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?
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CLINICAL SKILLS SELF-ASSESSMENT Before embarking on any professional or academic activity, it is important to understand the background, knowledge, and experience you bring to it. You might ask yourself, “What do I already know? What do I need to know? And what do I want to know?” This critical self-reflection