Assignment Task:
Based on your experience, write a 2-3-page journal entry discussing an interesting case or a case that you had never encountered before.
- What did you find challenging?
- Were there any cultural differences that you found challenging?
- What treatment plan did you implement?
- What did you learn from this experience?
- What references did you use for the assessment and treatment plan? Need Assignment Help?
Use at least 3 resources in your response. Make sure you cite the sources using APA format (7th edition).
CASE:
Patient is an 11 year old female and is in due to strong dizzy feelings all the time and sometimes has shortness of breath. She feels weak and fatigue and hardly has an appetite. She has headaches and also pain in her stomach randomly. She states when she has a headache she also says she has bad ringing in her ear.
History:
1.5 years- seizures (4 times) unknown cause- took medications till 7 and has not had it again
Also had her tonsils removed
She came to the country a few months ago and was living in Saudi Arabia
PLAN:
Assessment/Plan:
Diagnosis (working): Dizziness, weakness, fatigue, poor appetite, headaches with tinnitus, abdominal pain, dysuria. Etiology unclear; rule out viral illness, anemia, thyroid dysfunction, UTI, or other metabolic causes.
Plan:
Diagnostics:
Full blood panel (CBC, CMP, thyroid, iron, etc.) - completed.(everything was normal and within range)
Rapid flu, COVID-19, and strep swabs - completed. (negative)
Throat culture (negative)
Next step is to refer patient to ENT