QUESTION Present a case study for a primary care client with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Address each of the following components: Subjective data: chief complaint, history of present illness, demographic data, risk factors, previous medical, surgical, and psychiatric history Objective data: physical exam findings Recommended diagnostic tests ANSWER Case Study: Primary Care Client with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Introduction This case study presents a primary care client […]

QUESTION Healthcare systems have varying policies regarding the use of smartphones and mobile computing devices in the clinical setting. Do you believe that smartphones have a place in the clinical setting? What guidelines, if any, should be put in place? Are the guidelines in place enforced in your clinical setting (work or school clinicals)? Please provide support for your response. ANSWER The Role of Smartphones […]

QUESTION Complete a management plan for The patient is a 4-year-old boy who presents to the clinic with a three-day history of persistent cough and breathing difficulties. Demographics: The patient lives with his parents and two older brothers in a crowded urban city. PMHx: He has a history of asthma and was hospitalized once at 2 for a severe asthma attack. PSHx: There is no […]

QUESTION Migraine headache and tension headache Demographics, onset of symptoms, history of present illness, associated risk factors. Similarities and differences in pathophysiology Physical assessment techniques, appropriate diagnostic testing Additional differential diagnoses to consider, positive findings for each diagnosis Similarities and differences in pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments, client education, referral, and follow-up care. integration of evidence,  with references with complete information as required by APA. ANSWER Migraine […]

QUESTION What other types of headaches would you consider in the differential list? Can you prioritize the imaging you might consider? Would you consider any baseline labs? Is an EEG routinely ordered for either condition? Can you provide more details on the medications you would consider? (name, dose, full RX details). ANSWER Differential Diagnosis and Diagnostic Considerations for Migraine and Tension Headaches Introduction In this […]

QUESTION Management Plan: final management plan for The client, a 45-year-old man called John, appears with symptoms grief, trouble sleeping, decreased appetite, feelings of emptiness, and trouble going ahead following the death of his wife one year ago. John’s main issue is that he finds it difficult to move forward Primary diagnosis, Recommended diagnostic testing based on clinical practice guidelines, Medications, Nonpharmacologic interventions, Recommended follow-up […]

QUESTION This particulars pt’s HPI is as follows: Increasing dyspnea. Patient reports dyspnea worsening over last 5 years. Pt comfortable in tripod position, pursed breathing observed. Worsening SOB over last 5 years with onset 10 years ago. Pt has hx of HTN, DM2, OSA and seasonal allergies. Pt is a former cigarette-pack a day smoker for 50 years, stopped 10 yrs ago. Pt denies abrupt […]

QUESTION Chief Complaint: A 32-year-old male patient presents with fatigue, dizziness, breathlessness, and chest pain. Demographics: The patient is an African-American male. PMHx: The patient has a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, asthma, and COPD. He has not been hospitalized for any of these conditions. PSHx: No prior surgeries. No prior surgeries, NKDA. The patient is non-smoker and reports moderate alcohol intake. He worsk as a […]

QUESTION The management of chronic pancreatitis focuses on managing nutritional deficiencies and malabsorption along with symptom management. The diagnostic tests that would be appropriate for this diagnosis would be a CBC, Stool test,  and a CT of the abdomen. Expected findings would be elevated levels of serum amylase and lipase, stool sample would be expected to show increased fat content, or greasy stools, which would […]

QUESTION Chief complaint: substantial coughing with blood-tinged mucus at night, racing heart, and shortness of breath when lying flat in bed. HPI: Ms. JM., a 55-year-old African American woman, presented to the clinic with a four-week history of nighttime cough, as well as multiple bouts of minor hemoptysis, growing shortness of breath when laying down in bed, and a quick heartbeat. Hemoptysis does not occur […]