Signature Assignment: Case Study
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Due Monday by 11:59pm
Points 65
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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.
You must bold each section heading and answer underneath each section heading in paragraph form. See the announcements for more information on the
format.
Section
Introduction (patient and problem)
Information to Include
Explain who the patient is (Age, gender, etc.)
Explain what the problem is (What was he/she diagnosed with, or what happened?)
Introduce your main argument (What should you as a nurse focus on or do?)
Pathophysiology
History
Explain the disease (What are the symptoms? What causes it?)
Explain what health problems the patient has (Has she/he been diagnosed with other diseases?)
Detail any and all previous treatments (Has she/he had any prior surgeries or is he/she on medication?)
Nursing Physical Assessment
List all the patient’s health stats in sentences with specific numbers/levels (Blood pressure, bowel sounds,
ambulation, etc.)
Related Treatments
Explain what treatments the patient is receiving because of his/her disease
Nursing Diagnosis & Patient Goal
Explain what your nursing diagnosis is (What is the main problem for this patient? What need to be addressed?)
Explain what your goal is for helping the patient recover (What do you want to change for the patient?)
Nursing Interventions
Explain how you will accomplish your nursing goals, and support this with citations (Reference the literature)
Evaluation
Explain how effective the nursing intervention was (What happened after your nursing intervention? Did the patient
get better?)
Recommendations
Explain what the patient or nurse should do in the future to continue recovery/improvement
Your paper should be 3-4 pages in length and will be graded on how well you complete each of the above sections. You will also be graded on your use of APA
style and on your application of nursing journals into the treatments and interventions. For integrating nursing journals, remember the following:
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.)
You must bold each section heading and answer underneath each section heading in paragraph form. See the announcements for more information on the
format.
Review the rubric for specific grading criteria.
Points possible: 65
General Education Standardized Rubric: PATH 370 Signature Assignment
Criteria
Introduction
Pathophysiology
History, Physical
and Related
Treatments
Ratings
Pts
3.5 to >3.12 pts
Exceeds Expectations
3.12 to >2.52 pts
Meets Expectations
2.52 to >2.07 pts
Approaches Expectations
2.07 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Introduction summarizes the case
comprehensively and prepares the reader
Introduction summarizes the case and
somewhat prepares the reader for the
Introduction lacks detail to
prepare the reader for the
Expectations
for the remainder of the paper.
remainder of the paper.
case.
present or is grossly
erroneous.
Introduction is not
8.1 to >7.21 pts
7.21 to >5.83 pts
5.83 to >4.78 pts
4.78 to >0 pts
Exceeds Expectations
Meets Expectations
Approaches Expectations
Does Not Meet Expectations
Identifies and thoroughly explains
the pathogenesis of the disease
Mostly Identifies and thoroughly
explains the pathogenesis of the
Provides insufficient explanations.
Information is not entirely
Does not answer or answers
incorrectly with insufficient
topic. Information is scientifically
sound, thorough, supported and
sufficient.
disease topic. Information is
scientifically sound, thorough,
necessary and sufficient.
scientifically sound, necessary or
supported with evidence and a
sound rationale.
explanations. Information is
not scientifically sound,
necessary or sufficient.
8.4 to >7.48 pts
Exceeds Expectations
7.48 to >6.05 pts
Meets Expectations
6.05 to >4.96 pts
Approaches Expectations
4.96 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Provides a detailed patient history,
physical assessment findings,
treatment, and related treatments
Provides most patient history, physical
assessment findings, treatment, and
related treatments for the disease topic.
Provides insufficient
explanations. Information is not
entirely scientifically sound,
Expectations
for the disease topic. Information is
scientifically sound, thorough,
but may be limited. Information is mostly
scientifically sound, thorough,
necessary or supported with
evidence and a sound rationale.
insufficient explanations.
Information is not
supported and sufficient.
necessary and sufficient.
scientifically sound,
necessary or sufficient.
8.1 to >7.21 pts
7.21 to >5.83 pts
5.83 to >4.78 pts
4.78 to >0 pts
and Patient Goals
Exceeds Expectations
Meets Expectations
Approaches Expectations
Does Not Meet Expectations
Provides thorough and detailed
nursing diagnosis and patient
Provides mostly detailed nursing
diagnosis and patient goal.
Provides insufficient explanations.
Information is not entirely scientifically
Does not answer or incorrectly
explains content.Information is
goal. Information is scientifically
sound, supported and sufficient.
Information is mostly
scientifically sound, support and
sound, necessary and sufficient. Does
not address the context sufficiently or
not scientifically sound,
necessary or sufficient
sufficient.
with sound rationale.
8.1 to >7.21 pts
Exceeds Expectations
7.21 to >5.83 pts
Meets Expectations
5.83 to >4.78 pts
Approaches Expectations
4.78 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
Thoroughly details the nursing
interventions. Detailed
Provides some details of the
nursing interventions. Detailed
Provides insufficient explanations.
Information is not entirely scientifically
Does not answer or answers
incorrectly with insufficient
explanation of nursing
goals.Rationale is thorough,
supported and sufficient.
explanation of nursing
goals.Rationale is supported and
mostly sufficient.
sound, necessary and sufficient. Does
not address the context sufficiently or
with sound rationale.
explanations. Information is
not scientifically sound,
necessary or sufficient.
Evaluation
8.1 pts
Does not answer or
answers incorrectly with
Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing
Interventions
3.5 pts
8.4 pts
8.1 pts
8.1 to >7.21 pts
Exceeds Expectations
7.21 to >5.83 pts
Meets Expectations
5.83 to >4.78 pts
Approaches Expectations
4.78 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Provides thorough and insightful
explanation of the effectiveness of
Provides most thorough and insightful
explanation of the effectiveness of the
Provides insufficient explanations
of the effectiveness of the nursing
Expectations
8.1 pts
8.1 pts
Criteria
Ratings
the nursing intervention.
Information is scientifically sound,
supported andsufficient in detail
nursing intervention. Information is
mostly scientifically sound, supported
but may lack detail in some areas.
Pts
interventions. Does not address
the context sufficiently or with
sound rationale.
Does not answer or answers
incorrectly with insufficient
explanations. Information is
not scientifically sound,
necessary or sufficient.
Recommendations
8.1 to >7.21 pts
Exceeds Expectations
7.21 to >5.83 pts
Meets Expectations
5.83 to >4.78 pts
Approaches Expectations
Provides an overall thorough explanation
Provides an overall thorough explanation
Provides insufficient
4.78 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Expectations
of patient recommendations.Clinical
findings are supported with evidence,
of patient recommendations.Some
clinical findings are supported with
explanations. Information is
not entirely scientifically
Does not answer or
answers incorrectly
compared and rationalized thoroughly.
Recommendations for continued
recovery/improvement explained and
evidence, compared and rationalized
thoroughly. Recommendations for
continued recovery/improvement
sound, necessary and
sufficient. Does not address
the context sufficiently or with
with insufficient
explanations.
Information is not
supported.
explained and supported.
sound rationale
scientifically sound,
necessary or sufficient.
APA format and
7 to >6.23 pts
6.23 to >5.04 pts
5.04 to >4.13 pts
4.13 to >0 pts
References
Exceeds Expectations
Meets Expectations
Approaches Expectations
Meets all the requirements
related to length. There is a
Meets most of the requirements related
to length. There is a minimum of 3
Meets some of the requirements
related to length but is lacking enough
Does Not Meet
Expectations
minimum of 3 scholarly
resources with at least 1 non-
resources with at least 1 non-internet
source; the references may be
to impede the meaning of the paper.
The references do not meet required
length and layout
requirements. References
internet source. All references
are correctly cited in APA
format. The student shows a
questionable or not scholarly in nature.
Most references are correctly cited in
APA format. The student shows a good
count and/or may be questionable or
not scholarly in nature. References are
not correctly cited in APA format. The
are not present or do not
support scholarly
intention. A lack of effort it
solid grasp of APA formatting,
paraphrasing and citations.
grasp of APA formatting, paraphrasing
and citations but needs refinement in
student does not show a good grasp of
APA formatting, paraphrasing and
apparent. There are
extensive errors in
some areas.
citations.
formatting.
Mechanics
8.1 pts
Does not follow format,
5.6 to >4.98 pts
4.98 to >4.03 pts
4.03 to >3.3 pts
3.3 to >0 pts
Exceeds Expectations
Meets Expectations
Approaches Expectations
Does Not Meet Expectations
Answers are well written throughout.
Answers are well written throughout
Answers are somewhat
Answers are not well written
Information is well organized and
clearly communicated.The writing is
free of spelling and grammatical
and the information is reasonably
organized and communicated. It is
mostly free of spelling and
organized and lacks some
clarity. Contains some
spelling and grammatical
and the information is poorly
organized and lacks clarity. It
contains many spelling and
errors.
grammatical errors.
errors
grammatical errors
7 pts
5.6 pts
Total Points: 65