Reference no: EM133337562

Advanced Pharmacology Orders

INSTRUCTION: Please Use the Following for completing the assignment.

1. TEXTBOOK:

Woo, T.M., & Robinson, M.V. (Eds.). (2020). Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers (5th ed.). F.A. Davis Company

**Must use this textbook edition only and cite pages from this edition

2. In addition to the text, three peer-reviewed articles relevant to the content and published within the last five years

3. Reference list must be in APA 7th edition format. **In-text citations must include page numbers. **Please do NOT use "n.d" articles or sources.

Case Study

Mr. Smith brings his 4-year-old son to your primary care office. He states the boy has been ill for three days. Mr. Smith indicates that he would like antibiotics so he can send his son back to preschool the next day.

History - The child began with sneezing, mild cough, and low-grade fever of 100 degrees three days ago. All immunizations UTD. Father reports that the child has had only two incidents of URI and no other illnesses.

Social - non-smoking household. The child attends preschool four mornings a week and is insured through his father's employment. No other siblings in the household.

PE/ROS -T 99, R 20, P 100. Alert, cooperative, in good spirits, and well-hydrated. Mildly erythematic throat, no exudate, tonsils +2. Both ears have mild pink tympanic membranes with good movement. Lungs clear bilaterally. All other systems are WNL.

Do NOT consider COVID-19 for this patient's diagnosis.

Do NOT use patient-facing sources or general nursing texts to support your diagnosis and treatment.

For the assignment, do the following:

Question 1. Diagnose the child and describe how you arrived at the diagnosis (i.e., how you ruled out other diagnoses).

An accurate diagnosis must be provided.

The rationale for arrival at the diagnosis with support from the literature.

Question 2. Provide a specific treatment plan for this patient, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic.

A correct and specific pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment plan for the case study patient must be provided.

Provide resources that Mr. Smith could access which would provide information concerning your treatment decisions.
Three or more patient resources are provided to assist the patient and family with understanding the treatment plan.

Question 3. Provide a communication plan for how the family will be involved in the treatment plan.

A communication plan which includes principles of therapeutic communication is included.