Answer these reflection questions:
What information would a master’s prepared nurse gather from a patient with this condition?
How could the master’s prepared nurse use this information to design a patient education session for someone with this condition?
What was the most confusing or challenging information presented in this case?
Expectations:
Use medical terminology and appropriate graduate level writing.
Your resources must include research articles and reference to non-research evidence-based
APA
Neurologic Function Case Study
Pain and Neurologic Syndromes
Instructions
For this case study, you will create a case related to the Neurological Functions.
Download this document, type your answers, and include references (including in-text citations per item). Then, upload it to this assignment page.
Neurological Function
Part 1:
Compare and contrast the 3 conditions in one of the charts below:
PAIN SYNDROME
Migraine Headaches
Tension Headaches
Meningitis
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
OR
NEUROLOGIC SYNDROME
Dementia
Depression
Anxiety
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
Part 2:
Choose a pain or neurologic syndrome to explore. You can also choose a diagnosis not listed (that coincides with your advanced practice specialty) as long as it relates to the neurological function.
Present a hypothetical case that includes the following:
1. Vital information about a person who might be predisposed to this condition (I.e., a person who may have risk factors for this condition).
2. The pathophysiology of the disease, including clinical manifestations.
3. Which diagnostic tests you’d recommend and a rationale for the one(s) you choose.
4. How this condition compares to other differentials.
5. The evidence-based recommendations from the AHRQ Guidelines or guidelines recommended from a professional organization. Based on these recommendations, discuss how to manage the condition best.
6. A patient safety issue that could be associated with the condition presented in this case.
These charts may help in organizing information to answer the narrative questions:
Name of Condition:
Risk factors
Pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations
Additional details (optional):
Differential Diagnoses (See chart below)
What makes this diagnosis unique from other differentials?
Guidelines and recommendations for condition management
Potential related safety issues
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CHART
Condition
Differential 1
Differential 2
Differential 3
Risk factors
Pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations
Additional details (optional):
Unique characteristics
The Case:
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