Week 10 Assignment 1 – Practicum Assignment

You must complete either part 1 or part 2 of this assignment.  This assignment is not graded, but it still must be completed.  If it is not completed, you will receive an incomplete in the course.  This assignment is due by 10:59pm CT on day 7.

Part 1: Practicum Application

• • • Login into Meditrek. Complete your Practicum Application. Submit your application when it is complete. Create a PDF of the confirmation email you received.  Submit this PDF document in Canvas for your Week 10 Assignment 1.

Part 2: Practicum Plan

• • • Search within Meditrek using the affiliation agreement. Identify potential Practicum Sites that are in your area to assist you in identifying potential Preceptors.
    • Complete the Practicum Plan form found in Meditrek. Submit it. Create a PDF of the confirmation email you received. Submit this PDF document in Canvas for your Week 10 Assignment 1.

Week 10 Assignment 2

You are to write a paper on your assigned Patient Population Case.  (Case assignments are shown below.)  Your paper must be 4-5 pages, it must follow the APA format shown in the Walden Writing Center Sample Paper, and you must use a minimum of five peer-reviewed, evidence-based scholarly references outside of course resources.  In your paper you are required to:

• Determine which medication would be most appropriate to prescribe to your patient.  You are to choose a medication from the medication choices listed within the case you were assigned.
• Explain your rationale for choosing this medication.
• Explain the dosing schedule for the specific patient including the therapeutic endpoint.
• Provide necessary education to the patient to review risks, benefits, and potential side effects of the medication.
• Describe any necessary labs or additional diagnostics needed prior to prescribing this medication.
• Explain how you might monitor efficacy or side effects of the medication.
• Explain why the other medications listed are not appropriate for this patient.
• Include any additional collaboration or education to others that would be necessary for this patient. Consider family members, home health care, primary care providers, etc.
• What would you need to include in your assessment for a patient who may become nonadherent with your prescribing plan for your scenario? What are alternative treatment solutions based upon how you assessed? Describe your new treatment plan.

Please see the grading rubric for more information about how you will be graded on this paper.  This assignment is due by 10:59pm CT on day 7.

Patient Population Case Assignments

The details of the patient population cases are described in Week 10 in Canvas.  The medication choices are also given for each patient in Week 10 in Canvas.

• • • Patient 1:  Daniel Agborkey, Frank Ansong, Mary Bangura, Gladys Carroll, and Blessing Chukwunonye
    • Patient 2:  Morgan Collet, Ginger Darty, Emily Diez-Rivero, Dibe Djonret, and Fedna S Jean Francois
    • Patient 3:  Margaret Hector, Amanda Hutcherson, Elesia Jemison, Sarah Lemaine, and Jennifer Rene Love
    • Patient 4:  Navasha Martin, Stephanie Montgomery, Miranda Morfaw, Daphnee Newton, and Vanesia Ngapeth
    • Patient 5:  Anna Ngwafu, Regina Norville, Yetunde Okediran, Abiodun Oyeboade, and Angel Reyes

Week 10 Assignment 3

For this assignment, you are to create prescriptions using the patient information, medications, and indications listed below. Your goal is to demonstrate the accurate way to write a prescription that a patient would present to a pharmacy. The prescription should be written and signed. You will develop your mock prescriptions in a Word document to include everything one might find on a printed prescription pad. You will write one prescription per page; therefore, your assignment will be four pages long.  To write your prescriptions, you must use the following patient information:
Patient Name: Jane Doe
DOB 1/1/2001
Duration: 3 months

Write a prescription for each of the following medications:

1. Sertraline, 100mg each day (depression)
2. Lorazepam, 1mg twice each day, if needed (panic attacks)
3. Aripiprazole, 2mg before bedtime (depression)
4. Methylphenidate ER, 54mg every morning before school (ADHD)

Please see the grading rubric for more information on how you are graded on this assignment.  This assignment is due by 10:59pm CT on day 7.

Week 10 Knowledge Check

You are required to complete the knowledge check.  This knowledge check is a graded quiz that opens on day 1 and must be submitted by 10:59pm CT on day 7.  This quiz will gauge your understanding of the material and help prepare you for the exams in this course.