Clinical Judgment and Compassion Advanced physical assessments across the lifespan require in-depth consideration specific to the individual’s health development and changes: Complete one of the three scenarios. Consider the chief complaint of constant crying in a 6 week old child, of migrant worker parents. or Consider the chief complaint of prolonged sadness in a pregnant […]

Assessment of the Older Adult. Advanced physical assessment of special populations require in-depth consideration specific to the health development and changes that occur in these populations. The nurse practitioner will conduct well visit clinical assessments, manage health screening and also assess complaints toward development of a diagnosis from patient records, a subjective history and the […]

Assessment of the Pediatric and the Pregnant Patient. Advanced physical assessment of special populations require in-depth consideration specific to the health development and changes that occur in these populations. The nurse practitioner will conduct well visit clinical assessments, manage health screening and also assess complaints toward development of a diagnosis from patient records, a subjective […]

Musculoskeletal; Peripheral Vascular Related Exams and Diagnostic Labs. Advanced physical assessment is used to evaluate complaints of the musculoskeletal and peripheral vascular systems. This may lead to a diagnosis from patient records, a subjective history and the physical exam using clinical reasoning. Additionally these complaints may require diagnostic labs to be performed for an accurate […]

Directions: Create an initial post of at least three paragraphs discussing how you would develop a plan for nurses to intervene when observing unjust, incompetent, or illegal behavior among health care professionals. Relate your plan to moral courage, how you would alleviate moral distress in the situation and incorporate Provision 5 of the Code of […]