WEEK 3: SICK CHILD CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is for learners to:
Have the
... [Show More] opportunity to integrate knowledge and skills learned throughout all core courses in the FNP track and
previous clinical courses.
Demonstrate an advancing understanding of the care of women and children.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze previous patients seen in the clinical setting be able to perform an evidencedbased review of their case, diagnosis, and plan, while guiding and taking feedback from peers regarding the case
Demonstrate professional communication and leadership, while advancing the education of peers.
Course Outcomes
1. Integrate current evidence based clinical practice guidelines in the care of childbearing and childrearing families.
2. Appropriately apply anticipatory guidance and health promotion in the care of childbearing and childrearing
families.
3. Assess growth and developmental milestones in the care of childbearing and childrearing families.
4. Construct an evidence based reproductive health management plan.
5. Identify and address healthcare needs of marginalized childbearing and childrearing families
Requirements
For Week 3 of the course you will be presenting your own case from clinical. The case should be clear, organized, and
meet the following guidelines:
Initial Case Presentation:
Present only the subjective and objective data only on the patient organized as you would organize them in a SOAP
(CC, HPI (no OLDCART for HPI); ROS, PE findings, and any lab or diagnostic findings for your patient.
**Do not put the diagnosis or plan in initial post. No Assessment/Plan in the initial post. No citations or references are
required for your initial post, you will post references in your summary post.
WEEK 3: The case should be pediatric (a patient age 17 years or younger).
WEEK 3 specific guidelines: The case must not be something overly simple. The list of things that should not be covered
include sore throat, URI, UTI, ear infection, or contact dermatitis (poison ivy). You need to present a case that intrigued you
or presents new content in a different light. *One of the above diagnosis can be presented if the findings were unusual and
you clear such case with your course faculty prior to posting (at least 2 days before posting). In the pediatric case you must
also include in the objective data growth chart percentiles for height, weight, and BMI, and tanner staging. A patient you
saw both for initial complaint and follow-up would be ideal, but not required.
Leading the Discussion: Post your subjective, objective, and diagnostic data for your patient by Wednesday at 11:59 PM
MT.
Interactive Dialogue: As a student you will also be required to respond to at least two (2) other students initial case
presentation. In your responses, you must include the following: Your top three (3) differentials based on the information
provided and why (rationale based on presentation findings), the primary diagnosis you are leaning toward, how you would
treat that diagnosis. Use references to support your response. *DEADLINE - YOUR RESPONSES TO 2 STUDENTS ARE
DUE BY FRIDAY AT 11:59 p.m. (MT). **If all students have a response, then choose the student with the least responses
to their posting.
Clinical Case Presentation Summary Criteria:
By Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT, post a summary reply to your initial post and respond to any faculty questions to your initial
posting or question(s) posed to the general class. Use references to support all of your responses.
Criteria for Summary Post should include all of the following required elements: Summary post written in paragraph(s)
type format (No SOAP note for Summary Post); discuss primary and any applicable secondary diagnoses along with
treatment plan for each diagnosis. Scholarly and evidence based in-text citation support for all of the listed diagnoses;
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Scholarly and evidence based in-text citation for each treatment plan. Differential diagnoses are eliminated. Summarize
your peer's posts to your presentation.
*Remember not to use any patient identifiers in your posting (this would be full names or disclosure of clinic name,
preceptor name, et cetera). Please include age, gender, and race.
**To see view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar
above the discussion board title and then Show Rubric.
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