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NURS 6512 – Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic

Case Study Assignment: differential diagnoses and diagnostic testing

When seeking to identify a patient’s health condition, advanced practice nurses can use a diverse selection of diagnostic tests and assessment tools to help in understanding a patient’s condition. In turn, beginning with a differential diagnosis supports the process of further applying information to narrow the possibilities of what the condition may be and working to arrive at the most accurate diagnosis for planning treatment.

For this Case Study Assignment, you will determine the physical exams and diagnostic tests that would be most appropriate for gaining information and better understanding of your patient’s condition. Then, based on your analysis, you will formulate a differential diagnosis for the patient.

Assignment: Diagnostic Reasoning 

Include the following:

• Identify the patient’s chief complaint.
• Identify what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be most appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition. Be specific and explain your reasoning.
• Explain how the results would be used to make a diagnosis.
• Identify three to five (3–5)possible conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the patient. Explain your thinking.

Solution

Case Study Assignment: Differential Diagnoses and Diagnostic Testing

The approach used by healthcare providers has a stepwise method in eliminating the possible ailments of a patient by gathering information about the patient’s past medical history and their underlying risks. It is the process of listing all the likely diseases and sorting them out based on the ones that match the symptoms and those that do not and concluding the diagnosis of what disease the patients have (Cook &Décary, 2020). The process involves proofing and……………………….$10