Pathophysiology of one of the most common diseases
Pathophysiology of one of the most common diseases
Students will write a 1000 word essay on the pathophysiology of one of the most common diseases seen by NP’s in clinical practice. The topic will be assigned to each student on a different disease, disorder or syndrome. The focus will be to teach their peers about the disease and the most clinically relevant information. Focus should be congruent with the course objectives as stated in the syllabus which includes diagnostic reasoning. The paper will be turned in online in APA format with at least 5 references. Please post your paper to the discussion board. The second half of your grade will be to read your peers papers and respond to at least two papers on the discussion board. The paper is due on 10/16. The peer discussion is due anytime between 10/16 and 10/23.This extension was granted due to a conflict with an exam in another graduate class.)
The paper should cover the following:
Clinical manifestation: Describe the clinical manifestations and the typical presentation seen for a client with this disorder.
Differential diagnosis: Formulate a list of potential differential diagnosis for a patient presenting with the clinical manifestations of the disease.
Diagnostic tests: Analyze the value of any diagnostic tests that might be used to confirm the diagnosis of this condition.
Evidence based practice: Synthesize and apply research findings to promote evidence- based practice for the disease.
Special client needs: Determine if there would be any special needs for transition to a different type of care based on an assessment of the patient’s acuity, stability, resources, and need for assistance.
Interprofessional collaborations: Describe any inter professional collaborations that would help a nurse practitioner determine the plan of care for a patient with this disorder.
Culture: Discuss any cultural, spiritual, ethnic, gender, and age differences in presentation, progression, and response of to the pathophysiologic process.
Patient impact: Analyze the impact of pathophysiological condition on the patient’s ability to care for themselves or others
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.