Week 6 Discussion

This week you will be learning about safety in the geriatric population. Did you know…

• 1 out of 4 older adults falls each year.
• 1 out of 5 falls ends with a serious injury (broken bones/head injury).
• Over 800,00 patients are hospitalized per year for a fall related injury.
• In 2015, $50 billion was spent of medical cost related to falls. (CDC, 2017).

Reference: CDC. (2017).

. CDC. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/falls/adultfalls.html

Initial Post Requirements:

Please critically evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the attached file below, and use the SOAP template as a reference.

1? The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and, negative information and list missing information. Then create a differential diagnosis list with at least 3 possibly actual diagnosis based on your findings. Here are the headings you should use:

• Pertinent positives
• Pertinent negatives
• Missing information
• Differential diagnoses

2? The second part is to create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis. Here are the headings you should use:

• Diagnostics
• Therapeutics
• Educational
• Consultation/Referrals

Be sure to utilize the template, in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Your initial response is due by Wednesday at 11:59 pm CT.