St Thomas University Nursing Interpersonal Communication Question

Discussion

Religious, Cultural, Spiritual Beliefs, History Taking, Physical Exam, & Documentation Strategies

For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is building a health history for one of the following cases. Your instructor will assign you your case number.

Case 3

16-year-old white pregnant teenager living in an inner-city neighborhood.

35-year-old transgender white male living in a homeless shelter.

Answer the following questions:

What are the barriers to interpersonal communication?

What are the procedures and examination techniques that will be used during the physical exam of your patient?

Describe the Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Planning (S.O.A.P.) approach for documenting patient data and explain what they are.

Submission Instructions:

Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.

You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible. Both discussion and replies should have bibliography from 2016-2021.