Family Health – Week 5 Discussion

Family Health – Week 5 Discussion: For this assignment, you will review the latest evidence-based guidelines, cite your sources in your work and provide references…

Family Health – Week 5 Discussion

For this assignment, you will review the latest evidence-based guidelines, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

References must come from peer-reviewed/professional sources (No WebMD/Mayo Clinic or wikipedia please!).

See doc attached with the instructions

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

As a family nurse practitioner you are working in a rural health clinic. You are evaluating a 16-year-old adolescent patient who comes in complaining of having a difficulty concentrating in school. On exam you also note that the patient is very thin and frail in appearance and is asking you for diet pills.

1. What are some initial areas for concern? What screening tools can help lead you closer to your diagnosis?

2. Describe 1 health promotion strategy you can discuss with the patient.

Be sure to address the following in your plan of care: pharmacological and non-pharmacological (OTC) interventions, labs, follow-up, teaching, and referral/s.

Your work should integrate course resources (text/s) as well as a minimum of two (2) other evidence-based guidelines and/or articles published within 3-5 years.

Reference:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Youth risk behavior surveillance system (YRBSS). Retrieved from  http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm