Discussion board

 The importance of USPSTF Screening Recommendations in Primary Care. 

The discussion must address the topic.

350 words in your initial post. 

Turnitin is less than 15%. 

Minimum of two scholarly references in APA format within the last five years published 

USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) 

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A 58-year-old obese man complains of pain in his left knee. The pain seems to be unrelenting. He says his knee is better when he rests, but it gets stiff when he rests too long. He denies other symptoms, significant history, or allergies.

  • From the information provided, list your differential diagnoses in the order of most likely to possible but unlikely.

2 scholarly article

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A 28-year-old female presents with a severe headache for the past 9 hours. She states the pain is over the left temporal area and is throbbing in nature. These symptoms have occurred before but not as bad.

  • What are some clinical assessment tools or techniques that you could use to help diagnose this patients condition?
  • In order of importance, describe three (3) questions that you would like to ask this patient and give a brief explanation of why?

2 scholarly article

Describe the nurse’s role and responsibility as health educator.

What strategies, besides the use of learning styles, can a nurse educator consider when developing tailored individual care plans, or for educational programs in health promotion? When should behavioral objectives be utilized in a care plan or health promotion?

At least 200 words with 3 references including in-text citations required following APA 2007 style 

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and OCD

 

Fear, according to the DSM-5-TR, is the emotional response to a real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is the anticipation of future threat (APA, 2022). All anxiety disorders contain some degree of fear or anxiety symptoms (often in combination with avoidant behaviors), although their causes and severity differ. Trauma-related disorders may also, but not necessarily, contain fear and anxiety symptoms, but their primary distinguishing criterion is exposure to a traumatic event. Trauma can occur at any point in life. It might not surprise you to discover that traumatic events are likely to have a greater effect on children than on adults. Early-life traumatic experiences, such as childhood sexual abuse, may influence the physiology of the developing brain. Later in life, there is a chronic hyperarousal of the stress response, making the individual vulnerable to further stress and stress-related disease. 

For this Assignment, you practice assessing and diagnosing patients with anxiety disorders, PTSD, and OCD. Review the DSM-5-TR criteria for the disorders within these classifications before you get started, as you will be asked to justify your differential diagnosis with DSM-5-TR criteria. 

To Prepare:

  • Review this weeks Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about assessing and diagnosing anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
  • Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. Also, review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation document. 
  • Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
  • Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
  • Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.

Informatics Solution Proposal: Areas of Evaluation

 

In this weeks assignment, you will evaluate two products you believe may resolve your selected issue. The purpose of your evaluation is to find the product that would be the best fit for your health care workplace and would best resolve the existing issue. Remember each weekly assignment builds on the last assignment and will culminate in the Week 5 assignment.

Select two products currently available in the market from the category you identified in Week 3. For example, if you selected EHRs, then identify two specific EHR products, such as Cerner and Epic. If you chose two barcode scanners, you might compare Zebra and Honeywell.

Note: You may use the product websites for information to support your assignment and the websites do count as references.

Format your assignment as any one of the following formats:

       12- to 15-slide powerpoint presentation with speaker notes or narration

       Infographic or concept map

       3 to 5 minute podcast

Explain the following related to each product in your assignment:

  • How would each product mitigate the clinical or administrative issue? 
  • How will each product affect patients, staff, and the organization? 

Determine the functionality of the two products as related to the following:

  • ease of use (how easy are they to use?)
  • clarity (are there clear instructions?)
  • time element (is the product time consuming to use?)
  • educational needs (what education needs to be provided to patient or nurse?)
  • cost (how expensive is the product?)

Includea minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources. The product websites count toward this requirement.