Reference no: EM133342981
Lester is a 31-year-old male living with schizoaffective disorder. He resides in a group home and requires assistance for his activities of daily living. He was recently hospitalized with acute psychosis after he stopped taking chlorpromazine. In the hospital he was transitioned to olanzapine, but he is still exhibiting some extrapyramidal symptoms. He is now enrolled in a mental health transitional day program to help him transition back into the community and regain his former level of independence.
Questions.
1. What is the patient's priority problem?
2. What are the subjective and objective signs and symptoms of this problem?
3. What is the indicated treatment for the problem?
4. What tests or diagnostics will you use to quantify or qualify the problem?
5. What diagnostics in the patient's EHR are pertinent to the problem?
6. Compare and contrast the risk factors for this problem between two or more assigned patients.
7. What are the potential consequences of inadequate treatment or non-treatment of this problem?
8. How will you measure the effectiveness of the treatment?
9. Are there any errors and/or examples of inadequate or inappropriate treatment in this record?
10. What other healthcare disciplines would you involve in the patient's plan of care, and why?
11. What would you have done differently, and why?
12. If there is no change in the treatment plan, what do you expect the patient outcome to be, and why?
13. What change(s) would you make to the treatment plan, and why?
14. How should the interprofessional healthcare team collaborate in the care of this patient?
15. What is the next step or objective in this patient's care?
16. Are there multiple treatment options available? If so, what are the pros and cons of each?
17. What other healthcare team members would you involve in this patient's care, and why?
18. How would you explain the problem to the patient?
19. What cultural or spiritual considerations are important in this patient's plan of care?
20. What other diagnostics or screening tools should you implement in the care of this patient