NURS 6512 Week 3 Health Issues and Risks of Children’s Weight
NURS 6512 Week 3 Health Issues and Risks of Children’s Weight
NURS 6512N-26: Advanced Health Assessment
INITIAL POST
Health Issues and Risks of Children’s Weight
Body measurements can provide a general picture of whether a child is receiving adequate nutrition or is at risk for health issues. These data, however, are just one aspect to be considered. Lifestyle, family history, and culture—among other factors—are also relevant. That said, gathering and communicating this information can be a delicate process.
For this Discussion, you will consider examples of children with various weight issues. You will explore how you could effectively gather information and encourage parents and caregivers to be proactive about their children’s health and weight.
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Week 3 Health Issues and Risks of Children’s Weigh
To prepare for NURS 6512 Week 3 Health Issues and Risks of Children’s Weight:
Consider the following examples of pediatric patients and their families:
- Overweight 5-year-old boy with overweight parents
- Slightly overweight 10-year-old girl with parents of normal weight
- 5-year-old girl of normal weight with obese parents
- Slightly underweight 8-year-old boy with parents of normal weight
- Severely underweight 12-year-old girl with underweight parents
- Select one of the examples on which to focus for this Discussion. What health issues and risks may be relevant to the child you selected?
- Based on the risks you identified, consider what further information you would need to gain a full understanding of the child’s health. Think about how you could gather this information in a sensitive fashion.
- Consider how you could encourage parents or caregivers to be proactive toward the child’s health.
By Day 3 of NURS 6512 Week 3 Health Issues and Risks of Children’s Weight
- Post an explanation of the health issues and risks that are relevant to the child you selected. Describe additional information you would need in order to further assess his or her weight-related health. Taking into account the parents’ and caregivers’ potential sensitivities, list at least three specific questions you would ask about the child to gather more information. Provide at least two strategies you could employ to encourage the parents or caregivers to be proactive about their child’s health and weight.
- Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.
By Day 6 of NURS 6512 Week 3 Health Issues and Risks of Children’s Weight
Respond to at least two of your colleagues on 2 different days who selected a different example than you, using one or more of the following approaches:
- Suggest additional health risks or issues that could be relevant to the child.
- Critique your colleagues’ questions, and suggest how the parents or caregivers might interpret these questions. Provide alternate or additional questions.
- Suggest an additional strategy for gathering patient information or promoting proactivity.
NURS 6512 Week 4 Initial Post Answer (Walden)
NURS 6512N-26: Advanced Health Assessment
INITIAL POST
Skin Conditions and their Differential Diagnoses
Properly identifying the cause and type of a patient’s skin condition involves a process of elimination known as differential diagnosis. Using this process, a health professional can take a given set of physical abnormalities, vital signs, health assessment findings, and patient descriptions of symptoms, and incrementally narrow them down until one diagnosis is determined as the most likely cause.
In this Discussion, you will examine several visual representations of various skin conditions, describe your observations, and use the techniques of differential diagnosis to determine the most likely condition.
Note: Your Discussion post should be in the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) note format, rather than the traditional narrative style Discussion posting format. Refer to Chapter 2 of the Sullivan text and the Comprehensive SOAP Template in this week’s Learning Resources for guidance.Remember that not all comprehensive SOAP data are included in every patient case.
To prepare:
- Review the Skin Conditions document provided in this week’s Learning Resources, and select two conditions to closely examine for this Discussion.
- Consider the abnormal physical characteristics you observe in the graphics you selected. How would you describe the characteristics using clinical terminologies?
- Explore different conditions that could be the cause of the skin abnormalities in the graphics you selected.
- Consider which of the conditions is most likely to be the correct diagnosis, and why.
By Day 3
Post a description of the two graphics you selected (identify each graphic by number). Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in each graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for each. Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis, and explain your reasoning.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.
By Day 6
Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days. Make sure that you respond to colleagues who selected at least one graphic that is different from the ones you selected. For each, address all of the following:
- Critique your colleague’s clinical description of the physical characteristics of each.
- Suggest an additional possible condition for each graphic, and explain your reasoning.
- Provide an alternative correct diagnosis, and explain your reasoning.
- Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.