Lesson Plan

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You Tube Video

Please click on the U Tube link below "RN Video" to watch testimonials from RN's on CSTD.

RN Video

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The Genie vial adaptor

“The Genie maintains a normally closed system through three functional areas. 1) Connection of the spike and vial stopper; 2) The balloon within the vial enclosure; and 3) The Clave needle-free connector which is integrated as the access site for syringes. The Genie balloon assists in the equalization of vial pressure when fluid is being aspirated from a medication vial. When the balloon is inflated, air can thereafter pass through the walls of the balloon and into the medication vial over time therefore, maintaining a negative pressure on the vial at all times (ICU Medical, 2011).”

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Reference

ICU Medical, Inc. (2011) Oncology preparation & delivery systems. Retrieved from http://icumed.com/oncology/index.asp#TechSpecs

The Spiros closed male luer adaptor

The Spiros closed male luer adaptor

“The Spiros maintains a normally closed system until it is attached to a needle-free connector and the fluid path is activated. When placed on the end of a syringe or IV tubing, the Spiros will passively remain closed to prevent drips or leaks. In the event of accidental disconnect, the Spiros will automatically return to the closed, or fail-safe position. This feature requires no intervention by the healthcare worker and the function(ICU Medical, 2011).”

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Reference

ICU Medical, Inc. (2011) Oncology preparation & delivery systems. Retrieved from http://icumed.com/oncology/index.asp#TechSpecs

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) accumulated a sample list of major drugs that are considered hazardous in order to establish standard precautions for safe handling. Furthermore, NIOSH recommends healthcare professionals and support staff utilizes precautions such as a CSTD while preparing, transporting, administering and disposing of hazardous drugs (NIOSH, 2004). Please go to the following website to read the full NIOSH alert Pre-Read: NIOSH Alert
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Reference
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (2004). Preventing occupational exposure to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in health care settings. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2010-167/pdfs/2010-167.pdf

PowerPoint Presentation

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I will utilize Microsoft PowerPoint and survey monkey in my lesson plan. Students are comfortable with technology and prefer interactive classrooms. Educators are adapting to teaching strategies that incorporate technology and focus on active learning (Revell & McCurry, 2010). PowerPoint creates interactive presentations that containing text, art, animation, and audio and video elements. The use of PowerPoint enables the author to the animate words and graphics, add sound effects that captures the students' attention and helps keep them interested. There are variety of presentation types, designs, and layouts to choose from or the author can create and original designs or layouts as well as change colors and color schemes. In addition, the presentation can contain Web art, scanned images, allow for the creation of charts and graphs or hyperlinks (Starr, 2011).

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References

Revell, S., & McCurry, M. (2010). Engaging millennial learners: effectiveness of personal  response system technology with nursing students in small and large classrooms. Journal of Nursing Education, 49(5), 272-275. doi:10.3928/01484834-20091

Starr, L., (2011). PowerPoint Creating Clasroom Presenatations. Retrieved from Education World http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech013.shtml

The Spiros Nursing Video

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The Spiros is a closed male luer connector that will remain permanently attached to any female luer device, prevents tubing or syringes from disconnect thus eliminating the risk of exposure to hazardous drugs (ICU Medical, 2011).

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Reference
ICU Medical, Inc. (2011) Oncology preparation & delivery systems. Retrieved from http://icumed.com/oncology/index.asp#TechSpecs

Genie Pharmacy Video

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The Genie is a needle-free vial access device that decreases aerosolization, vapors or leaks that automatically equalizes vial pressure inside a vial (ICU Medical, 2011).

Reference
ICU Medical, Inc. (2011) Oncology preparation & delivery systems. Retrieved from http://icumed.com/oncology/index.asp#TechSpecs

Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Survey

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Survey Monkey will allow me to get feedback from the target audience on the effectiveness of the current teaching plan and ultimately gather ideas for how it can be improved (SurveyMonkey, 2011).

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Reference

SurveyMonkey., (2011) Retrieved from http://try.surveymonkey.com/?gclid=CIW82qewiq0CFUKR7QodHHQImA

Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs

Guidelines for handling hazardous drugs (HDs) have changed a little over the past twenty years but information regarding probable health risks for occupational exposure has changed greatly.  Numerous published studies provide evidence of hazardous drug residue contaminants are in areas where drugs are compounded or administered and potential health risks exist even when personal protective equipment is utilized. Over the next five weeks I will be posting about a teaching/learning plan that will be designed to explain the guidelines that have been established by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the American Society of Hospital Pharmacist (ASHP) for Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Pharmacists (RPh) who wish to implement the use of a closed system transfer device (CSTD) in a clinical setting. The plan will be specific to the ChemoClave, defined by the ONS as a drug transfer device that mechanically prohibits the transfer of environmental contaminants into the system and the escape of hazardous drug or vapor concentrations outside the system (Jacobson et al., 2009). 

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Reference

Jacobson, J. O., Polovich, M., McNiff, K. K., LeFebvre, K. B., Cummings, C., Galioto, M.,...

McCorkle, M. R. (2009). American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing

Society chemotherapy administration safety standards. Oncology Nursing Forum, 36(6),

651-658. doi:10.1188/09.ONF.651-658

Addressing a Nurse with a Doctorate degree

It’s really sad and disturbing when other nurses say that nurses with a DNP should not use the term doctor. That means as a profession we are not as far along in our growth process as we need to be in regards to thinking about what we can do as a profession to promote the nursing discipline. Earning a DNP is just not about touting the benefits of the degree, it’s about exploring what the degree can do for the profession and what it can do for our patients.  Nurses who do not have a DNP need to to get beyond the controversy surrounding the pride and ego involved in attaining the doctorate degree and focus on how  nurses are improving our practice by demonstrating what can be done for patients (Smolowitz, 2011).

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Reference:

Smolowitz, J. (2011). Doctors of Nursing Practice on the Web: An Interview With David G. O’Dell, DNP, FNP-BC. Clinical Scholars Review, 4(1), 62-64. doi:10.1891/1939-2095.4.1.62