Week 5 DQ1: Family Nurse Practitioner
Family nurse practitioner treating patient in the outpatient setting.
As a family nurse practitioner you are working in a rural health clinic. You are evaluating a 16-year-old adolescent patient who comes in complaining of having a difficulty concentrating in school. On exam you also note that the patient is very thin and frail in appearance and is asking you for diet pills.
– If one does suspect eating disorders, which would one be inclined to diagnose this young patient with, and what is the approach to discussing this with the client.
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