NURS680B Advanced Health/Physical Assessment Week 6,7 and 8 Discussion

NURS680B Advanced Health/Physical Assessment

Week 6 Discussion

Select one of the following case studies to address. In the subject line of your post, please identify which prompt you are responding to, for example, choice #2 19-year old male.

A 22-year old obese female with irregular menses reports she and her partner have been trying to get pregnant for 18 months without success.

A 30-year old woman of 28 wks gestation reports inability to feel her baby move for the past 2 hours.

A 27-year old woman of 35 wks gestation with gestational diabetes reports having headache for the last day that will not go away.

For the case you have chosen, post to the discussion:

Discuss what questions you would ask the patient, what physical exam elements you would include, and what further testing you would want to have performed.

In SOAP format, list:

Pertinent positive and negative information

Differential and working diagnosis

Treatment plan, including: pharmacotherapy with complementary and OTC therapy, diagnostics (labs and testing), health education and lifestyle changes, age-appropriate preventive care, and follow-up to this visit.

Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas.

In your peer replies, please reply to at least one peer who chose a different case study.

 

 

NURS680B Advanced Health/Physical Assessment

Week 7 Discussion

Review the Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) scope of practice as defined by your practice state. Answer the following questions:

Share your findings of how your state defines an APRNs scope of practice.

Why are Standardized Procedures required for APRNs to practice?

List two (2) safeguards that Standardized Procedures provide the APRN.

Do Standardized Procedures need to include information about the furnishing of drugs and devices?

List three (3) patient scenario examples where you would feel compelled to collaborate with your supervising physician and why.

Use at least one scholarly source in addition to the Board of Registered Nursing website in support of your discussion. In your peer replies, please reply to at least one peer discussion point that is different than your own.

 

NURS680B Advanced Health/Physical Assessment

Week 8 Discussion

Describe how your diagnostic reasoning process has evolved after experience this course. Find one scholarly article on the subject of diagnostic skills and clinical reasoning of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and summarize your findings.

Use at least one evidence based scholarly source in support of your discussion. In your peer replies, please reply to at least one peer discussion point that is different than your own.