WEEK 10: Medical Emergencies
Lesson 1: Medical Emergencies
Assignment 10.1: SOAP Notes for Bites and Stings
Introduction
By the end of this assignment, you will be able to:
• Demonstrate advanced skills in physical assessment, pharmacology, and therapeutic nursing interventions in the care of various office emergencies. (CO7)
• Use SOAP notes to record patient observations, assessments, and plans. (CO1, CO2, CO8)
Before you begin, please review what should be included in each component of your SOAP note.
Assignment Guidelines
Using Chapters 24 and 41 from your Primary care: Interprofessional collaborative practice textbook, develop two SOAP notes: one for a 12-year-old boy who presents with a bite (may be human or animal; you decide) and another 12-year-old boy who presents with an insect sting. The boys discovered the bite/sting this morning. The skin seems to be getting worse. The boys’ mothers are worried it might be something terrible.
In your SOAP notes, be sure to address questions that you would ask and how you would diagnose and treat the children.

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Also, consider reviewing the SOAP note VIDEO below and article Links to an external site..

SOAP Notes Flip Tile Alternative Version
Also, consider reviewing the SOAP note video Links to an external site.and article Links to an external site..

Learning Materials
Before attempting to complete your learning activities for this week, review the following learning materials.
Read the following in your Primary care: Interprofessional collaborative practice textbook:
• Chapter 22, “Acute Bronchospasm”
• Chapter 23, “Anaphylaxis”
• Chapter 24, “Bites and Stings”
• Chapter 41, “Animal and Human Bites”

The book used for this class and for this assignment is cited here:

Buttaro, T., Trybulski, J., Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2021). Primary care: Interprofessional collaborative practice (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby.

RUBRIC
Criteria Expectations
SOAP Note content (>11–12 points)
All components of subjective and objective data are present and supportive of the assessment and treatment plan. Proper terminology is implemented throughout the assignment.
Structure and Mechanics (2 points)
Paper is well organized.
No or very few spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors.
Resources (1 point)
Correct APA citations and references provided.