• Review the Episodic note case study your instructor provides you for this week’s Assignment. Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your Episodic note case study.
• Based on the Episodic note case study:
o Review this week’s Learning Resources, and consider the insights they provide about the case study. Refer to Chapter 3 of the Sullivan resource to guide you as you complete your Lab Assignment.
o Search the Walden library or the Internet for evidence-based resources to support your answers to the questions provided.
o Consider what history would be necessary to collect from the patient in the case study.
o Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition. How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
o Identify at least five possible conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the patient.
The Lab Assignment
Using evidence-based resources from your search, answer the following questions and support your answers using current evidence from the literature.
• Analyze the subjective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
• Analyze the objective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
• Is the assessment supported by the subjective and objective information? Why or why not?
• Would diagnostics be appropriate for this case, and how would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
• Would you reject/accept the current diagnosis? Why or why not? Identify three possible conditions that may be considered as a differential diagnosis for this patient. Explain your reasoning using at least three different references from current evidence-based literature.
GENITALIA ASSESSMENT (Review the requirements in this week’s course resources. You can write this assignment in narrative format.
Subjective:
• CC: dysuria and urinary frequency
• HPI: RG is a 30 year old female with increase urinary frequency and dysuria that began 3 days ago. Pain is intermittent and described a burning only in urination, but c/o flank pain since last night. Reports intermittent chills and fever. Used Tylenol for pain with no relief. She rates her pain 6/10 on urination. Reports a similar episode 3 years ago.
• PMH: UTI 3 years ago
• PSHx: Hysterectomy at 25 years
• Medication: Tylenol 1000 mg PO every 6 hours for pain
• FHx: Mother breast cancer ( alive) Father hypertension (alive)
• Social: Single, no tobacco , works as a bartender, positive for ETOH
• Allergies: PCN and Sulfa
• LMP: N/A
Review of Symptoms:
• General: Denies weight change, positive for sleeping difficulty because e the flank pain. Feels warm.
• Abdominal: Denies nausea and vomiting. No appetite
Objective:
• VS: Temp 100.9; BP: 136/80; RR 18; HT 6’.0”; WT 135lbs
• Abdominal: Bowel sounds present x 4. Palpation pain in both lower quadrants. CVA tenderness
• Diagnostics: Urine specimen collected, STD testing
Assessment:
• UTI
• STD
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• Review the Episodic note case study provided by your instructor for this week’s Assignment. Please find your Episodic note case study in the “Course Announcements” area of the classroom.
• Based on the case study of the Episodic note:
o Go over this week’s Learning Resources and think about the insights they offer concerning the case study. To complete your Lab Assignment, refer to Chapter 3 of the Sullivan reference.
o Look for evidence-based materials in the Walden library or on the Internet to back up your responses to the questions supplied.
o Consider what information would need to be gathered from the patient in the case study.
o Consider what physical exams and diagnostic testing might be necessary to learn more about the patient’s condition. What would you do?
