In this assignment, you focus on prevention and how to integrate appropriate evidence-based guidelines to recommend prevention and health maintenance strategies for patients.
Review the scenarios provided below.
Research evidence-based preventive screening guidelines for appropriate labs, diagnostic studies, immunization recommendations, and/or STI screening
that you will recommend for each patient in each scenario.
Note: Remember, you may find variations between guidelines. As an FNP, you should be able to evaluate the evidence and select the guidelines you will
follow.
Justify your selection based on evidence-based practice guidelines, including citation(s) and reference(s).
Scenarios:
Scenario 1: 40-year-old African American male whose father was diagnosed with colon cancer at 60 years of age
Scenario 2: 5-year-old male coming in for well child check
Scenario 3: 35-year-old female of Ashkenazi Jewish descent coming in for WWE and whose mother and sister have been diagnosed with breast cancer in her
family
Scenario 4: 19-year-old male in for well exam and going to college
Scenario 5: 70-year-old Hispanic sexually active male, non-smoker who is concerned about failing memory with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease. Ht.
69 inches, Wt. 220 lb. (Hint – use USPSTF to investigate recommendations).
Prepare a 100-word summary of each scenario, detailing prevention strategies.
Include specific, evidence-based guidelines for each prevention strategy (cite all that apply from; for example, CDC, ACOG, ASCCP, USPSTF, Medscape, ACS).
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.