Homework: Endocrine Case Study
The purpose of this homework is to apply the principles of pharmacology to support?evidence-based prescribing?practices?for the management of?common diseases of the endocrine system. This homework allows students to use?clinical practice guidelines to guide treatment decisions for common patient scenarios in the clinical setting.
Course Outcomes
This homework enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
1. Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes.
2. Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes.
3. Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment.
4. Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction.
5. Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy.
Preparing the Homework
1. Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the homework. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
2. There are three patient cases presented in this homework.? You are to use the following to answer the questions.
3. When you click on the resource links, the links will open in a new window so you will be able to navigate between the resources and the quiz.
• American Diabetes Association. (2020). Figure 9.1 [Graph]. Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2020 Abridged for Primary Care Providers.
• Rosenthal, L., Burchum, J. (2021). Lehne's pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants (2nd ed.). Elsevier.
You will be presented with a patient case and then a series of questions. This homework is completed in a quiz format; however, it is not an exam and you are encouraged to use your textbook and course materials.
1. Review the case information and then answer each required question with a succinct, informative answer.
2. Answers should be one to five sentences in length.
• Some questions may require a short one-sentence answer, whereas others require a five-sentence answer for a complete explanation.
3. Consider the most common and obvious answer.
4. A scholarly reference is required for answers where a source such as textbook or clinical practice guideline is used to develop your response.
5. Feedback is provided immediately after completing this homework only. The feedback provided is general and non-specific to protect the integrity of this homework due to the unfortunate nature of answer sharing among many students.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.