Assignment

Complete only the History, Physical Exam, and Assessment sections of the Aquifer virtual case:

Discussion Question 1

Based on your performance and the expert feedback in your HISTORY collection, describe two missed questions and your understanding of why they were important to collect for this case history. Use specific references from your text to explain. Family Medicine 03: 65-year-old female with insomnia.

Discussion Question 2

Based on your performance and the expert feedback in your PHYSICAL EXAM collection, describe two errors in your exam performance or documentation. Use specific references from your text to explain the importance of these findings in correct assessment of this client.

Discussion Question 3

Based on your performance on the PHYSICAL EXAM collection, describe one key finding that you included in your list and describe a specific physical exam that you can perform at the point-of-care to further evaluate the finding. Use specific references from your text.

Discussion Question 4

Based on your performance and the expert feedback in your ASSESSMENT identification of problem categories, choose one missed/incorrect category and use specific references from your text to explain the importance of this category in arriving at correct differential diagnoses for this client.

Discussion Question 5

Based on your performance and the expert feedback in your ASSESSMENT of differential diagnoses, describe one incorrect/missed differential diagnosis and use specific references from your text to support the inclusion of the diagnosis for this client.

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Discussion Question 1

One of the missed questions is the issue of sleep history and the medical history of the patient. The collection of information on sleep history could be of importance in that it helps in the process of the timing of insomnia and ensure that there is an understanding of sleep habits. This will as well help in ensuring that one understands whether the patient has risks of suffering from issues of insomnia. Ustun et al. (2016) depict that there is a need for one to have an understanding of the medical history of a patient for the understanding of any signs of depression and for the understanding of the way that the medication is working on the patient. This allows for the decision-making process to be made about the health of the patient.

Discussion Question 2

There was an extensive process of carrying out a physical exam there will be a need for ensuring that there is a consideration of the weight of the patient. There is a lack of consideration of the necessary weight assessment of the patient….

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