Preventative vs. Diagnostic Care for Adolescents Reflect on the past 5 weeks of your clinical experience. Many patients will require further evaluation after their visit. It is important to order the appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures in an accurate manner for both diagnostic and preventative care. Recall an adolescent patient (12-21) visit where either preventative care or further evaluation and follow-up was needed. Did you refer this patient to a specialist or communicate with a specialist to determine the best approach of care? Describe the patient’s chief complaint and key points of their subjective history and any pertinent physical exam findings. What were the differential diagnoses you were trying to rule in or out with your further evaluation? Include your rationales for differentials and diagnosis. Was the laboratory and/or diagnostic testing ordered for preventative or diagnostic care? What was the rationale for ordering diagnostics and labs? If you ordered for preventative care, how did your documentation differ from ordering a lab or diagnostic for diagnostic care? Was this coded differently? If you ordered for diagnostic care, how did your documentation differ from ordering a lab or diagnostic for preventative care? Was this coded differently? Discuss your responsibilities as an APRN for follow up and reporting of both normal and abnormal results of the adolescent’s exam. What are the confidentiality/privacy laws surrounding adolescents and reporting diagnostics and lab results to their parents?
In this discussion, define “confidence” using behavioral terms, avoiding mentalistic explanations. Describe a specific time when you felt confident, a
In this discussion, define “confidence” using behavioral terms, avoiding mentalistic explanations. Describe a specific time when you felt confident, and analyze the situation by identifying the antecedents, behaviors, consequences, and contextual factors that contributed to that feeling. Connect your explanation to the principles of reinforcement schedules or functional relationships discussed
