Academic clinical discharge summary notes provide a unique opportunity to practice and demonstrate adva

Academic clinical discharge summary notes provide a unique opportunity to practice and demonstrate advanced practice documentation skills, develop and demonstrate critical-thinking and clinical-reasoning skills, and practice identifying acute and chronic problems and formulating an evidence-based plans of care.

Develop an academic clinical discharge summary note based on a hospital patient seen during clinical. The discharge summary note should include the following:( ( Acute Care Hospital)

1. Reason for admission: Include the reason for admission, a list of diagnoses in order of acuity, and an ICD-10 diagnosis.

2. List of all procedures: Include all dates, significant findings, and any anesthetics and contrast used during procedures.

3. Complete list of consults during hospitalization: Include any providers or services consulted during the stay.

4. Patient's condition at discharge: Include a physical exam prior to discharge that documents that patient is stable at discharge and has safe disposition and transportation. What diagnostic criteria confirmed the discharge diagnosis?

5. Complete list of discharge medications: Full list with all dosages, frequencies, and quantity of medications prescribed or dispensed.

6. Pending test results for follow up: Complete list of any pathology, cultures, radiology, or other diagnostic tests still pending, and who is responsible for follow-up on the final results.

7. Complete list of discharge instructions: Full list of directions regarding infection prevention, new medications, and returning to daily activities.

8. Complete list of discharge follow-ups: Full list of any therapies, treatments, referrals, consults, and follow-up appointments. What diagnostic criteria were needed after discharge?

9. Summary: What questions were raised during the hospital stay? Include all explanations and answers to these questions. What questions were raised that required further exploration? What kind of discharge planning did you need? Characterize your patient interaction activities.

10. Overall assessment: Identify health promotions, health education, ethical considerations, geriatric considerations, and expected outcomes.

Incorporate three-five peer-reviewed articles in the assessment or plan.

Don’t Forget to include all coding including ICD-10, CPT and all others.

This assignment uses a template. Please refer to the " Academic Clinical Discharge Summary Note Template."

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

MSN ACNP

7.1: Demonstrate advanced clinical and diagnostic reasoning in the diagnosis, management, and evaluation of adult-gerontological patients with acute, critical, or complex illnesses.

7.3: Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies in the management of illness, disease, or injuries.