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Advanced Health Assessment - Chamberlain, NR509-October-2018
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Information Processing : 26 of 40 (65.0%)
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Subjective Data Collection Each relevant diagnosis is scored on a four-point scale:
Priority (1 point): the correct priority of the diagnosis was chosen
Objective Data Collection
Evidence (up to 2 points): the strength of the patient cue(s) selected as evidence for the identified
diagnosis
Education & Empathy
Required Evidence: selecting at least one cue that directly indicates the presence of a
problem or risk is worth 2 points
Documentation
Supporting Evidence: selecting at least one cue that is a contributing factor or cause of a
problem or risk, without the presence of Required Evidence, is worth 1 point
Information Processing
Planning (1 point): the plan proposed to address the diagnosis includes at least one correct
component
Health History Tips and Tricks
Self-Reflection
Relevant Diagnoses
1. Acute pain of the foot 4 of 4 points
Priority 1/1
Priority Pro Tip: Managing acute pain is an
Student Response: High immediate high priority, because other health
concerns cannot be effectively addressed while a
Correct Priority: High
patient experiences severe pain.
Evidence 2/2
Relevant Evidence Pro Tip: Tina reports intense pain and
rates her pain on a numerical scale. She also reports
"Once the pain pills wear off, and I can't take characteristics of the pain, including its duration of
another one for awhile, the pain gets really one week; this timespan defines her pain as acute.
bad and starts to throb." Required Evidence
"I mean, the last two days I couldn't walk on
my foot, so it's gotten in the way of everything
-- I had to basically stay home and off my foot.
I didn't think it could get to the point where it
, caused so many problems."
Required Evidence
"... I'd say a 7. It hurts a lot, and the pain pills
haven't kicked in yet." Required Evidence
Irrelevant
"Usually I can handle pain just fine, but my
foot has really been killing me."
Planning 1/1
Relevant
Intervene - Prescribe: Prescribe medications
to treat pain.
Educate - Medication: Educate the patient Planning Pro Tip: Intervene to reduce the pain by
on medications used for pain relief. prescribing an appropriate analgesic and educating
the patient on its effective use and potential side
Educate - Medication: Educate the patient effects. Provide the patient with options for non-
pharmacological pain relief, such as RICE (rest, ice,
on non-pharmaceutical methods to reduce
compression, elevation).
pain intensity.
Irrelevant
(None provided)
2. Local infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue of the foot 4 of 4 points
Priority 1/1
Priority Pro Tip: Treating this infection is a high
Student Response: High priority, as failure to treat the infection may lead to it
spreading to surrounding tissues or systemically.
Correct Priority: High Treating the infection can prevent adverse events
such as osteomyelitis and bacteremia.
Evidence 2/2
Relevant
"Temperature: 101.1 F" Required Evidence
"I got this scrape on my foot a while ago, and I
thought it would heal up on its own, but now Evidence Pro Tip: Tina presents with an open
it's looking pretty nasty. And the pain is killing wound on the plantar surface of the foot. The wound
me!" Supporting Evidence is red, swollen, warm, and produces purulent
discharge. Tina reports that the appearance and level
"I mean, it's all red and swollen, and there's of discomfort have worsened with time- all of these
pus, it feels hot, it hurts like hell... It's got all factors support a diagnosis of acute infection.
that going on." Required Evidence
Irrelevant
(None provided)
Planning 1/1
Relevant Planning Pro Tip: Assess the wound directly and
obtain a culture so that the infectious organism may
Assess - Integumentary: Assess wound be identified, then clean and re-dress the wound.
parameters (size, depth). Regional lymph nodes may be swollen. Because the
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