Assignment 2: Case Study and Care Plan
Overview/Description:
Throughout this course, you were provided case studies that focused on cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and musculoskeletal disorders. You will pick one of these cases to analyze and create a comprehensive care plan for acute/chronic care, disease prevention, and health promotion for that patient and disorder. Your care plan should be based on current best practices and supported with citations from current literature, such as systematic reviews, published practice guidelines, standards of care from specialty organizations, and other research based resources. In addition, you will provide a detailed scientific rationale that justifies the inclusion of this evidence in your plan. Your paper should adhere to APA format for title page, headings, citations, and references. The paper should be no more than 10 pages typed excluding title page and references.
Criteria:
•    Case Study Evaluation
o    Analyze the disorder addressing the following elements: pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, progression trajectory, diagnostic testing, and treatment options.
o    Differentiate the disorder from normal development.
o    Discuss the physical and psychological demands the disorder places on the patient and family.
o    Explain the key concepts that must be shared with the patient and family to achieve optimal disorder management and outcomes.
o    Identify key interdisciplinary team personnel needed and how this team will provide care to achieve optimal disorder management and outcomes.
o    Interpret facilitators and barriers to optimal disorder management and outcomes.
o    Describe strategies to overcome the identified barriers.
•    Care Plan Synthesis
o    Design a comprehensive and holistic recognition and planning for the disorder.
o    Address how the patient’s socio-cultural background can potentially impact optimal management and outcomes.
o    Demonstrate an evidence-based approach to address key issues identified in the case study.
o    Formulate a comprehensive but tailored approach to disorder management.

Criteria    Weight
Case Study Evaluation
•    Analyzed the disorder addressing the following elements: pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, progression trajectory, diagnostic testing, and treatment options.
•    Differentiated the disorder from normal development.
•    Discussed the physical and psychological demands the disorder places on the patient and family.
•    Explained the key concepts that must be shared with the patient and family to achieve optimal disorder management and outcomes.
•    Identified key interdisciplinary team personnel needed and how this team will provide care to achieve optimal disorder management and outcomes.
•    Interpreted facilitators and barriers to optimal disorder management and outcomes
•    Described strategies to overcome the identified barriers.

10

10

10

10

10

10

10
Care Plan Synthesis
•    Designed a comprehensive and holistic recognition and planning for the disorder.
•    Addressed how the patient’s socio-cultural background can potentially impact optimal management and outcomes.
•    Demonstrated an evidence-based approach to address key issues identified in the case study.
•    Formulated a comprehensive but tailored approach to disorder management.

20

20

20

10
APA Style/Format: Free of grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Citations and references are written in correct APA Style.    10
Total    150