Patient Visit

The word patient visit really makes me nervous. This was my second patient visit; however, I was still a little high-strung. When we arrived at the home, the patient was holding the door open for us to come in. I felt a relieved when I saw him outside and excited for us to be there.

After I walked inside the house, I felt squeamish. The house was packed full of clothes and groceries, the couches had multiple stains on them, and there was cat hair everywhere. We proceeded to interview the patient in order to gather the pertinent information we needed to know. I noticed that I struggled to write all of the information the patient provided in my notebook; therefore, on the next patient visit, I am going to try to document the patient encounter more thoroughly. This will allow me to be able

Until this point, I was unaware that kids were even in the house. The patient began to get off subject when the kids entered the room. He told us why these kids were staying there, how his identity has been stolen, how mold was still present in his house, and about how two family members in his house were recently diagnosed with the flu. After the patient got back on track and started talking about his health, I asked the patient about his medications. The patient could not tell us much information regarding his medications. However, he did want us to organize his pill holders for the next two weeks to ensure he takes it correctly. When we got all of his medications out of the box, we noticed they were last filled in May, but the pill bottles were still completely full. If he was taking his medications properly, this patient would have ran out of pills in August. I did not like confronting the patient about not taking his medication. I do not like for disagreement to occur, and I could feel the tension in the air. The patient denied complete non-adherence; however, he admitted to missing a few