Created by Krystal West, BSN, RN
Summer 2021
Introduction
It's time for a Heart to Heart about Cardiovascular Health!
The human heart about the size of your own fist, pumps on average of 72 beats per minute and about 115, 000 times per day. The heart pumps about 100 gallons of blood through the body each hour.
In this WebQuest, we will research the function and structures of the cardiovascular system, and explore ways to prevent heart disease.
Task
Identify the anatomy and functions of the cardiovascular system.
Identify strategies to prevent heart disease for client teaching.
Review key concepts and create a client education brochure/ pamphlet on cardiovascular health to give to your client. It may be hand drawn or computer generated. Provide a minimum of one reference with your brochure. Use the rubric provided to evaluate your brochure assignment. Brochure will be worth max of 20 points towards a homework grade.
Be creative in your brochure and plan to use for real client.
Process
Resources:
Please use the following resources to learn about the cardiovascular system and to create your concept map.
In this section you will find selected resources to enrich your nursing knowledge regarding the Cardiovascular System and clients who may be at risk for cardiovascular disease.
1. Review the following videos to learn the basics of the cardiovascular system.
2. Review the following module regarding the cardiovascular system.
https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cardiovascular/
3. Review these resources regarding how to prevent heart disease.
https://medlineplus.gov/howtopreventheartdisease.html
Evaluation
| Making A Brochure : Cardiovascular Health | ||||
| Teacher Name: Krystal West | ||||
| Student Name: ________________________________________ | ||||
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Writing - Organization | Each section in the brochure has a clear beginning, middle, and end. | Almost all sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. | Most sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. | Less than half of the sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. |
| Writing - Grammar | There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure. | There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure after feedback from an adult. | There are 1-2 grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult. | There are several grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult. |
| Attractiveness & Organization | The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information. | The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information. | The brochure has well-organized information. | The brochure\'s formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader. |
| Graphics/Pictures | Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics. | Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text. | Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems \"text-heavy\". | Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen. |
| Knowledge Gained | All students in the group can accurately answer all questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure. | All students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure. | Most students in the group can accurately answer most questions related to facts in the brochure and to technical processes used to create the brochure. | Several students in the group appear to have little knowledge about the facts or technical processes used in the brochure. |
Conclusion
At the conclusion of this WebQuest and brochure assignment, the student will become familiar with the anatomy and functions of cardiovascular system, be able to recall cardiovascular disease prevention strategies to educate their client on those prevention strategies.