AANP FNP case studies
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The AANP Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certification examination is a competency-based credentialing exam for nurses who have completed graduate-level family nurse practitioner preparation and wish to be certified as family NPs by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. The credential signals that a clinician is prepared to deliver primary care across the lifespan - infants through older adults - in ambulatory, urgent, rural, and community settings. The AANP FNP case studies are 5 cases and about 5,265 words.
1The 4-Day Change in Mental Status: Delirium, Not Aging
R is a 78-year-old widow brought by her daughter for not acting like herself for 4 days. She lives alone and manages her own pills.
1,025 words, about 5 min2Six Weeks of Breathlessness: A Natriuretic Peptide That Does Not Exclude
T is a 58-year-old man with 6 weeks of progressive breathlessness, now on one flight of stairs, two-pillow orthopnea, and nocturnal dyspnea. He has a 30 pack-year smoking history, quit 4 years ago, and type 2 diabetes for 12 years.
969 words, about 5 min3Declining eGFR, Hyperkalemia, and a Cash-Paying Patient
L is 61 with type 2 diabetes for 11 years. eGFR is 36 mL/min/1.73 m2, down from 52 a year ago; urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio is 480 mg/g; potassium 5.1 mmol/L.
1,031 words, about 5 min4A Positive FIT Nobody Followed Up
K is 63 and presents for a preventive visit. He smoked 1.5 packs per day for 24 years and quit 12 years ago.
1,046 words, about 5 min5A 16-Year-Old, a 19-Year-Old Partner, and a Mother in the Parking Lot
A brings her 16-year-old daughter J for a sore throat. While the mother is parking the car, J says she has been sexually active for 6 months with a 19-year-old partner and asks for the HPV vaccine, STI testing, and birth control, adding, do not tell my mom.
1,194 words, about 6 min