West Los Angeles College Pathophysiology Case Study

Week 6 signature assignment pathophysiologyTITLE CAD (coronary artery disease)
Your signature assignment requires you to research a pathophysiologic topic
of interest and create a case study to present information about your topic.
You may choose to research and write about ANY pathophysiologic
topic of interest to you (it can be a topic we have covered or a completely
new one). I am not choosing the topics for you. Remember, you are not
looking for an existing case study, instead you are creating the case study
(you get to MAKE IT UP, so be creative).
You must address each of the SECTIONS as listed in the instructions.
1. TITLE PAGE = Include the case title, your full name, course, date,
instructor, and campus.
2. BODY = This is where you address the SECTIONS as listed in the
instructions. The body of your paper should
include BOLDED headings of each section, then address the
information that should be included in each section in paragraph
form (see below for an example of what the body of your paper
should look like). The body of your paper should be 3-4 pages in
length. Do not exceed 4 pages for the BODY of your paper. This is a
requirement for all students across campuses and cannot be
changed.
3. REFERENCE PAGE = A minimum of 3 scholarly references are
required. At least one of them needs to be a non-internet source. Your
textbook is an example of a non-internet source and can be
referenced.
Sections for the BODY of your paper (3-4 pages):
Section: Introduction (patient and problem) = Explain who the patient is (age,
gender, etc.). Explain what the problem is (What were they diagnosed with, what
happened?). Introduce your main argument (What should you as a nurse focus
on or do?)
Section: Pathophysiology = Explain the disease (What are the symptoms?
What causes it?)
Section: History = Explain what health problems the patient has (Have they
been diagnosed with other diseases?). Detail any and all previous treatments
(Have they had any prior surgeries or are they on medication?)
Section: Nursing Physical Assessment = List all the patient’s health stats in
sentences with specific numbers/levels (BP, bowel sounds, ambulation, etc.)
Section: Related Treatments = Explain what treatments the patient is receiving
because of their disease.
Section: Nursing Diagnosis & Patient Goal = Explain what your nursing
diagnosis is (What is the main problem for this patient? What needs to be
addressed?). Explain what your goal is for helping the patient recover (What do
you want to change for the patient?)
Section: Nursing Interventions = Explain how you will accomplish your nursing
goals, and support this with citations (reference the literature).
Section: Evaluation = Explain how effective the nursing intervention was (What
happened after your nursing intervention? Did the patient get better?)
Section: Recommendation = Explain what the patient or nurse should do in the
future to continue recover/improvement.
The paper must be written in APA format.
Do not use the first person. For example, do not write “I would do this…”
Properly cite all sources and do not plagiarize.
You cannot quote large sections from other sources. This is still
plagiarism.
Remember only the BODY is restricted to the 3-4 pages limit: