Assessing Neurological Symptoms

Imagine not being able to form new memories. This is the reality patients with anterograde amnesia face. Although this form of amnesia is rare, it can result from severe brain trauma. Anterograde amnesia demonstrates just how impactful brain disorders can be to a patient’s quality of living. Accurately assessing neurological symptoms is a complex process that involves the analysis of many factors.

In this Case Study Assignment, you will consider case studies that describe abnormal findings in patients seen in a clinical setting.

To Prepare

• Also,      your Case Study Assignment should be in the Episodic/Focused SOAP Note      format rather than the traditional narrative style format.

With regard to the case study you were assigned:

• Review      this week’s Learning Resources, and consider the insights they provide      about the case study.
• Consider      what history would be necessary to collect from the patient in the case      study you were assigned.
• Consider      what physical assessment and diagnostic assessment would be appropriate to      gather more information about the patient’s condition. How would the      results be used to make a diagnosis?
• Identify at      least five possible conditions that may be considered in a      differential diagnosis for the patient.

The Case Study Assignment

Use the Episodic/Focused SOAP Template and create an episodic/focused note about the patient in the case study to which you were assigned using the episodic/focused note template provided in the Week 5 resources. Provide evidence from the literature to support diagnostic assessment that would be appropriate for each case. List five different possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis and justify why you selected each.

Case study

22 year old african american female looks in the mirror and notices the left side of her mouth is slanted when she smiles. She notes she has had some headache off and on a few days. Her taste has decreased as well when she started brushing her teeth.

complete the assignment using the attached template