1. Intelligent Behavior Characteristics of intelligent behavior in the LPN classroom

2. Remaining Open to Continuous Learning

3. An example of remaining open to continuous learning is that they are in an adult education program

4. My Role is to provide the information needed to help the students become safe and effective nurses

5. Striving for Accuracy

6. An example would be to administer medications accurately

7. In the clinical setting students must be able to verbalize dosage, side effects, and nursing considerations for use of medications

8. Using All the Senses

9. Sight

10. Students gather important information through sight • How is there color? • Do they have any wounds or sores? • Is there any redness or swelling? • Do you see dry flaking or scaly skin? •

11. We will learn what is normal and what is abnormal, and when intervention is necessary

12. Hearing

13. Students must learn to listen to their patients • Do they have concerns that have not been met • Do they understand their condition • Do they need further teaching • Are they anxious about their procedure • What do their lungs sound like

14. We will discuss in class therapeutic communication and how to be effective listeners

15. Smell

16. Students will learn to determine abnormal smells • Is there foul smelling drainage from wound • Does personal hygiene need to be addressed • Does the patients breath have an acetone odor •

17. We will discuss what some of these wounds may smell like. And we will learn about how some diseases are first suspected because of a smell

18. Touch and Feel

19. Students must be able to use sense of touch to assess patients • Does the patient feel warm • Are there any lumps or bumps • Is the area soft or firm •

20. Students will practice assessment skills on each other then eventually on patients in the clinical setting