Assignment 1 Module 4 Lesson 1: Lab – Preparing a Resume

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• Points30
• Submitting a text entry box or a file upload

Directions

A resume that summarizes educational and professional accomplishments is necessary when applying for a job. This assignment uses the registered nurse resume format; however, you may select another format if it would be more appropriate for your chosen healthcare discipline.

1. Obtain a healthcare job announcement from online job posting site. Select a job for which you want to apply.
2. Compose a résumé using a Word résumé template.
   1. 1. Click File tab and then New.
      2. Under Templates and Office.com:
         • Click Résumés and Cover Letters under the search box.
         • Click Student Résumé (Modern Design) or another of your liking, then click OK to download.
         • Complete the template by replacing the text placeholders with your own information. Delete any extra placeholders. Remember that this template uses tables to hold the data, so you will need to work with tables to add or delete rows. Make sure the résumé includes the following information:

• • • • 1. • Contact information: your name, address (city, state, ZIP code only), phone number, and email address
           • Summary of your professional skills
           • Listing of your professional credentials, such as registration and certifications, if any
           • Education (school, degree, date, major); or expected graduation date e.g. May 2021
           • Your professional experience in healthcare (begin with your most recent position and include the year, name of position) and list of responsibilities.
           • Affiliations, such as professional associations, and any offices held
           • Other accomplishments such as awards, honors, publications, presentations
           • Community service activities
           • Any other information you think may be relevant

• • • • Spell-check your document. Save the résumé as Chap5-Assign1-LastName.

3. Compose and revise a cover letter applying for the position.

1. 1. Open the résumé file Chap5-Assign1-LastName; insert a blank page as the first page in the file. Use this page to type the cover letter. Be sure that your résumé starts at the top of a new page. Save the file.
   2. Run the cover letter through the spelling and grammar checker including a word count and reading level. Turn on Track Changes. Make appropriate revisions in the cover letter using the results of the spelling and grammar check and then turn off Track Changes.
   3. Use the snipping tool to capture the readability statistics dialog box results (Start, All Programs, Accessories, Snipping Tool, New down arrow, and select Window Snip). Copy the image in the snipping window to the end of the résumé file on a separate page from the end of the résumé.

4. Save the file as Chap5-Assign1-LastName.

5. Upload two separate files into Canvas. One file containing the job announcement, the other file containing the cover letter and the résumé.

To submit your work: Select the Start Assignment button (top right of screen), upload or enter your completed assignment, then click the Submit Assignment button.

Assignment 2 Module 04: Case Study

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Purpose The purpose of this activity is to stimulate critical thinking skills and to enhance the pharmaceutical knowledge of students.

Directions

Read the following 3 scenarios and answer the questions listed. Follow the question Guidelines listed below.

1. Mr. Smith is 75 years old man was diagnosed with ventricular arrhythmias. He has been prescribed amiodarone by his cardiologist and he comes to pharmacy to fill the prescription. Pharmacist checks the medications that Mr. Smith is on and notes that he is being treated for hypothyroidism and asthma. Pharmacist informs Mr. Smith that he would like to double check with his doctor about the side effects of this medication.

a. What are the various side effects that may interfere with Mr. Smith’s pre-existing conditions and what are the other side effects of amiodarone?

b. What is the name of other drug that is similar to amiodarone and how is it different?

2. Mr. Bruce is sitting in the waiting room waiting for his appointment. He looks anxious and reaches into his pocket and gets his nitroglycerin, which has the name Nitrostat on the bottle. You observe this and offer to help.

a. How should Mr. Bruce take the sublingual nitroglycerin? What should he do if the first tablet does not provide relief? How many tablets can he take?

3. Ms. Jane Doe was in the hospital for a week because she of her chronic heart failure disease. She was discharged with a list of medications to be filled at her local pharmacy. Medication list: Hydrochlorothiazide, enalapril, metoprolol.

a. You as a pharmacist ask the intern to explain how each medicine works in controlling congestive heart failure?

After two weeks Ms. Jane Doe comes back with a new prescription for valsartan. She says she got side effects with enalapril, she could not stop coughing, hence doctor wants her to stop taking enalapril and take valsartan instead.

a. What is the difference in action between enalapril and valsartan and what kind of side effects she must have experienced with enalapril?

Follow these question guidelines:

• Use a maximum of 100 words.
• Be clear, concise and well organized using as many pertinent pharmacological terms as possible.
• Be free of grammatical, mechanical, and format errors.
• Be in your own words (do not copy text directly from a website, text, or other reference materials) and contain citations from all sources used.