NURS 6550:Week 2: Psychosocial Health Conditions Essay Assignment Paper

As an advanced practice nurse, you will often be the first point of contact for patients seeking treatment for psychosocial health conditions. Therefore, it is essential that you be able to stabilize and manage patients with multiple conditions, help them develop strong support systems, and ensure adherence to treatment plans.

This week, as you explore presentations of psychosocial health conditions in acute care settings, you will examine strategies for assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients with psychosocial health conditions.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this week, students will:

• Evaluate patients with psychosocial health conditions
• Develop differential diagnoses for patients with psychosocial health conditions
• Develop treatment plans for patients with psychosocial health conditions

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Note: Because the information in this course is so vital, numerous resources are provided in various formats to facilitate your competence in caring for patients in acute care settings. When multiple resources are available on the same topic, select those that best meet your personal learning needs.

Papadakis, M. A., McPhee, S. J., & Rabow, M. W. (2018). Current medical diagnosis & treatment (57th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

 

• Chapter 25, “Psychiatric Disorders” (pp. 1059-1116)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2013). Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit. Retrieved from https://guideline.gov/summaries/summary/43903/clinical-practice-guidelines-for-the-management-of-pain-agitation-and-delirium-in-adult-patients-in-the-intensive-care-unit?q=delirium

American Psychiatric Association. (n.d.). American Psychiatric Association practice guidelines. Retrieved October 27, 2014, from http://psychiatryonline.org/guidelines.aspx

Pfister, G. J., Burkes, R. M., Guinn, B., Steele, J., Kelley, R. R., Wiemken, T. L., & … Cavallazzi, R. (2016). Clinical Potpourri: Opioid overdose leading to intensive care unit admission: Epidemiology and outcomes. Journal Of Critical Care, 3529-32. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.04.022

Zipped Folder: “Assessment of psychosocial health conditions”

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014). Assessment of psychosocial health conditions. Baltimore, MD: Author.

You will use the case studies presented in the media, Assessment of Psychosocial Health Conditions, to complete this week’s Discussion.

i-Human Patient Cases. (2014). Retrieved from https://ih2.i-human.com/users/sign_in

Note: You should have received an e-mail with your i-Human Patients login and password information. If you have not received this information, please contact the course Instructor.

Optional Resources

Barkley, T & Myers, C. (2015). Practice Considerations for Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, Volumes 1 and 2 West Hollywood,, Ca: Barkley and Associates, Inc.

Sullivan, D. D. (2012). Guide to clinical documentation (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis.

Discussion: Assessment of Psychosocial Health Conditions

In acute care settings, patients with psychosocial health conditions may present with a variety of complex symptoms that require comprehensive assessment. The results from this assessment are crucial to developing a diagnosis and creating an individualized treatment plan for a patient. For this Discussion, you focus on the assessment as you consider case studies of patients with psychosocial health conditions. You determine what history should be collected from the patients as well as what physical exams and diagnostic tests should be conducted, and you formulate a differential diagnosis with several possible conditions.

To prepare:

• Review this week’s media in Assessment of Psychosocial Health Conditions and select one of the three case studies.
• With the case study you selected in mind, reflect on the patient information provided.
• Think about the health history you would need to collect from the patient.
• Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate to help you gather more information about the patient’s condition. Reflect on how results might be used to make a diagnosis.
• Identify at least five possible conditions to consider in a differential diagnosis for the patient.

By Day 3

Post a description of the health history you would need to collect from the patient in the case study you selected. Explain what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate and how the results would be used to make a diagnosis. List five possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis and justify why you selected each.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

By Day 6

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days who selected different case studies than you. Analyze the possible conditions from your colleagues’ differential diagnoses. Determine which of the conditions you would reject and why. Identify the most likely condition and justify your reasoning.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Submit!

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