HEENT Case Study A

I’m studying for my Health & Medical class and don’t understand how to answer this. Can you help me study?

3 pages, apa format, a lot of in text citations within the last 10 years. see below.

You are in the middle of your busy day in a family practice clinic when you receive a phone message that Mrs. B., a 56 year old woman, called the office and would like you to call something in for her conjunctivitis.

1. Please explain how you would handle this request including your reasoning.When you return Mrs. B.’s phone call you learn that since waking up this morning, her left eye has been red.
2. What are some important questions you would like to ask Mrs. B. that would help you to distinguish between urgent and non-urgent causes of red eye?You decide that Mrs. B. needs to come into the office for a visit. You immediately notice that her left eye is indeed red. In addition to her eye problem, she also tells you she has a “bit of a cold”
3. What subjective data do you need to elicit?Her vs are as follows: 126/80 99-64-18. She is 5’4”, 155lbs. She takes no medications and has no allergies. After doing the history and physical examination, you decide that Mrs. B. has bacterial conjunctivitis.
4. Develop a treatment plan for Mrs. B.:
   • Pharmacologic (Be specific and write out your medication choices just like a prescription)
   • Non-pharm
   • Consults & referrals
   • Diagnostics
   • Pt education
   • Follow up