Choose one skin condition graphic (identify by number in your Chief Complaint) to document your assignment in the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) note format rather than the traditional narrative style. Refer to Chapter 2 of the Sullivan text and the Comprehensive SOAP Template in this week’s Learning Resources for guidance. Remember that not all comprehensive SOAP data are included in every patient case. Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in the graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for the skin graphic that you chose. Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis and explain your reasoning using at least three different references, one reference from current evidence-based literature from your search and two different references from this week’s Learning Resources.

Choose one skin condition graphic (identify by number in your Chief Complaint) to document your assignment in the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan) note format rather than the traditional narrative style. Refer to Chapter 2 of the Sullivan text and the Comprehensive SOAP Template in this week’s Learning Resources for guidance. Remember that not all comprehensive SOAP data are included in every patient case. Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in the graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for the skin graphic that you chose. Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis and explain your reasoning using at least three different references, one reference from current evidence-based literature from your search and two different references from this week’s Learning Resources.

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Chief Complaint (CC): “The concern is that since I got pregnant I have progressively had an increasing number of stretch marks”History of Present Illness (HPI): The patient is called Kris Jane and is a 29-year-old woman who is not married at the moment. The client has reported that she is 30 weeks gestation and is of Indian descent. The patient presents with complaints of having stretch marks which were there from the start of her pregnancy but have become more during the last 2 months. Ms. Jane has denied having any abdominal pain but complaints of having itching in the areas where the stretchmark are and that they are continuously becoming darker. The patient has reported having her last menstrual period on 18th September 2021. The patient has argued that she could like to have something that could help her to be able to minimize the increasing stretch marks. This is because this has caused her to avoid wearing her swimsuit anymore. She had denied having any pain. She has denied having any fever or chills….