Discussion Post: Medical Terminology
For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:
Using course materials and online resources, respond to the following scenario:
Mr. Shield is being sent home after surgery (discharged). He may need a follow-up visit, called a postoperative clinic visit, or a call by a surgical specialty nurse or physician assistant. A surgery follow-up note documents and explains that visit or phone call. The practitioner in the surgeon's office will document the patient's history and exam results as well as the evaluation and plan for further treatment and management.
Read Mr. Shield's EHR Surgery Follow-Up Note. Then, complete the following:
• Explain to Mr. Shield and his family in your own words what each section (subjective, objective, and impression/plan) of the Surgery Follow-Up Note means.
• To do this, you will have to look up all of the bold terms and abbreviations in the EHR Surgery Follow-Up Note.
The response should include a reference list. Using one-inch margins, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.