Assignment: Case Neurology

Assignment: Case Neurology

Assignment: Case Neurology

Week 3: Neurologic, Musculoskeletal, and Cardiopulmonary Assessment No unread replies.No replies. Using a friend, family member, or colleague, perform a neurovascular (include all cranial nerves), musculoskeletal, and cardiopulmonary (includes the heart, lungs, and peripheral vasculature) exam. Document the physical examination findings in the SOAP note format. Even though your patient may have abnormal findings, you must document the expected normal exam findings for the system. If you would like to include the abnormal findings they should be noted in parenthesis next to the normal expected findings. The complete subjective and objective sections must be included. You may include the assessment and plan portion of the SOAP note, but these sections will not be graded. You should devise a chief complaint so that you may document the OLDCART (HPI) data. You must use the chief complaint of headache, back pain, and cough. You should also focus the ROS based on the patient’s chief complaint and the body systems being examined. Refer to the SOAP Note Format document in Course Resources as necessary. This will be the same format that faculty will follow during the immersion weekend. Please note the first post is due by Tuesday, 11:59 p.m. MT.

Neurology (from : , “string, nerve” and the suffix , “study of”) is a branch of  dealing with . Neurology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the  and  (and their subdivisions, the  and ), including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue, such as muscle. Neurological practice relies heavily on the field of , the scientific study of the .

A neurologist is a  specializing in neurology and trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat .Neurologists may also be involved in , , and  or . While neurology is a nonsurgical specialty, its corresponding  specialty is .

Significant overlap occurs between the fields of neurology and , with the boundary between the two disciplines and the conditions they treat being somewhat nebulous.