NURS 6565 family Nurse practitioner practicum Professional Goals Week 4 Journal During my practicum as a family nurse practitioner (FNP), I came across a 16-year old female with depression. As an FNP, I was often the first to see patients with mental disorders. An FNP can diagnose and provide treatment to patients with uncomplicated mental […]
Introduction Family nurse practitioners (FNP) provide primary care and acute care services while focusing on health promotion and disease prevention. FNPs work in the community setting, nursing homes, clinics, and hospitals to diagnose, make appropriate prescriptions, perform examinations, and provide patient education (Gadbois et al., 2015). In Texas, nurse practitioners attend a high number of […]
VARK Analysis Since birth, human beings are continually learning, and their learning styles differ depending on the person. It is thus essential for each to identify the learning style that best suits them (Bhagat et al., 2015). A specific analysis tool is the Visual, aural, read/write and kinesthetic (VARK) allows one to recognize their style […]
Week 1: Building a Comprehensive Health History According to a 2011 Gallup poll, nurses are ranked as the most trusted professionals in the United States. One of the most admired nursing skills is the ability to put patients at ease. When patients enter into a healthcare setting, they are often apprehensive about sharing personal health information. Caring […]
Discussion: Building a Health History Effective communication is vital to constructing an accurate and detailed patient history. A patient’s health or illness is influenced by many factors, including age, gender, ethnicity, and environmental setting. As an advanced practice nurse, you must be aware of these factors and tailor your communication techniques accordingly. Doing so will […]
NURS 6512 Module 1: Comprehensive Health History What’s Happening in This Module? This course is composed of four (4) separate modules. Each module consists of an overarching topic in which each week within the module includes specific subtopics for learning. As you work through each module, you will have an opportunity to draw upon the […]
Assignment 1: Case Study Assignment: Assessment Tools and Diagnostic Tests in Adults and Children When seeking to identify a patient’s health condition, advanced practice nurses can use a diverse selection of diagnostic tests and assessment tools; however, different factors affect the validity and reliability of the results produced by these tests or tools. Nurses must […]
NURS 6512 Discussion: Diversity and Health Assessments Discussion: Diversity and Health Assessments May 2012, Alice Randall wrote an article for The New York Times on the cultural factors that encouraged black women to maintain a weight above what is considered healthy. Randall explained—from her observations and her personal experience as a black woman—that many African-American communities and […]
Digital Clinical Experience (DCE): Health History Assessment Assignment 2: Digital Clinical Experience (DCE): Health History Assessment A comprehensive health history is essential to providing quality care for patients across the lifespan, as it helps to properly identify health risks, diagnose patients, and develop individualized treatment plans. To effectively collect these heath histories, you must not […]
Assignment 1: Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions Properly identifying the cause and type of a patient’s skin condition involves a process of elimination known as differential diagnosis. Using this process, a health professional can take a given set of physical abnormalities, vital signs, health assessment findings, and patient descriptions of symptoms, and incrementally […]
