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NURS 550 Midterm Latest Update Graded A+ Differential Diagnosis • In deciding which disease to include in the differential, consider: - What's the most life-threatening disease the patient could have? - Could this be a common disease presenting with unusual features? - What diseases present with misleading symptoms? - What rare diseases could be causing these signs and symptoms? Develop a Complete, Framed Differential Diagnosis (Hypothesis) • Not all diagnoses in a given differ...

Pertinent Positives - Answer Specific symptoms that raise the physician's suspicion for a particular diagnoses Pertinent Negatives - Answer Specific symptoms that are not present which cause the physician to doubt certain diagnoses Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) - Answer Etiology: Narrowing of the coronary arteries limits blood supply to the heart muscle causing angina (chest pain specifically due to heart muscle ischemia) Diagnosed by: Cardiac catheterization Meds: Aspirin (ASA) ...

NUR 550 Midterm Exam Study Guide with complete solutions- Drexel. Differential Diagnosis ️ • In deciding which disease to include in the differential, consider: - What's the most life-threatening disease the patient could have? - Could this be a common disease presenting with unusual features? - What diseases present with misleading symptoms? - What rare diseases could be causing these signs and symptoms? Develop a Complete, Framed Differential Diagnosis (Hypothesis) ️ • Not all...

communication barriers - false reassurance/ reassurance, unwanted advice, developmental, language, distancing, professional jargon, leading-biased questions A in DAR means - Action (document all nursing data - your intervention) A in SBAR means - assessment (pertinent abnormal assessment findings, included TODAYS vital signs) A in SOAP means - analysis (a "one linear" on how patient is responding to our interventions) acute pain - sudden onset, usually short term apnea - absence of brea...

what is the framework for charting a Comprehensive Health assessment? correct answers soap what is included in the subjective data intake of your health assessment? correct answers identifying info, Chief complaint, history of present illness, past medical history, family history, personal, and the review of systems what are the seven attributes of a symptom? correct answers "old carts." onset, location, duration, character, alleviating and aggravating factors, radiation, timing and seve...

what is the framework for charting a Comprehensive Health assessment? correct answers soap what is included in the subjective data intake of your health assessment? correct answers identifying info, Chief complaint, history of present illness, past medical history, family history, personal, and the review of systems what are the seven attributes of a symptom? correct answers "old carts." onset, location, duration, character, alleviating and aggravating factors, radiation, timing and seve...

his case study implies to Mrs. G whom is a 56-year-old Hispanic female with complaints of fatigue, weight gain, hunger, thirst, and frequent urination. A primary, secondary and differential diagnoses for Mrs. G will be identified and discussed throughout the paper based on symptoms and laboratory results. Specifically, diabetes mellitus type II (primary), hyperlipidemia (secondary), and possible hormonal imbalance such as estrogen deficiency (differential diagnosis) are among the specific d...

What are the components of a COMPLETE health assessment? CC, HPI, PMH, FH, Social Hx, ROS, Genogram What are the components of a FOCUSED health assessment? CC, HPI, PMH, FH/SH that pertains to complaint, specific system ROS 0:00 / 0:15 Foundation of the HPI is the PQRST format; what does it stand for? Provocative Quality or Quantity Region/Radiation Severity Timing Provocative Components What causes the symptom What makes it worse or better? What do you do for...

Comprehensive Adult Health History correct answers1. Identifying data and source of history 2. Chief complaint(s) 3. History of present illness 4. Past history 5. Family history 6. Review of systems 7. Health patterns Identifying data and reliability correct answers1. Name, address, and phone number 2. Age and birth date 3. Sex 4. Marital status 5. Race 6. Ethnic origin 7. Occupation - usual and present 8. Source of information (reliability) Chief complaint(s) correct answers-...

Differential Diagnosis - • In deciding which disease to include in the differential, consider: - What's the most life-threatening disease the patient could have? - Could this be a common disease presenting with unusual features? - What diseases present with misleading symptoms? - What rare diseases could be causing these signs and symptoms? Develop a Complete, Framed Differential Diagnosis (Hypothesis) - • Not all diagnoses in a given differential are: - equally likely - equally import...