Discussion #1 · What is the CC in the case studies? What are important questions to ask the patients to formulate the history of present illness and what did the patients tell you? The CC in the first case study with Mr. Morales is diabetes management post heart attack and open-heart surgery a month ago. The important questions to ask is to find more information regarding current diabetes management and compliance to management. Open ended question allows practitioner to draw information from the patient (Dunphy, Winland-Brown, Porter, & Thomas, 2019). Starting with the question tell me more allows patient to elaborate more. Questions regarding blood glucose monitoring, medications, and compliance with medications would give insight of current diabetes management. Patient was saying his job as the reason for not being able to see provider at clinic and also not being able to check his blood sugar. Cost of testing strips. Patient has been checking his blood sugar since his heart attack, but worried he won’t be able to once the testing strip runs out. Mr. Morales also provides list of medications currently taken. Blood glucose readings are above 200 on days he didn’t take his insulin shot. The CC in the second case study with Mr. Kaleb is rhinorrhea for 3-4 days. The use of mnemonics “OLDCARTS”, practitioner can get more information from the patients of present illness. The seven attributes of a symptom are critical to help understand presented illness which are Onset, Location, Duration, Character, Aggravating/alleviating Factors, Radiation, and Timing (Bickley & Szilagyi, 2017). The mnemonics “OLDCARTS” help provider ask the proper question to elaborate present illness. I would ask if there if there is anything that makes the symptom better or worse? If there are any other symptoms like shortness of breath and associated with current symptoms. Patient answered questions with medications that he tried for symptom relieves although non-effective. Mr. Kaleb have no shortness of breath and “feeling warm the first day but now I just have the chills occasionally.” · What components of the physical exams are important to review in the cases? What are pertinent positive and negative physical exam findings to help you formulate your diagnosis? The physical exams that are important to review in Mr. Morales case are his vital signs and cardiac based on his recent heart attack. Extremities, neurologic, fundoscopic, and foot exam are important to assess in patient with diabetes. Patient continue with high blood pressure reading 150/90 indicates need for hypertension management. Positive findings of microaneurysm on bilateral eyes, hard exudates on the left are signs of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic foot exam finds decreased sensation to monofilament and vibration to the mid-shin, onychomycosis, and +1 dorsal pedis and posterior tibialis pulses bilaterally. Exam was negative for foot ulcers. Findings suggest patient have neuropathy to his lower extr ...