Essay NU636-7B Unit 3 Discussion 2 – Treatment of URI Herzing

Essay NU636-7B Unit 3 Discussion 2 – Treatment of URI Herzing

NU636-7B Unit 3 Discussion 2 – Treatment of URI Herzing

Discussion Prompt

Scenario: You are seeing a 34-year-old multi-race female who is a school counselor.

• She reports a 3-day history of a sore throat, rhinorrhea, nasal stuffiness and postnasal drip.
• She states she thinks she may be running a low-grade fever but reports she has not actually taken her temperature.
• She reports feeling tired.
• She has a history of migraine headaches for which she utilizes ibuprofen as needed.  She has a script for Maxalt if needed however reports she hasn’t used that in several years.
• She is on hormonal contraceptive management.  BP 112/66, P 68, Resp 18, Temp 98.7, SpO2 99% on RA
• On your exam you note clear nasal discharge, tympanic membranes are pearly gray, posterior pharynx is erythematous, no tonsillar enlargement noted.
• Breath sounds are clear bilateral.

Please develop a discussion that responds to each of the following prompts.  Where appropriate your discussion needs to be supported by scholarly resources.  Be sure to include in-text citations in the context of the discussion and provide a full reference citation at the end of the discussion.