Description
In order to write a case study paper, you must carefully address a number of sections in a specific order with specific information contained in each. The guideline below outlines each of those sections.
-Create a case study. A patient with a cultural, ethnic, and racial background- including height weight and family health history, and any other health issues the patient has. The patient comes in bc of chest pain and dyspnea and other symptoms and signs of plaque in the artery- diagnosed with high ldl and low hdl leading to plaque buildup and atherosclerosis that can be dangerous and life-threatening. Discuss how levels of LDL and HDL can affect a person’s health. See how to diagnose the patient and figure out what the best treatment is for the patient and his history. Discuss why you think this is the best way to help the patient.
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Introduction (patient and problem) |
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Pathophysiology |
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History |
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Nursing Physical Assessment |
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Related Treatments |
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Nursing Diagnosis & Patient Goal |
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Nursing Interventions |
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Evaluation |
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Recommendations |
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Your paper should be 8 pages (one-page references and one cover page) in length in APA format.
- Make sure to integrate citations into all of your paper
- Support all claims of what the disease is, why it occurs and how to treat it with references to the literature on this disease
- Always use citations for information that you learned from a book or article; if you do not cite it, you are telling your reader that YOU discovered that information (how to treat the disease, etc.)
- The introduction summarizes the case comprehensively and prepares the reader for the remainder of the paper. Identifies and thoroughly explains the pathogenesis of the disease topic. Information is scientifically sound, thorough, supported and sufficient.
- Provides a detailed patient history, physical assessment findings, treatment, and related treatments for the disease topic. Information is scientifically sound, thorough, supported and sufficient.
- Provides thorough and detailed nursing diagnosis and patient goal. Information is scientifically sound, supported and sufficient.
- Thoroughly details the nursing interventions. Detailed explanation of nursing goals. Rationale is thorough, supported and sufficient.
- Provides thorough and insightful explanation of the effectiveness of the nursing intervention. Information is scientifically sound, supported and sufficient in detail
- Provides an overall thorough explanation of patient recommendations. Clinical findings are supported with evidence, compared and rationalized thoroughly. Recommendations for continued recovery/improvement explained and supported.
- Provided three sources, find at least one more reliable non internet source that you think is helpful.
- Libby, P., Buring, J. E., Badimon, L., Hansson Go?ran K, Deanfield, J., Bittencourt Ma?rcio Sommer, Tokgo?zog?lu Lale, & Lewis, E. F. (2019). Atherosclerosis. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 5(1), 118. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-019-0106-z
- Rivera, J. J., Cury, R., Blumenthal, R., Nadruz-Junior, W., Agatston, A., Figueiredo, V. N., Nasir, K., & Sposito, A. C. (2015). Low hdl cholesterol but not high ldl cholesterol is independently associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in healthy octogenarians. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(1), 6167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-014-0249-4
- Ragbir, S., & Farmer, J. A. (2010). Dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein and atherosclerosis. Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 12(5), 343348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11883-010-0091-x