Tag: HIV/AIDS

 Describe the patient’s presentation and your initial assessment of the patient based on the history and physical you completed in i-Human. What are your top three concerns for this patient and why (based on objective and subjective data)?

PCP as a final diagnosis

Describe the patient’s presentation and your initial assessment of the patient based on the history and physical you completed in i-Human. What are your top three concerns for this patient and why (based on objective and subjective data)?

Patient is CHarlie Harris who presented with fevers in the last 3-weeks, progressive dyspnea at rest and on exertion, and a 5-pound unintentional weight loss. Physical exam revealed a fever of 101 F/38.3C, hypoxemia with a pulse ox of 82%, and cervical and axillary adenopathy.

Based on your initial assessment, describe the top five differentials you selected, and discuss which tests you ordered to either rule in or rule out those conditions. Address if the tests you ordered are both time/cost effective, or if a better approach could have been used.

Asthma, COPD, HIV, lung neoplasm, bacterial pneumonia

Present the patient’s final diagnosis, and discuss the pathophysiology behind the condition.

HIV/AIDS with Pneumocystis jirovecci pneumonia

Describe how you plan to treat this patient based on current clinical guidelines.

Support your analysis with at least five reliable references from the text, clinical guidelines, and research. At least two of the five references must come from peer-reviewed research that is less than five years old.

How is sensitive information related to behavioral health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, adoption, STDs, and other communicable diseases and genetics protected from unauthorized access and disclosure?

You will complete the PowerPoint by outlining thoroughly researched responses, based on this module’s reading, to the following questions/topics:

Who owns the patient’s health record?

What are access and disclosure rights of competent and incompetent adults?

When are minors allowed to authorize access or disclosure of their own health information?

How is sensitive information related to behavioral health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, adoption, STDs, and other communicable diseases and genetics protected from unauthorized access and disclosure?

What does the legal concept of “duty to warn” refer to and how does it relate to the issue of disclosure of patient information?

What must a healthcare provider do to ensure proper release of patient information?

Evaluate the possible assumptions, biases, and stereotypes that relate to disease conditions.

Identify and define health disparity related to the advanced practice nurse’s area of practice or chosen specialty. a. HIV/AIDS,

Health Promotion Process

Assignment Criteria: For this assignment, develop a scholarly paper that includes the following criteria:

1. Identify and define health disparity related to the advanced practice nurse’s area of practice or chosen specialty. a. HIV/AIDS,

2. Discuss three social determinants of health.

3. Describe how the three social determinants of health could influence the identified health disparity.

4. Identify the epidemiology associated with the chosen health disparity
.a. Specify the incidence at the state level
b. Specify the incidence at the national level

5. Describe the cultural considerations related to the chosen health disparity.

6. Describe the health care literacy challenges of the population impacted by chosen health disparity.

7. The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, 4 to 5 pages excluding the title and reference page.

8. Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.

9. Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper.

10. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify:we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.

11. Include three professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper (review in Ulrich Periodical Directory) and be less than five (5) years old.

12. APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations)..