Part A: Tell us about yourself! Is this your first online class? If not, what advice do you have for fellow classmates to keep track of due dates? Please feel free to post any information about your hobbies, family, work experience, level in nursing school, etc.

Part B: Read the instructions below and create your client scenario for your initial post.

Respond to 2 peers' posts. The first response will be your answer to a peers' question. For the second response identify elements that you did not consider or understand from their initial post, or ask questions if something isn't clear. The response must demonstrate critical thinking and foster ongoing discussion. For full points, initial post and reply posts should occur on different days.

Instructions:

Answer the questions: What does medication reconciliation mean? What is the importance of medication reconciliation? What is the nurse's role in the medication reconciliation process?

Review the following medication sheets completed for the Unit 1 medication assignment before your initial post: Warfarin sodium, furosemide, and acetaminophen.

Create a client scenario:

Include basic demographics of the patient, health care setting the client is in, and risk factors the client may have.

Identify the goal of the medication therapy, and the goal for each medication.

Identify important assessments the nurse should perform for the client taking these medications

Create a question about your client for a peer to answer in a reply. Then reply an answer to at least one of your peer's questions, as one of your discussion responses.