Homework: Advanced Pharmacology
You will evaluate patients for the treatment of neurologic and musculoskeletal disorders by focusing on specific patient case studies through a decision tree exercise. You will analyze the decisions you will make in the decision tree exercise and reflect on your experiences in proposing the recommended actions to address the health needs in the patient case study.
Learning Objectives
i. Evaluate patients for treatment of neurologic and musculoskeletal disorders
ii. Analyze decisions made throughout the diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurologic and musculoskeletal disorders
iii. Justify decisions made throughout the diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurologic and musculoskeletal disorders
For your Homework, your Instructor will assign you one of the decision tree interactive media pieces provided in the Resources. As you examine the patient case studies in this module's Resources, consider how you might assess and treat patients presenting symptoms of neurological and musculoskeletal disorders.
To Prepare
i. Review the interactive media piece assigned by your Instructor.
ii. Reflect on the patient's symptoms and aspects of the disorder presented in the interactive media piece.
iii. Consider how you might assess and treat patients presenting with the symptoms of the patient case study you were assigned.
iv. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the diagnosis and treatment for this patient. Reflect on potential co-morbid physical as well as patient factors that might impact the patient's diagnosis and treatment.
Write a 1 to 2 pages summary paper that addresses the following:
i. Briefly summarize the patient case study you were assigned, including each of the three decisions you took for the patient presented.
ii. Based on the decisions you recommended for the patient case study, explain whether you believe the decisions provided were supported by the evidence-based literature. Be specific and provide examples. Be sure to support your response with evidence and references from outside resources.
iii. What were you hoping to achieve with the decisions you recommended for the patient case study you were assigned? Support your response with evidence and references from outside resources.
iv. Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with each of the decisions and the results of the decision in the exercise. Describe whether they were different. Be specific and provide examples.
v. Use and cite at least 4 sources for the homework.
vi. Discuss each medication option listed in Decision Point 1. Why did you not choose the alternative options? What is the mechanism of action for each medication? What are first line FDA approved medications for the disease state?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.