Case Study: A 17-Year-Old Female Presented with Alcohol and Nicotine Abuse

Discipline: Nursing

Type of Paper: Coursework

Academic Level: Undergrad. (yrs 3-4)

Paper Format: APA

Pages: 8 Words: 2200

Question

SOAP Note Assignment

This SOAP Note should be written based on a 17 year old adolescent patient with alcohol and nicotine abuse.

Overview

PMHNPs must document information to substantiate assessments, diagnoses, and plans of care. This facilitates safe patient care and appropriate transition management. In this assignment, you will create a SOAP note and discuss what you learned through a specific patient encounter.

Do not include any identifying patient information on your assignment. 

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to facilitate the learner’s ability to create a comprehensive SOAP note.

Assignment outcome  

At the conclusion of this assignment, the learner will be able to:

·         Present a comprehensive SOAP note regarding a specific patient encounter.

·         Identify a particular piece of learning that took place via this specific patient encounter.

Directions

Select a patient encounter in which you learned something new. Create a fully formed SOAP note regarding this patient encounter. Present a comprehensive SOAP note regarding a specific patient encounter with emphasis on a fully constructed plan of care including pharmacologic, therapeutic, and nonpharmacologic interventions for an adolescent with substance misuse. 

 

Soap Note Virtual Case Submission Rubric

Criteria

20 Points

19 Points

18 Points

0 Points

 

Subjective

Communicates clear & precise assessment data supported with subjective findings.

This should include but not limited to biological, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, ethnic, and family factors.

Communicates an assessment but may be missing 1-2 important piece of data

Communicates a brief & vague assessment while missing key important details of the assessment data

No paper submitted or substantial content missing

/20

Objective

Communicates a clear & precise assessment data supported with objective findings.

This should include but not limited to Mental Status Exam, biological, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, ethnic, and family factors.

Communicates an assessment but may be missing 1-2 important piece of data

Communicates a brief & vague assessment while missing key important details of the assessment data

No paper submitted or substantial content missing

/20

Assessment

Thoroughly describes all relevant differential diagnoses and the actual DSM-V diagnosis with ICD 10 codes.

Describes differential diagnoses but omits one that should be considered

Describes differential diagnoses but omits more than one that should be considered

No paper submitted or content missing

/20

Plan

Develops and provides a clearly written treatment plan, including relevant health promotion and patient education information. Clearly defines and delineates the levels of evidence that support the treatment plan.

Develops a clear set of written orders but omits an important order for the diagnosis or outdated approach not supported by evidence. Covers educational topics and health promotion, but no plan is developed.

Develops and provides a brief set of orders for the treatment plan with more than one omission and lacks evidential support. Health promotion and patient education are substantially lacking or not covered.

No paper submitted or content missing

/20

Criteria

10 Points

8 Points

6 Points

0 Points

/10

Grammar, spelling, and punctuation

There are no errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation

There are a few minor errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation that do not detract from the meaning

There are multiple errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation that detract from the meaning

 

There are major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation that do not reflect scholarly writing

 

 

APA and references

The paper meets APA format guidelines and/or all references are peer reviewed, relevant, scholarly and contemporary, up to 5 years.

There are minor APA format errors and/or references meet two requirements of relevant, scholarly or contemporary, up to 5 years. 

There are multiple errors in format and/or references meet one requirement of relevant, scholarly or contemporary

There are significant errors in format and/or references meet one requirement of relevant, scholarly or contemporary

/10