10 Jan Reflect on geriatric patients

Week 8 assignment part 2

Assignment 2: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry

Reflect on geriatric patients from your practicum site. Consider frail elder patients that you have assessed for skin wounds such as bumps, bruises, shingles, herpes, bullous pemphigoid, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, etc. Explain the consequences of these types of wounds for frail elders. Then, describe a patient case including the care plan for assessment, diagnoses, treatment, management, and patient education. Explain whether the patient’s care plan was effective. Include how you might proceed differently in the future. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 8 weeks, you can select a related case study or reflect on previous clinical experiences.

By Day 7

This Assignment is due. Please submit the Journal Entries (Weeks 5, 6, and 8), and the Week 7 SOAP Note by Day 7 of Week 8 (this week).

Note: Be sure to submit your Assignment to the appropriate submission link below.

Submissions should match the following:

Week 7 SOAP Note: Submit to the Week 8 Assignment 2 – Part 1 submission link.

Weeks 5, 6, & 8 Journal Entry: Submit to the Week 8 Assignment 2 – Part 2 submission link.

For the Journal Entries and Practicum Time Logs—which are assessed with a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) score—the numerical grade will show as 0 points and the “S” or “U” will be posted in the Feedback area by your Instructor. These scores of 0 points do not affect your grade; they simply allow for a placeholder to place the “S” or “U” scoring. This concept also applies to Weeks 7 and 11.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the following naming convention: “WK8Assgn2PX+lastname+first initial”.

Click the Week 8 Assignment 2 – Part X link.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK8Assgn2PX+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. If you are submitting multiple files, repeat until all files are attached.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Assignment 2: Practicum – Week 6 Journal Entry

Reflect on geriatric patients from your practicum site that you may have assessed for dementia, delirium, or depression. Explain the impact of these types of disorders on frail elders. Then, describe a patient case including the care plan for assessment, diagnoses, treatment, management, and patient education. Explain whether the patient’s care plan was effective. Include how you might proceed differently in the future. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 6 weeks, you can select a related case study or reflect on previous clinical experiences.

By Day 7 of Week 8

This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 6 Journal Entry along with the Week 5 and Week 8 Journal Entries, the Week 7 SOAP Note.