Health Assessment class Case study comprehension
Description
Develop a scholarly paper which analyzes a student-selected case study to incorporate synthesis on the principles of a focused health assessment.
This is a group assignment and is designed to use a team approach to address specific health presentations. The purpose of this assignment is to examine the student’s critical thinking, focused health assessment skills, and teaching recommendations with consideration for unique patient concerns.
Include two recent (within 5 years) scholarly publications to support recommendations/patient education. This assignment is to be in APA format, double-spaced, with a 3-page maximum, not including title and reference pages. (This meets SLO 3)
340 Case Study: Sharon
Sharon is a 66-year-old Hispanic female complaining of shortness of breath.
Sharon says she’s had breathing problems “for years” but is getting worse. She tells the examiner that she gets short of breath with activity, adding that she can only do things around the hours for only a few minutes before she has to stop and catch her breath. She says she can sleep only a couple of hours at a time. She sleeps best with two pillows at night, but on some nights, she just sits in a chair. Sharon does not currently use oxygen, but she thinks oxygen would help. She admits to smoking 1 ½ packs of cigarettes a day. She has never quit because she says she just can’t do it.
On assessment, she appears slightly
Myself and 2 other people are in the group (3 of us).
We decide to divide it into 3 sections…
-Patient intro and assessment
-Anatomy and patho
-Nursing intervention and teaching
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