assignment, you will be completing a comprehensive health screening and history on a young adult. To complete this assignment, do the following: Select an adolescent or young adult client on whom to perform a health screening and history. Students who do not work in an acute setting may "practice" these skills with a patient, community member, neighbor, friend, colleague, or loved one. Complete the "Health History and Screening of an Adolescent or Young Adult Client" worksheet. Format the write-up
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rates of mental health comorbidities, which include depression and anxiety. Depression and mood disorders in this population have been positively correlated with lower physical and psychosocial quality
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has to be a way to screen for depression and suicidal ideations. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “In 2015, an estimated 3 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This number represented 12.5% of the US population aged 12 to 17” (NIMH, 2016). “Suicide is the second leading cause of adolescent death in Europe, third in the US and fourth globally. In Europe, the annual suicide rate for 15–19 year olds is
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for guardians and peers to recognize that an adolescent may need to be diagnosed with depression, it is also unclear for medical professionals to diagnose teens because there is no universally preferred screening tool for adolescents and no consensus regarding screening frequency (Kirpatrick et al. 17). It is obvious that diagnosing and treating teens with depression is not a simple task, considering only an estimated 25% of children and adolescents who need treatment for depression receive it (Melnyk
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at greater risk with regard to health and socioeconomical statuses and the ability to better one’s life as minority groups grow. A group that is rapidly growing is the Hispanic/Latino population. According to the CDC (2015), the Hispanic population accounts for the prevalent minority group in the US, accounting for 1 out of 6 people residing within the US; with a projected 1 out of 4 people being Hispanic/Latino by 2035. With the Hispanic/Latino population
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periods and bad cramping which has resolved over the last 2 years Surgical Hx: none Family Hx: Mother and father are in good health. No siblings. I would ask “Do your mother’s parents have any health conditions?” If there is a history of an illness, I would ask “What was the age that he/she was diagnosed?” I would also ask “Do you father’s parents have any health conditions?” If there is a history of an illness, I would ask “What was the age that he/she was diagnosed?” Social Hx: Patient
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to accept chlamydia screening: influences of stigma and doctorpatient interactions. BMC Public Health, 10425-435. In this article they are trying to understand the factors that encourage young women to accept, or discourage them from accepting, STI (sexually transmitted infection) testing. Opportunistic screening entails healthcare providers offering Chlamydia testing to people while they are attending health services that are usually not related to their sexual health. They performed a qualitative
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Grand Canyon University The review of the research article “Suicide Risk Screening in an Emergency Department” by Victoria N. Folse and Rebecca L Hahn offered. Administering a four-question suicide risk questionnaire to 202 patients presenting to an emergency department was used attained the information on the benefit of this assessment. The participant sample included 59 adolescents and 143 adults including 36 geriatric patients. The patients were given the questionnaire regardless
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Planned Parenthood is a vital leader in in teaching about sexual education, providing health services, and providing information available to others around the world. Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that provides affordable health care, sex education, and information available to others around the world. What makes Planned Parenthood a vital leader in today’s society is that they provide affordable health care, reproductive care, and they provide information and resources that is need in
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Health History and Screening of an Adolescent or Young Adult Client Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include the relevant data for your client. Student Name: Shannon landrum | Date:04/08/16 | Biographical Data | Patient/Client Initials:VPL | Phone No:270-543-8411 | Address:1645 Fairview road Bremen key | Birth Date:02/16/06 | Age:16 | Sex:female | Birthplace: Greenville, KY
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