Lab assignment Differential. Diagnosis for skin condition

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Nurs 6512N-47- Advanced Health

Assessment 2021, Walden university

Week 4 Assignment

Assignment 1: Lab Assignment: Differential

Diagnosis for Skin Conditions

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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 narrow them down until one diagnosis is determined as the most

likely cause.

In this Lab Assignment, you will examine several visual representations of

various skin conditions, describe your observations, and use the techniques of

differential diagnosis to determine the most likely condition.

To Prepare

 Review the Skin Conditions document provided in this week’s Learning

Resources, and select one condition to closely examine for this Lab Assignment.

 Consider the abnormal physical characteristics you observe in the graphic you

selected. How would you describe the characteristics using clinical

terminologies?

 Explore different conditions that could be the cause of the skin abnormalities in

the graphics you selected.

 Consider which of the conditions is most likely to be the correct diagnosis, and

why.

 Search the Walden library for one evidence-based practice, peer-reviewed article

based on the skin condition you chose for this Lab Assignment.

 Review the Comprehensive SOAP Exemplar found in this week’s Learning

Resources to guide you as you prepare your SOAP note.

 Download the SOAP Template found in this week’s Learning Resources, and use

this template to complete this Lab Assignment.

The Lab Assignment

 Choose one skin condition graphic (identify by number in your Chief Complaint)

to document your assignment in the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment,

and Plan) note format rather than the traditional narrative style. Refer to Chapter

2 of the Sullivan text and the Comprehensive SOAP Template in this week’s

Learning Resources for guidance. Remember that not all comprehensive SOAP

data are included in every patient case.

 Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in the

graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for

the skin graphic that you chose. Determine which is most likely to be the correct

diagnosis and explain your reasoning using at least three different references,

one reference from current evidence-based literature from your search and two

different references from this week’s Learning Resources.

By Day 7 of Week 4

Submit your Lab Assignment. 

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