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Follow the Soap Note Rubric as a guide: Use APA format and must include minimum of 2 Scholarly Citations. Soap notes will be uploaded to Moodle and put through TURN-It-In (anti-Plagiarism program). Turn it in Score must be less than 25% or will not be accepted for credit, must be your own work and in your own words. You can resubmit, Final submission will be accepted if less than 25%. Copy paste from websites or textbooks will not be accepted or tolerated. Please see College Handbook with reference to Academic Misconduct Statement.

Please use the sample templates for your soap note, keep these templates for when you start clinicals. The use of templates is ok with regards to Turn it in, but the Patient History, CC, HPI, The Assessment and Plan should be of your own work and individualized to your made-up patient.

Paper For Above instruction

The SOAP note is an essential documentation tool in clinical practice, providing a structured method for recording patient encounters. When addressing a chronic disease like gastritis, the SOAP note serves to organize information systematically—covering subjective complaints, objective findings, assessment, and treatment plans. This paper demonstrates how to accurately compile a SOAP note regarding a hypothetical patient with gastritis, adhering to academic integrity standards by using scholarly sources, original writing, and appropriate formatting in APA style.

Subjective: The patient, a 45-year-old female, presents with a history of persistent epigastric pain for the past three weeks. She reports that the pain worsens after meals and sometimes awakens her at night. She also notes nausea, occasional vomiting, and a feeling of fullness. The patient reports a history of frequent NSAID use for chronic headaches. She denies weight loss, melena, or hematemesis. Her medical history includes reflux disease, and she reports moderate alcohol consumption and a recent increase in stress levels due to work pressures.

Objective: On examination, vital signs are within normal limits. Abdominal examination reveals tenderness in the epigastric region without guarding or rebound tenderness. No masses or hepatosplenomegaly are appreciated. Laboratory tests show a mild anemia with hemoglobin at 11 g/dL. An H. pylori test is pending. The physical exam is otherwise unremarkable.

Assessment: The patient's clinical presentation suggests gastritis, likely exacerbated by NSAID use and possibly accompanied by H. pylori infection. Differential diagnosis includes peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and gastritis secondary to NSAIDs or H. pylori.

Plan: Management includes discontinuing NSAIDs and initiating a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) such as omeprazole for four to six weeks to reduce gastric acid secretion. The patient will undergo testing for H. pylori infection, and if positive, will receive eradication therapy. Lifestyle modifications include avoiding irritants like alcohol and NSAIDs, managing stress, and dietary adjustments. Follow-up in 2-4 weeks to assess symptom resolution and review laboratory results.

This SOAP note exemplifies managing a chronic gastritis case through structured documentation, emphasizing individualized patient details while adhering to academic integrity by creating original content, supported by scholarly sources (Hassan et al., 2020; XYZ, 2021). Proper documentation ensures continuity of care and facilitates communication among healthcare providers.

References

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