Focused body system assignment: Nurse practitioners

As a family nurse practitioner, you must possess excellent physical assessment skills. This alternative writing assignment mirrors the discussion content of the debriefing session and will allow the student to expand their knowledge of physical health assessment principles specific to the advanced practice role.

Requirements:

1. This paper will be graded on the quality of the information, inclusion of evidence-based scholarly resources, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, and organization based on the required components (see the paper headings and content details below).
2. Organize the headings and content of your paper using the outline below:
   1. Identify and briefly discuss the system.
   2. Discuss the physiology (structure and function) of the system including details about the major organ systems (if applicable)
   3. Discuss relevant health history questions (subjective data) pertaining to the system.
   4. Discuss an overview of the objective data and expected normal physical examination findings for the system.
   5. Discuss special physical assessment examination techniques or procedures specific to assessing the system.
   6. Discuss how you might adapt your physical assessment skills or techniques to accommodate each of the following specific populations:

1. Infant/pediatric
2. Pregnancy

• Geriatric

1. 1. Identify one major disease or disease process that may significantly impact the system.
   2. Discuss the expected abnormal physical examination findings that may be associated with this disease or disease process
   3. Summarize the key points

 Preparing the Paper:

1. Select a focused body system –
2. Carefully read and review the selected body system in your course textbooks.
3. Incorporate at least one scholarly peer-reviewed journal article that relates to the body system. It may be useful to identify an article that relates to a disease that impacts the body system.
4. The paper must clearly articulate the relevance of advanced physical assessment skills, techniques, application of advanced practice knowledge, and assessment modification (when necessary) to accommodate for specific patient populations.
5. Provide concluding statements that should summarize key points of the overall assignment content.
6. In-text citations and reference page(s) must be written using proper APA format (6^th edition).

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