NU674-7 Unit 7 Assignment – Developmental Disorders Case Study Herzing
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NU674-7 Unit 7 Assignment – Developmental Disorders Case
Study Herzing
Case Study
You are working in a community health center as an NP. Although
you see children for mental health you will also see children for some basic
“bridge” care until primary care providers have openings. If the medical
issue is complex then the clinic coordinator will escalate the referral for
quicker appointment scheduling.
Presentation: Makala, who is 7, has come to the clinic with a suspected
ear infection and as a referral for her daughter’s behaviors. Makala’s mother
says that her daughter has been rocking rhythmically and clutching her ear at
the same time. There has been some moisture on her pillow in the morning and
Makala is reluctant to let her mother investigate what is wrong.
Makala is attempting to rock while she is seated on her mother’s knee
and uses the same repetitive vocalization “Don’t wanna go to the
shops” over and over again.
She has a history of speech delay but can now complete many full
sentences. She has also had some behavior and attention issues in
school. She disrupts the teacher often and then gets up from her seat
during focus time to go to play centers. She is not easily redirected and
becomes argumentative.
She feels hot to touch and will not let healthcare practitioners
approach her with any equipment. Her vocalization becomes louder and more
insistent when you attempt the examination.
Recognizing possible autism as well as some ADHD diagnosis criteria,
discuss the next steps in the answers to the questions.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper answering the following questions.
Be sure to include a minimum of 2 scholarly articles to support your
discussion.
- Discuss autism and ADHD diagnostic criteria.
- How should you approach examining Makala as a child, and strive to
gain her trust?
- You suspect that autism may be a possibility. What should you do to
ensure that your suspicions are correct and how should you go about
referring Makala to the local autism team?
- Makala is showing signs and symptoms that may
overlap between autism and ADHD. How do you differentiate autism from ADHD
based on diagnostic criteria?
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