Assessing, Diagnosing, and Treating Patients With HEENT Conditions.
Which simple pleasures do you most enjoy? Perhaps there is a certain comfort food that always hits the spot. It may be that you enjoy listening to your favorite music—or even singing along. Or perhaps you simply enjoy stopping to smell the flowers. The beauty of a simple pleasure is that while it may not change the course of your day, it can briefly put a smile on your face. But what if your ability to enjoy these simple pleasures was suddenly impaired? Suddenly, minor pleasures would make a significant impact on your life.
Conditions of the head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat (HEENT) can impair many of the activities that put smiles on faces. Hearing, balance, taste, swallowing, speech, and breathing are just some of the functions that can suffer as a result. HEENT issues represent some of the most common reasons that patients visit primary and family care offices. And while the conditions can be relatively minor issues, such as allergies or sinusitis, HEENT issues can also result from injury, infection, or serious disease.
This week, you practice assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients with HEENT conditions and complete a Knowledge Check on these disorders. You will also reflect on your practice exam results from last week and use them to create a study plan that you will use throughout this course to prepare for the national certification exam.
Students will:
Create a study plan for the nurse practitioner national certification examination
Evaluate patients with HEENT conditions
Develop differential diagnoses for patients with HEENT conditions
Develop treatment plans for patients with HEENT conditions
Identify key concepts related to HEENT conditions
Case Study:
Week 3 case study is as follows:
A mother brings in her 11 year old son, Branch, because he has had a nosebleed. She is concerned about it because they have been applying pressure by pinching it and the nosebleed won’t stop. He has no history of nosebleeds. He has no significant medical history and no known allergies. He is on no medications. Mom and Branch deny trauma to the nose. He says he just woke up with a nosebleed and it won’t stop. He tells you that the left side is the side that is bleeding.
Vital signs:
BP 110/70 P 84 R 14 T 97.8 oral Pulse ox 99%
You recognize that simple pressure is not going to stop the nosebleed so you know that you will not have to intervene.
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