COURSE:

NR509: Advanced physical assessment


NR509 Week 2: Advanced Techniques for a Physical Examination: Marvin Webster

General Instructions

Throughout this course, you will have opportunities to engage with simulated patients using the i-Human virtual learning environment. For this assignment, you will complete the i-Human practice case and score your performance using the i-Human grading rubric. Completing the practice case and applying the grading rubric will help you learn to navigate the virtual simulation software, engage effectively and proficiently with a virtual patient, and understand grading expectations for i-Human assignments.

Open and review the grading rubric for the i-Human Virtual Patient Encounter. You may choose to download or print the rubric to use as a reference during your virtual encounter.

Access the i-Human practice case by clicking the link provided below.  Clicking the blue bar will launch the activity in a new browser window. You do not need to complete the case in one sitting; if you leave the case and return later, the program will begin where you left off.

All graded documentation, including the Management Plan, must be completed within the i-Human platform. Follow the i-Human Documentation Guide. and the grading rubric as you prepare your client’s EHR and management plan.

Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric):

Complete the following components in the i-Human Virtual Patient Encounter for the practice case for Marvin F. Webster.

  1. Focused Health History
    1. Complete a focused health history. Scores are automatically calculated within the i-Human platform when the health history is submitted.
  2. Focused Physical Exam
    1. Complete a focused physical exam. Scores are automatically calculated within the i-Human platform when the health history is submitted.
  1. pertinent to the chief complaint
  2. includes subjective findings only
  1. EHR Documentation (Objective Data): Document physical exam findings. Documentation must be:
    1. accurate
    2. detailed
  1. pertinent to the chief complaint
  2. include objective findings only
  1. Key Findings: Organize key findings from the history and physical exam.
  2. Problem Statement: Document a brief, accurate problem statement using professional language. Include the following components:
    1. name or initials, age
    2. chief complaint
  1. positive and negative objective findings
  1. client education
  2. follow-up, including time interval and specific symptomatology to prompt a sooner return
  3. Provide rationales for each intervention and cite at least one relevant scholarly source as defined by program expectations
  1. Assess your performance in creating and documenting a problem statement within the i-Human case.
    • What did you find easy or difficult about creating the problem statement?
    • How did your problem statement compare with the expert’s response provided?
    • Describe one strategy to improve your performance in the next Virtual Patient Encounter.
  2. Assess your performance in creating and documenting a management plan within the i-Human case.
    • What did you find easy or difficult about creating the management plan?
    • How did your management plan compare with the expert’s response provided?
    • Describe one strategy to improve your performance in the next Virtual Patient Encounter.

 

Solution

A. Assess your ability to gather information on your client within the iHuman Virtual Patient Encounter.
1. Use the iHuman score sheet to review your results for the focused health history and focused physical exam. How did you perform?
For my focused health history my results were 86% which was the result to me missing 3 questions relative to the case list, and my focused physical exam I scored 85% which was the result of me not completing 2 exams correctly.
2. What did you find easy or difficult about navigating through the focused health history and focused physical exam sections of the case?
I found that it was helpful having the previous 2-month focused health history available to review to assist in the current visit health history. I found it difficult to not over examinate due to having access to examinations that were not…………………………….$10

 

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