DECISION TREE FOR NEUROLOGICAL AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

For your Assignment, 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.

 

RESOURCES                                                             1

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

To Prepare:

 

• Review the interactive media piece assigned by your I
• Reflect on the patient’s symptoms and aspects of the disorder presented in the interactive media pi
• Consider how you might assess and treat patients presenting with the symptoms of the patient case study you were assigned.
• You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the diagnosis and treatment for this Reflect on potential co-morbid physical as well as patient factors that might impact the patient’s diagnosis and treatment.

 

BY DAY 7 OF WEEK 8

Write a 1- to 2-page summary paper that addresses the following:

 

• Briefly summarize the patient case study you were assigned, including each of the three decisions you took for the patient
• Based on the decisions you recommended for the patient case study, explain whether you believe the decisions provided were supported by the evidence-based li Be specific and provide examples. Be sure to support your response with evidence and references from outside resources.
• 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
• Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with each of the decisions and the results of the decision in the Describe whether they were different. Be specific and provide examples.

You will submit this Assignment in Week 8.

 

Case study assigned: YOU PICK

Under Required Media in the Learning Resources for week 6. Feel free to go through both interactive scenarios as many times as you would like. Pick ONE to write your paper on and discuss the points above.

http://cdn-media.waldenu.edu/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6521/05/mm/decision_trees/week_10/index.htmlLinks to an external site.

http://cdn-media.waldenu.edu/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6521/05/mm/decision_trees/week_07/index.htmlLinks to an external site.