Lecture: SOAP, DPN,
Admission, MSK
QUESTION & ANSWERS
2026
OutpatientBnotesB-BAnswerSOAP
InpatientBnotesB-BAnswerDPN
SOAPBstandsBforB-BAnswersubjective,Bobjective,BassessmentBandBplan
PartBofBSOAPBthatBcontainsBCC,BROS,BPMH,BFHBandBSHB-BAnswerSB(subjective)
PartBofBSOAPBthatBcontainsBVSBandBgeneralBassessmentB-BAnswerOB(objective)
PartBofBSOAPBthatBcontainsBtheBdiagnosis,Btherapeutics,BptBed,BandBdispositionB-
BAnswerA&PB(assessmentBandBplan)
DPNsBfocusBonB-BAnswerchangesBfromBoneBdayBtoBtheBnext
"POD"BisBusedBforB-BAnswersurgicalBissues
"HD"BisBusedBforB-BAnswermedicalBissues
, InBanBinpatientBsetting,BaskBALLBaboutB-
BAnswerfever/chills,BCP,BSOB,BabdominalBpain,BnauseaBandBpain/edemaBofBLes
EveryBpatientBshouldBbeBaskedBaboutBcurrentB-
BAnswerdiet,Bsleep,BBM,BurinationBandBpainBcontrol
MINIMUMBinpatientBPEBcontainsB-BAnswerVS,BGA,BCV,BResp,BAbd,BPV
AcronymBforBadmissionBordersB-BAnswerADCBVAANBDIMLS
ADCBVAANBDIMLSBstandsBforB-
BAnsweradmit,Bdiagnosis,BconditionBandBcode,BvitalBsignBorders,Bactivity,Ballergies,Bnurs
ingBprocedures,Bdiet,B"insBandBouts",Bmedications,BlabBordersBandBspecialBorders
VSBareBstableBandBw/inBNLBlimits,BptBisBconsciousBandBcomfortable,BindicatorsBareBexc
ellentB-BAnswergoodBorBstableBcondition
VSBareBstableBandBw/inBNLBlimits,BptBisBconsciousBbutBmayBbeBuncomfortableBandBind
icatorsBareBquestionableB-BAnswerfairBcondition
VSBmayBbeBunstableBandBnotBw/inBNLBlimits,BptBisBacutelyBill,BindicatorsBareBquestion
ableB-BAnswerseriousBcondition
VSBareBunstableBandBnotBw/inBNLBlimits,BptBmayBbeBunconscious,BindicatorsBareBunfav
orableB-BAnswercriticalBcondition
InBtheBICU,BgetBVSBeveryB-BAnswer2Bhrs
OnBtheBmed/surgBfloors,BgetBVSBeveryB-BAnswer4Bhrs