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• Did you face any challenges, any success? If so, what were they?
• Describe the assessment of a patient, detailing the signs and symptoms (S&S), assessment, plan of care, and at least 3 possible differential diagnosis with rationales.
• Mention the health promotion intervention for this patient.
• What did you learn from this week’s clinical experience that can beneficial for you as an advanced practice nurse?
• Support your plan of care with the current peer-reviewed research guideline.

Write a SOAP note about one of your patients and use the following acronym:

S =Subjective data: Patient’s Chief Complaint (CC).O =Objective data: Including client behavior, physical assessment, vital signs, and meds.A =Assessment: Diagnosis of the patient’s condition. Include differential diagnosis.P =Plan: Treatment, diagnostic testing, and follow up

Due 04/25

Patient can be any pediatric age group with a respiratory disorder like asthma 

• Explain your views on allowing a minor to explore their gender identity.
• Discuss how a psychiatric nurse practitioner could create space for a minor to discuss their gender identities and expressions during a session?
• Use the US clinical guidelines to support your response

 post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

Develop a PowerPoint presentation on a clinical case that was seen during your experience or a topic that is of interest to you.

1. Select a health problem that primarily affect the older adult population. Suggested Topics: Anemia of Chronic Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Restless Legs Syndrome, or Hypertension.
2. Provide information about the incidence, prevalence, and pathophysiology of the disease/disorder to the cellular level.
3. Educate advanced practice nurses on assessment and care/treatment, including genetics/genomics—specific for this disorder.
4. Provide patient education for management, cultural, and spiritual considerations for care must also be addressed.

Submission Instructions:

• Presentation is original work and logically organized. Followed current APA format including citation of references.
• Power point presentation with 10-15 slides were clear and easy to read.
• Speaker notes expanded upon and clarified content on the slides.
• Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. Journal articles and books should be referenced according to APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).

Must be on Geriatric patient

Reflecting on Learning Experience
One of the most impactful concepts I gained from this pathophysiology course was understanding the body’s compensatory mechanisms in acute and chronic disease states. These mechanisms helped me recognize how the body attempts to preserve homeostasis. This knowledge will guide my future clinical practice by helping me to assessment cues and implement evidence-based interventions.

Contribution to Program Outcome 1
The course assignments enhanced my ability to deliver high-quality, safe, patient-centered care. Analyzing disease progression within realistic patient contexts helped to recognize symptoms in addition to the psychosocial piece of a patients life. This approach will help me advocate for care plans that are both clinically sound and aligned with each patient’s values and lived experience.

Alignment with AACN Essentials – Competency 1.3: Clinical Judgment
This course supported my development in Competency 1.3, particularly sub-competencies 1.3d and 1.3e.
    •    1.3d: Integrate foundational and advanced specialty knowledge into clinical reasoning. By applying disease concepts such as immune disorders, I was able to strengthen my clinical reasoning for evaluating real-world presentations.
    •    1.3e: Synthesize current and emerging evidence to influence practice. I practiced incorporating current research into  discussions, and these skills are essential for advancing safe, informed, and current nursing practice.

Reference
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The Essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/AcademicNursing/pdf/Essentials-2021.pdf 

 Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.

1. Reflect on your learning experience in this course. Which concepts stood out to you and made an impact? How do you envision using these concepts in your future nursing practice as a master’s prepared nurse?   

The Hypersensitivity types, along with Urinary disorders stood out to me during this course due to the characteristics of the disease process and risk factors. I feel that I will be able to better diagnose and treat these disorders now that I have a better understanding of how they present and how to treat them. 

1. Describe how course learning activities and assignments will help you achieve Program Outcome 1: Provide high quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health principles. 

Throughout this course, I learned how to better assess patient symptoms and signs of disease without being narrow-minded and thinking about all possible scenarios, and not only the ones that stick-out right away. 

1. Describe how course assignments or activities will help you achieve ONE of the sub-competencies from the advanced-level nursing education competencies from AACN Essentials Competency 1.3 Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base.

• 1.3d: Integrate foundational and advanced specialty knowledge into clinical reasoning.
• By being able to take assessment information and use it to come up with a diagnosis or disease process through critical thinking, pathophysiology, and previous disease process knowledge, one is able to better diagnose and treat the disease process. Using learned pathophysiology regarding disease processes and system awareness allows the advanced practice nurse to properly diagnose and treat the patient as a whole, including education, disease process, treatment, and follow-up care.