Focused Exam: Cough Results | Turned In Advanced Health Assessment - Chamberlain, NR509-April-2018

6/4/2018 Focused Exam: Cough | Completed | Shadow Health

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Focused Exam: Cough Results | Turned In

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Overview Transcript Subjective Data Collection Self-Reflection

Explicitly describe the tasks you undertook to complete this exam.

Activity Time: 14 min

Objective Data Collection Education & Empathy Documentation Student Response: I obtained a personal history from the patient in conjunction with objective assessment; I implemented inspection, persuasion, and auscultation to evaluate and gather data about the patients current objective physical condition of chief complaint cough. The use of my critical thinking skills to obtain a diagnosis. I asked specific questions regarding and surrounded a cough, and also inspected using a HEENT assessment. Also asked questions that may have aggravated or elevated the pain from a cough.

Explain the clinical reasoning behind your decisions and tasks.

Student Response: to allow for a thorough and accurate result and outcome of the assessment gaining the ability to complete a proper focused assessment and documentation. using all the data obtained to establish a goal, intervention, and outcome.in order to rule out anything other than a cold such as possible strep that is why I planned to send a throat culture to test for strep. , the steps had to be followed for a musculoskeletal exam. Also educating the family on second smoke, along with the medication of a cough suppressant education behind the medication. How important that education, in this case, is due to the child's age.

Identify how your performance could be improved and how you can apply “lessons learned” within the assignment to your professional nursing practice.

Student Response: It is essential for the lessons I am learning that will be used throughout my practice with each patient, follow up on any irregularities or abnormal findings of the patient. Correctly documenting all the data obtained accurately and thoroughly. in addition to not " double documentation" to be able to spend more time with the patient.

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