heavy, with a brief explanation
Transcript
Okay! You made it! The last and final practical application of the Core Content Mastery Method is Cheatsheets. Now, we do have a specific resource called a cheatsheet, but what we’re referring to here is any short, quick resource that helps the student master the content.
So – think about what kind of one-page resource you would provide. How can you abridge the topic down to one page? We make them clear and concise and they focus on a specific topic. What would you have wanted as a nursing student – is there a resource you found yourself looking up over and over again that you would’ve wanted quick access to? We like for them to be graphics heavy with the important information spelled out for them.
So here is an example of a cheatsheet. A main image with brief explanations and arrows. So this one specifically is stroke symptoms by location. So if a student has a patient whose history shows a stroke in the middle cerebral artery – they’ll know what findings to expect in that patient. On the right you’ll see what we call a Pathochart. This is one of my absolute favorite resources. We drill down the pathophysiology into a few sentences, then provide the most important assessment findings, diagnostic tests, nursing priorities, management, and medications. This now becomes a one-page resource for all things crohn’s disease.
So drilling concepts down into a one-page resource provides just one more way to give the learner what they need to master the concepts. Now that you’ve finished reviewing who we are, what our pedagogy is, our core tenets, and 7 tips to implementing it, the next module will be a way for you to demonstrate what you’ve learned. Feel free to go back and review any lessons you want to and use them as a resource as you complete that assignment! Now, go out and be your best self today. And, as always, happy nursing!
Tiona RN
Concepts Covered:
- Studying
- Medication Administration
- Adult
- Emergency Care of the Cardiac Patient
- Intraoperative Nursing
- Microbiology
- Cardiac Disorders
- Vascular Disorders
- Nervous System
- Upper GI Disorders
- Central Nervous System Disorders – Brain
- Immunological Disorders
- Fundamentals of Emergency Nursing
- Dosage Calculations
- Understanding Society
- Circulatory System
- Concepts of Pharmacology
- Hematologic Disorders
- Newborn Care
- Adulthood Growth and Development
- Disorders of Pancreas
- Postoperative Nursing
- Pregnancy Risks
- Neurological
- Postpartum Complications
- Noninfectious Respiratory Disorder
- Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
- Learning Pharmacology
- Prenatal Concepts
- Tissues and Glands
- Developmental Considerations
- Factors Influencing Community Health
- Childhood Growth and Development
- Prenatal and Neonatal Growth and Development
- Developmental Theories
- Basic
- Neonatal
- Pediatric
- Gastrointestinal
- Newborn Complications
- Labor Complications
- Fetal Development
- Terminology
- Labor and Delivery
- Postpartum Care
- Communication
- Basics of Mathematics
- Statistics
- Basics of Sociology
- Cardiovascular
- Shock
- Shock
- Disorders of the Posterior Pituitary Gland
- Endocrine
- Disorders of the Thyroid & Parathyroid Glands
- Liver & Gallbladder Disorders
- Lower GI Disorders
- Respiratory
- Delegation
- Perioperative Nursing Roles
- Acute & Chronic Renal Disorders
- Respiratory Emergencies
- Disorders of the Adrenal Gland
- Documentation and Communication
- Preoperative Nursing
- Legal and Ethical Issues
- Oncology Disorders
- Female Reproductive Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Trauma
- Renal Disorders
- Male Reproductive Disorders
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Infectious Respiratory Disorder
- Integumentary Disorders
- Emergency Care of the Trauma Patient
- Urinary Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- EENT Disorders
- Neurological Emergencies
- Disorders of Thermoregulation
- Neurological Trauma
- Basics of NCLEX
- Integumentary Important Points
- Multisystem
- Test Taking Strategies
- Urinary System
- Emergency Care of the Neurological Patient
- Central Nervous System Disorders – Spinal Cord
- Respiratory System
- Emergency Care of the Respiratory Patient
- Cognitive Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Trauma-Stress Disorders
- Substance Abuse Disorders
- Bipolar Disorders
- Psychotic Disorders
- Concepts of Mental Health
- Eating Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Health & Stress
- Psychological Emergencies
- Somatoform Disorders
- Prioritization
- Community Health Overview
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Integumentary Disorders
- Respiratory Disorders
- Neurologic and Cognitive Disorders
- Renal and Urinary Disorders
- Infectious Disease Disorders
- EENT Disorders
- Hematologic Disorders
- Cardiovascular Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
- Oncologic Disorders
- Behavior
- Emotions and Motivation
- Growth & Development
- Intelligence and Language
- Psychological Disorders
- State of Consciousness
- Note Taking
- Concepts of Population Health
- Basics of Human Biology