Health Promotion Review the health maintenance guidelines presented in this week’s lecture material.   Post a discussion on your observations about review of these guidelines with a patient that you and your preceptor have seen in clinic.   Include in the discussion:   The patient’s age, gender and applicable health maintenance guideline   The preceptor’s […]

Cultural and Spiritual Assessment Conduct a comprehensive cultural and spiritual assessment on a patient that you see in your clinical experience this week.  If you were are not in clinical this week conduct this assessment on a professional colleague, friend, or family member.   Document the assessment in the context of a subjective data set […]

Social Determinants of Health Review the SOAP note accessed through the link below.   Social Determinants SOAP Note download   Consider the knowledge you have gained from this week’s lecture.   Use your lecture materials to determine three priority Social Determinants of Health (SDH) to assess for in the patient represented in the SOAP note. […]

Use your lecture materials to determine what ICD-10 Codes to assign for this patient encounter.   In paragraph form, construct a discussion that supports the Codes you identified.   In the discussion explore how the ICD-10 Codes that you assigned impact third party payor reimbursement for this visit.   Responses need to address all components […]

New Patient Encounter Review the SOAP note accessed through this link.  For purposes of the assignment, the patient is a ‘new patient’ in the practice.   New Patient SOAP Note download   Initial Post   Use your lecture materials to determine what CPT E&M Code to utilize for this ‘new patient’ encounter using the medical […]

Nurse Practitioners as Providers Ponder interactions you have had with primary care health care providers in recent years.   Now that you have reviewed models for clinical decision-making construct a discussion that reflects on an encounter you have had with a primary care provider.   Utilize one of the models presented in your lecture materials, […]

•             Question 1          Jordyn is a 27-year-old patient who presents to the clinic with GAD. She is 30 weeks pregnant and has been well controlled on a regimen of sertraline 50mg daily. Jordyn says that “about once or twice a week my husband really gets on […]

QUESTION 1       The patient in the previous question states, “I can’t even last 1 more day without feeling like my insides are going to explode with anxiety.” The most appropriate course of action would be:   a.            Inform the patient to try yoga or other natural remedies until […]

Clinical Preparation Journal Each week you will be given a prompt to write a reflective journal assignment that will allow you to investigate areas for clinical preparation in psychiatric mental health.  The reflective journal should abide by APA writing standards, include a minimum of one reference in APA format, and be a minimum of 250 […]

Nurse Practitioners as Providers Ponder interactions you have had with primary care health care providers in recent years.   Now that you have reviewed models for clinical decision-making construct a discussion that reflects on an encounter you have had with a primary care provider.   Utilize one of the models presented in your lecture materials, […]