A 47-year-old man with Ulcerative Colitis has been admitted to the emergency room with an extreme abdominal pain. He explains that he has not taken his medications for the last few months and does not have any medical or prescription insurance.
1. What necessary information would need to be obtained about the patient through health assessments and diagnostic tests?
2. Consider how you would respond as an advanced practice nurse. Review evidence-based practice guidelines and ethical considerations applicable to the scenarios you selected.
Write a detailed one-page narrative (not a formal paper) explaining the health assessment information required for a diagnosis of your selected patient (include the scenario number). Explain how you would respond to the scenario as an advanced practice nurse using evidence-based practice guidelines and applying ethical considerations. Justify your response using at least three different references from current evidence-based literature.
Write a detailed 1-page narrative (not a formal paper) addressing the following:• Explain the health assessment information required for a diagnosis of your selected patient (include the scenario number). The response clearly, accurately, and thoroughly explains detailed health assessment information required to diagnose the selected patient, with correct scenario number included.
Explain how you would respond to the scenario as an advanced practice nurse using evidence-based practice guidelines and applying ethical considerations. Justify your response using at least three different references from current evidence-based literature. The response clearly,
Scenario: A 47-year-old man with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) has been admitted to the emergency room with extreme abdominal pain. He explains that he has not taken his medications for the last few months and does not have any medical or prescription insurance.
The following health assessment information is required for a diagnosis of UC:
As an advanced practice nurse, I would respond to this scenario in the following way:
Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines
The following evidence-based practice guidelines are applicable to the care of patients with UC:
Ethical Considerations
The following ethical considerations are applicable to the care of patients with UC: