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NURS 6512 Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis For Skin Conditions

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 Lab Assignment, 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.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

• Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., Solomon, B. S., & Stewart, R. W. (2019). Seidel’s guide to physical examination: An interprofessional approach(9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby.
  • Chapter 9, “Skin, Hair, and Nails”
    This chapter reviews the basic anatomy and physiology of skin, hair, and nails. The chapter also describes guidelines for proper skin, hair, and nails assessments. NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
• Colyar, M. R. (2015). Advanced practice nursing procedures.Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis.
  Credit Line: Advanced practice nursing procedures, 1st Edition by Colyar, M. R. Copyright 2015 by F. A. Davis Company. Reprinted by permission of F. A. Davis Company via the Copyright Clearance Center.
  This section explains the procedural knowledge needed prior to performing various dermatological procedures.
• Chapter 1, “Punch Biopsy Download Chapter 1, “Punch Biopsy”
• Chapter 2, “Skin Biopsy” Download Chapter 2, “Skin Biopsy”
• Chapter 10, “Nail Removal” Download Chapter 10, “Nail Removal”
• Chapter 15, “Skin Lesion Removals: Keloids, Moles, Corns, Calluses” Download Chapter 15, “Skin Lesion Removals: Keloids, Moles, Corns, Calluses” NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
• Chapter 16, “Skin Tag (Acrochordon) Removal” Download Chapter 16, “Skin Tag (Acrochordon) Removal”
• Chapter 22, “Suture Insertion” Download Chapter 22, “Suture Insertion”
• Chapter 24, “Suture Removal” Download Chapter 24, “Suture Removal”
• Dains, J. E., Baumann, L. C., & Scheibel, P. (2019). Advanced health assessment and clinical diagnosis in primary care (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby. NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
  Credit Line: Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 6th Edition by Dains, J.E., Baumann, L. C., & Scheibel, P. Copyright 2019 by Mosby. Reprinted by permission of Mosby via the Copyright Clearance Center.
• Chapter 28, “Rashes and Skin Lesions”Download Chapter 28, “Rashes and Skin Lesions”
  This chapter explains the steps in an initial examination of someone with dermatological problems, including the type of information that needs to be gathered and assessed. NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
  Note:Download and use the Student Checklist and the Key Points when you conduct your assessment of the skin, hair, and nails in this Week’s Lab Assignment.
• Sullivan, D. D. (2019). Guide to clinical documentation(3rd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis.
  • Chapter 2, “The Comprehensive History and Physical Exam” (Previously read in Weeks 1 and 3)
• (2021). Clinical decision support Links to an external site.: For professionals. Retrieved July 16, 2021, from http://www.skinsight.com/professionals/NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
  This interactive website allows you to explore skin conditions according to age, gender, and area of the body.
• Bonifant, H., & Holloway, S. (2019). A review of the effects of ageing on skin integrity and wound healing Links to an external site.. British Journal of Community Nursing, 24(Sup3), S28–S33. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2019.24.sup3.s28
• Document: Skin ConditionsDownload Skin Conditions(Word document)
  This document contains images of different skin conditions. You will use this information in this week’s Discussion.
• Document: Comprehensive SOAP ExemplarDownload Comprehensive SOAP Exemplar(Word document)
• Document: Comprehensive SOAP TemplateDownload Comprehensive SOAP Template(Word document)

Shadow Health Support and Orientation Resources

Use the following resources to guide you through your Shadow Health orientation as well as other support resources:

• Shadow Health. (2021). Welcome to your introduction to Shadow HealthLinks to an external site.. https://link.shadowhealth.com/Student-Orientation-Video NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
• Shadow Health. (n.d.). Shadow Health help desk Links to an external site.. Retrieved from https://support.shadowhealth.com/hc/en-us
• Shadow Health. (2021). Walden University quick start guide: NURS 6512 NP studentsDownload Walden University quick start guide: NURS 6512 NP students. Links to an external site.https://link.shadowhealth.com/Walden-NURS-6512-Student-Guide
• Document: Shadow Health Nursing Documentation Tutorial Download Shadow Health Nursing Documentation Tutorial(Word document)
• Document: DCE (Shadow Health) Documentation Template for Health HistoryDownload DCE (Shadow Health) Documentation Template for Health History(Word document) NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
  Use this template to complete your Assignment 2 for this week.

TO PREPARE

• Review the Skin Conditions document provided in this week’s Learning Resources, and select one condition to closely examine for this Lab Assignment.
• Consider the abnormal physical characteristics you observe in the graphic 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.
• Search the Walden library for one evidence-based practice, peer-reviewed article based on the skin condition you chose for this Lab Assignment. NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
• Review the Comprehensive SOAP Exemplar found in this week’s Learning Resources to guide you as you prepare your SOAP note.
• Download the SOAP Template found in this week’s Learning Resources, and use this template to complete this Lab Assignment.

THE LAB ASSIGNMENT

• Choose one skin condition graphic (identify by number in your Chief Complaint) to document your assignment in the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) note format rather than the traditional narrative style. 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.
• Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in the graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of five possible conditions for the skin graphic that you chose. NURS 6512 Lab Assignment Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis and explain your reasoning using at least three different references, one reference from current evidence-based literature from your search and two different references from this week’s Learning Resources.

Week 4

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Last week we engulfed in great conversation on the risks of our findings about growth, measurements, and nutrition of children and their families. As practitioners, it’s important to communicate professionally, ask the right questions, and guide families as they strive to have healthier and happy lives. This week we will begin to review assessments of body systems. Skin, Hair, and Nails will be covered. I encourage you to perform the assessment of Skin, Hair, and Nails so that you may be proficient with it for the overall assessment (optional assignment). You are able to access the check lists by enrolling into the evolve website in your resources. NURS 6512 Lab Assignment

Your first assignment for this week is to be written in a SOAP Note format (NO NARRATIVES). There is a template/sample for you to follow posted in your announcements at the beginning of the semester. 

You will need to put in the missing information in the note (some may be made up ie meds, hx, parts of the ROS and PE). 

You need to fill in every part as if it is an actual patient. You MUST MUST MUST complete every part. DO NOT put in ANY physical exam from here throughout your career as WNL also do not put Deferred.

Assignment 1:

The NURS 6512 Lab Assignment

• Choose one skin condition graphic (identify by number in your Chief Complaint) to document your assignment in the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) note format rather than the traditional narrative style. 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.
• Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in the graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for the skin graphic that you chose. Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis and explain your reasoning using at least three different references, one reference from current evidence-based literature from your search and two different references from this week’s Learning Resources. Get Hazard Vulnerability Analysis Assignment Help Now!! NURS 6512 Lab Assignment
  

By Day 7 of Week 4

You also have your DCE assignment this week. You have multiple attempts to complete this, so I would spend as much times as possible. You must submit the final one or I cannot grade. It also must be submitted on time. Failure of this assignment is an automatic failure of the course so please take this seriously!

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