Practicum: Journal Entry ( 1 to 2 page Entry ) (I HAVE INCLUDED SAMPLE JOURNAL FOR REFERENCE ONLY)
Reflect on a patient who presented with cardiovascular or genetic disorders during your Practicum experience as Nurse Practitioner in your clinic . Describe your experience in assessing and managing the patient and his or her family. Include details of your “aha” moment in identifying the patient’s disorder. Then, explain how the experience connected your classroom studies to the real-world clinical setting.
Reference
Readings
•Burns, C. E., Dunn, A. M., Brady, M. A., Starr, N. B., & Blosser, C. G. (2013). Pediatric primary care (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
◦Chapter 31, “Respiratory Disorders” (pp. 708–738)
•Chapter 40, “Genetic Disorders” (pp. 1032–1054)
•Bradley, J. S., Byington, C. L., Shah, S. S., Alverson, B., Carter, E. R., Harrison, C., Swanson, J. T. (2011). The management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children older than 3 months of age: Clinical practice guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 53(7), e25–e76. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
•National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2007). Expert panel report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/asthgdln.htm
•Clinical practice guideline: the diagnosis, management, and prevention of bronchiolitis by Ralston, S.L., Lieberthal ,A.S., Meissner, H.C., Alverson, B.K., Baley, J.E., Gadomski ,A.M., Johnson, D.W., Light, M.J., Maraqa, N.F., Mendonca ,E.A., Phelan, K.J., Zorc ,J.J., Stanko-Lopp, D., Brown, M.A., Nathanson ,I., Rosenblum, E., Sayles, S. 3rd, & Hernandez-Cancio, S. in Pediatrics, 134(5), 1474-1502.
