An illustration of an algorithm based on the 2019 National Guidelines for Nursing Delegation that can be used when deciding if a nursing task can be delegated. Featured in section 3.4 of the Nursing Management and Professional Concepts textbook.
An illustration of how thoughts, feelings and behaviors are linked together.
Addressing health disparities and cultural sensitivity is considered a crucial skill in the healthcare sector. Adding topics of diversity and inclusion in your class curriculum will bring awareness to health inequities in healthcare systems and talk about ways advocate and create system change.
AbstractBackground: Oscillation and pulmonary expansion (OPE) therapy can decrease postoperative pulmonary complications in a general surgical population, but its effect after cardiac surgery has not been reported, to our knowledge. We hypothesized that using an OPE device after cardiac surgery before extubation would decrease pulmonary complications.
Photo showing proper heel placement of TED Hose.
An illustration suggestive of an ethics committee, as featured in section 6.4 of Nursing Management and Professional Concepts.
An illustration showing the facets of Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), as featured in 10.7 of Nursing Management and Professional Concepts.
What does a green AND healthy school look like? Take a good look at your school from these nine different perspectives. Where is your school excelling? Where could your school use some improvements?
These pages are written for a student audience with opportunities for them to connect, explore, and engage with the nine focus areas in Green & Healthy Schools Wisconsin: Body & Mind, Community Engagement, Energy, Environmental Literacy, Healthy Buildings, School Grounds, Transportation, Waste, and Water.
Facing the Future interdisciplinary curriculum provide educators with the educational materials and resources they need to ignite their students’ interest in complex global issues while helping them achieve academically. They have these four goals:
• Understand global issues and sustainability in a way that shows the connections between population, environment, consumption, poverty, conflict, and other global issues
• Develop a global perspective
• Learn critical thinking skills
• Be inspired to take personal action
This resource has free lesson plans on the digestive system such as organs, functions, and process of digestion. This resource has many materials such as videos, worksheets, activities, and assessments.
Photo showing a simulated patient in a full-body mechanical lift and mechanical sling.
An illustration of the general structure of a LTC facility.
“Give me the Goods on Grapes” is an interdisciplinary unit of study for second and third grade students at LEAP Elementary School. Spanning several weeks, the unit addresses Wisconsin Standards for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability, NGSS, CCSS in Math and Literacy, as well as National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes. In this unit, students will learn about growing conditions required for Concord grapes, processing of grapes for food products, packaging design, and advertising. In addition, students learn measurement and other kitchen skills as they make grape jelly with a few simple ingredients.
Controversial issues are complex topics that are grounded in conflicting values or opinions and can result in emotional reactions and public dispute. Schools may avoid difficult issues that could bring forth feelings of fear, confusion, or anger. Addressing these issues, however, can motivate students to learn and make relevant connections to their local and global communities. For students to become active and engaged citizens, they will need civil discourse and reasoning skills, as well as tolerance, empathy, compassion, and an interest in civic knowledge.
Photo of a simulated patient wearing a hand mitt.
Communication comes in many forms and is a part of everything we do. It is even more critical when we talk about understanding and making important health decisions. The following resources bring awareness to the importance of communication, whether a patient or provider, and how health literacy plays an important role in clear, understandable communication.
This rubric is a tool to help teachers and curriculum leaders to evaluate the appropriateness of lessons, activities, resources, or instructional materials for health education. It is quick to use and will ensure the resource is high quality and grade level appropriate. It will also highlight what adjustments need to be made to ensure the effectiveness of the resource for use in the classroom. The Google Doc version is included here, which is ediable to fill in information electronically. There is a PDF version in the resource folder as well.
Health equity plays a vital role in ensuring that all feel valued and achieve good health. By fostering more inclusive interactions between those who give and those who receive health care services, can we really meet people where they are. The resources provided bring awareness to the importance of health equity.
Health insurance can be confusing and hard to navigate in the complex healthcare system. The following resources can be applied to your lesson plan to support students understanding of health insurance.
Health Literacy 101 is an educational program developed by Wisconsin Health Literacy to help students learn the importance and impact of health literacy in the health profession, strategies for better communication, and how health literacy can be applied as a patient for better health.