Assignment: Focused Exam: UTI with Antibiotic Sensitivity-Reflection

Louella Mesina’s Synopsis of the Shadow Health Assignment This paper is to discuss the Assignment 5.2: Shadow Health: Focused Exam: UTI with Antibiotic Sensitivity. This case study is regarding Makayla Henderson, a 21-year-old biracial woman, who has come to the university health clinic complaining of urination issues. This assignment was a focused exam on Makayla who has current sign and symptoms of a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and antibiotic sensitivity. The goal of the assignment was to conduct a thorough interview with Makayla utilizing therapeutic communication to help determine the appropriate pharmacological therapy for her UTI. Then, using the subjective and objective data, I discovered during the interview, that the next step was to determine an appropriate course of treatment (pharmacological and nonpharmacological techniques). After examination, pharmacological treatment of an antibiotic called Nitrofurantoin was determined to treat her UTI and, Phenazopyridine, for pain associated symptoms. I then proceeded to educate Makayla on why Nitrofurantoin was most appropriate antibiotic medication due to lab results and educate her on her new medication and nonpharmacological disease management techniques. Lastly, I practiced how to write a prescription for the selected medications.