Walden University Quick Start Guide

1 Walden University Quick Start GuideNURS 6512 - NP Students1 Click the ShadowHealth link on yourcourse your bookstoreaccess receive this information in aseparate email after purchasingShadow on on Start NewAttempt. Please take the time to read through the followingpages to understandhow you will use Shadow Health at Walden University ! Walden University NP Student GuideWhat is the Shadow Health Digital Clinical Experience(DCE)?Shadow Health provides a clinical simulation designedto improve your assessment skills in asafe learning environment. You will examine digitalpatients throughout the course that areaccessible online 24 Digital Clinical Experience is free of many ofthe constraints and interruptions you face in ahospital or clinical setting. This unique simulationexperience allows you to conduct in-depthpatient exams and interviews at your own pace.

2 Becausethe exams are in-depth, theseassignments will often take over an hour to complete,so it is important to plan enough time tocomplete your assignments each patients for NURS 6512 are pictured Jones, 28 Health History &Comprehensive AssessmentDanny Rivera, 8 Focused Exam: CoughBrian Foster, 58 Focused Exam: Chest PainAdditional FAQsHow much time can I expect to spend in Shadow Health?What assignment options are selected to help supportmy learning?How will I document my notes on the virtual patient?How do I submit my work?What are the technical requirements?How can I get support?Can I use Shadow Health after my course ends?AssignmentsNURS 6512: Advanced Health Assessment and DiagnosticReasoningRequired Assignments DCE Orientation Conversation Concept Lab Health History, Tina Jones* Respiratory Concept Lab Focused Exam: Cough, DannyRivera* Abdominal Concept Lab Cardiovascular Concept Lab Focused Exam: Chest Pain, BrianFoster* Comprehensive Assessment, TinaJones*Assignment Options Reopening PartialInterviewGuideTime Expectation 6-9 hours insimulation 3-4 hours indocumentation**Please read theDocumentationsection forimportant instructions!

3 Practice Assignments HEENT Gastrointestinal Focused Exam: Abdominal Pain Respiratory Cardiovascular Musculoskeletal Neurological Mental HealthAssignment Options Reopening Full InterviewGuideTime Expectation ~1 hour perassignmentAssignment OptionsReopeningYou can make corrections to completed assignment attemptsby reopening prior to the duedate. You can reopen the assignment as many timesas necessary to achieve your your first assignment attempt and correctionsto the first assignment attempt will beaccepted for your grade. Therefore it is not recommendedto Start a new attempt. Instead,select the Reopen button from the Experience Overviewas more help with Reopening, please visit ourHelpDesk Reopening GuideFor required assignments, you will be provided thePartial Interview Guide .

4 This versionprovides high-level categories for the questions youneed to ask your patient to understandtheir health practice assignments, you will be provided theFull Interview Guide . This version providesan outline of each required piece of patient version of the Guide is pictured below. Noticehow the Partial Guide greys out undiscovered patient will write narrative-style documentation in Wordtemplates specifically designed for NOT document provider notes in Shadow will not be graded,and you are not able to copy and paste from the , use the templates includedbelow. These templates are also found in Blackboard. Health History, Tina Jones Focused Exam: Cough, Danny Rivera Focused Exam: Chest Pain, Brian Foster Comprehensive Assessment, Tina JonesSave each assignment s documentation file using thenaming convention below.

5 You will uploadit to Blackboard along with the assignment s lab pass. [LastName_FirstName] Shadow Health Documentation- AssignmentName - NURS 6512 SubmissionAfter you complete an assignment and when you areready to submit your score, you willdownload your Lab Pass for submission to can download your Lab Pass withthe button on your Experience Overview the button will generate a PDF that showsyour timestamped score. Please save yourLab Pass using the naming convention below. You willupload it to Blackboard along with anyrequired narrative-style documentation. [LastName_FirstName] Shadow Health Lab Pass - AssignmentName- NURS 6512 Technical RequirementsThere are minimum specifications for your computerhardware, operating system, browser, andnetwork to properly run the DCE.

6 Review requirements at ourHelp Desk Minimum SystemSpecificationsarticle. Tablets and mobile devices are not currently supported. To use speech-to-text, you must use Google Chromeas your browser. Third-party cookies are required for your single sign-onto work. Please visit ourHelpDesk Third-Party Cookiesarticle for Health Support TeamContact the Shadow Health Support Team with any questionsor technical issues related toShadow Healthbeforecontacting your give us a call, visit theShadow Health HelpDeskto search articles or submit a ticket, oremail us AccessYou can access Shadow Health assignments for as longas you have access to your schoolemail. After your course ends, go to thePasswordReset pageand enter your school emailaddress. This will give you access for 24 hours andcan be repeated as many times as youneed.