Unit 13: Discussion Substance Abuse and Addiction in the Agi…

Hello class, beginning with week 3, your initial discussion response will be a little different from the previous weeks. There are a few headings you need to be sure to include. You will identify the pertinent positives and negatives. These will be the specific findings from the history and your exam that help you rule in or rule out a diagnosis. For example, if a patient has a complaint of chest pain, but has no N/V, pain radiating in the arm or jaw, diaphoresis, etc. – these would all be pertinent negatives. If the patient reported these symptoms, they would be pertinent positives. For the Missing Information section, you would want to include any other information you need from the case to help make your diagnosis, but was not included. This might be things like smoking history, any OTC meds, any recent falls, etc. that are relative to the case. To ensure you are covering each part of the requirement, I am listing the different sections you will need to include in your initial response. You do not need to include all information as you would a soap note, just the headings below. I hope you find this informational helpful. Reach out with any questions.

Instructions:

It has been projected that the older population will grow from 40.3 million in 2010 to 72.1 million in 2030. This population is unique because they grew up in a time (1960-1970s) where the stance on alcohol and drugs were different. We are left with learning how to identify and manage this unique situation (Kuerbis, Sacco, Blazer & Moore, 2014).

Reference: Kuerbis, A., Sacco, P., Blazer, D.G., & Moore, A.A. (2014).

Links to an external site.

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 30(2): 629-654. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.04.008

Initial Post Requirements:

Please critically evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the attached file below, and use the SOAP template as a reference.

1? The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and, negative information and list missing information. Then create a differential diagnosis list with at least 3 possibly actual diagnosis based on your findings. Here are the headings you should use:

• Pertinent positives
• Pertinent negatives
• Missing information
• Differential diagnoses

2? The second part is to create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis. Here are the headings you should use:

• Diagnostics
• Therapeutics
• Educational
• Consultation/Referrals

Be sure to utilize the template, in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.