Posted: March 26th, 2015

Practicum: Journal Entry

Practicum: Journal Entry

Reflect on a patient who presented with a dermatologic disorder during your Practicum experience. Describe your experience in assessing and managing the patient and his or her family. Include details of your “aha” moment in identifying the patient’s dermatologic disorder. Then, explain how the experience connected your classroom studies to the real-world clinical setting. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 5 weeks, you may select a related case study from a reputable source or reflect on previous clinical experiences.
•    Burns, C. E., Dunn, A. M., Brady, M. A., Starr, N. B., & Blosser, C. G. (2013). Pediatric primary care(5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
o    Chapter 21, “Introduction to Disease Management” (pp. 398–414)

This chapter explores components of care for children with acute and chronic diseases and provides assessment and management strategies for health care providers and parents caring for children.
o    Chapter 36, “Dermatologic Disorders” (pp. 877–927)

This chapter describes basic components of skin, including its structure and function. It then identifies strategies for assessing, diagnosing, and managing skin disorders in children.
•    DermNet New Zealand Trust. (2014). DermNet NZ. Retrieved from http://www.dermnetnz.org/
•    Dermnet.com. (2011). Dermnet Skin Disease Atlas. Retrieved from http://www.dermnet.com/

Both resources offer clinical description and images in the area of dermatology.

You may use the following case study below to write journal entry:
Case Study 4:
You see a 9-year-old male who presents with a white, scaly patch on the back of his head. There is some alopecia in the area with hair breakage noted at the scalp.