Respond to any questions left by your faculty no later than then end of day on Day 7 of the week.

Respond to any questions left by your faculty no later than then end of day on Day 7 of the week.

Discuss the importance of Clinical Practice Guidelines and how they are used for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical doctors in clinical practice.

List at least 5 different governing bodies for Clinical Practice Guidelines, and for each Clinical Practice Guideline that you list, discuss a health condition that can be managed by the clinical practice guideline.

Elaborate on the details that are provided in Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients.

Which clinical practice guideline(s) would you anticipate using in a Public Health Department for Sexually Transmitted Infection visits? Why? Discuss the details of the clinical practice guidelines to manage a patient that is presenting for Syphilis and Chlamydia.

Sometimes there are slightly different recommendations from different clinical practice guidelines. Discuss the differences between American College of Gynecology (ACOG), United States Prevention Services Task Force (USPSTF), and the American Cancer Society (ACS) for mammogram screening.

Clinical Scenario: A Nurse Practitioner Student is seeing a 31-Year-Old Male patient that presents with seasonal allergic rhinitis. The symptoms include post nasal drip, rhinorrhea, itchy nose, and itchy eyes, and the symptoms have not been controlled with diphenhydramine nor loratadine. Based on the clinical practice guidelines, discuss the treatment(s), including education and non-pharmacological recommendations for the patient. Be sure to cite the clinical practice guideline that you are discussing.