NURS680B Advanced Health/Physical Assessment Assignments

NURS680B Advanced Health/Physical Assessment

Week 3 Assignment

Gastrointestinal System (Shadow Health)

In this online assignment, you will:

Assess the gastrointestinal system of your patient, Tina Jones.

Document your findings in the SOAP note template within Shadow Health for practice.

Complete self-reflection prompts to help you think more deeply about your performance in the assignment. Reflective writing develops clinical reasoning skills as you grow and improve as a clinician, and gives instructors insight into your learning process. The more detail and depth provided in your responses, the more you will benefit from this activity.

This assignment is to be completed in Shadow Health. Even though your activity and responses will be recorded in Shadow Health’s system, complete the assignment in Blackboard as follows:

Click on the assignment name above.

Select the “Write Submission” option.

Type the word “Confirmed.”

Click “Submit” to save.

This assignment will take you approximately 65-85 minutes to complete.

In order to use the voice-to-text functionality in Shadow Health (not required), you will need to use the latest version of Chrome web browser.

You are welcome to revisit your Shadow Health assignment as many times as as you like, up until the assignment due date deadline; to leave the assignment open, do not click on “Submit” until you are satisfied with your performance.

If you accidentally submit your assignment and would like to revisit it, contact the Shadow Health support team (see below). The assignment cannot be reopened after the assignment due date.

 

NURS680B Advanced Health/Physical Assessment

Week 5 Assignment

Comprehensive Health Assessment

Students will select a new “patient” (friend or family member) for whom they will perform and document a complete history. This will include a complete head-to-toe review of systems (ROS) and a complete head-to-toe physical examination. This will be documented in a SOAP note format.

The patient should be an adult over the age of 18 with a chief complaint. Please do not choose the same friend or family member from previous course assignments.

Document a working diagnosis and a minimum of 3 differential diagnoses. These are based on the chief complaint (CC) an history of present illness (HPI). All 3 diagnoses Working diagnosis and differential diagnoses must include pertinent positive and negative symptoms. You may also include known diagnoses, such as obesity or hypertension. These do not need pertinent findings.

NOTE: Do not use real names or initials or otherwise identify your “patient.” Failure to maintain privacy will result in a failing score

Assignment Details

The Subjective health history and Objective physical exam must contain all required elements as outlined in Jarvis Chapter 27 (except breast and genital exams) and the attached document. The Assessment, as well as the Plan, will be focused based on CC and HPI.

Read the rubric for the Comprehensive Health Assessment assignment carefully.

The assignment submission should be a single document that contains:

A complete subjective history

A complete objective examination

Working diagnosis with at least 3 differential diagnoses with pertinent findings for each

Plan of care that includes a discussion of the national guidelines for your diagnosis and health maintenance needs for your patient

 

NURS680B Advanced Health/Physical Assessment

Week 8 Assignment

Comprehensive Physical Exam (Shadow Health)

This Comprehensive Assessment (Capstone) assignment provides you the opportunity to plan and conduct a full comprehensive health assessment on a patient in a single clinic visit. You will move through both the subjective and objective assessment in a head to toe order.

In this final comprehensive Shadow Health assignment, you will:

Interview your digital patient, Tina Jones within Shadow Health. She will be presenting for a pre-employment physical. You will be conducting a comprehensive assessment which includes interviewing (complete subjective history) and an examination of the patient (complete objective examination).

This assignment will take you approximately 2 hours to complete.

In order to use the voice-to-text functionality in Shadow Health (not required) you will need to use the latest Chrome web browser.

You are welcome to revisit your Shadow Health assignment as many times as you like up until the assignment due date deadline; to leave the assignment open, do not click on “Submit” until you are satisfied with your performance.

If you accidentally submit your assignment and would like to revisit it, contact the Shadow Health support team (see below). The assignment cannot be reopened after the assignment due date.

Complete self-reflection prompts to help you think more deeply about your performance in the assignment. Reflective writing develops your clinical reasoning skills as you grow and improve as a clinician and gives your instructor insight into your learning process. The more detail and depth you provide in your responses, the more you will benefit from this activity.

This assignment is to be completed in Shadow Health. Even though your activity and responses will be recorded in Shadow Health, in Blackboard click on the assignment name above, select the Write Submission option, type the word “Confirmed” and then click Submit to save.