(Answered) NR565 Week 5: Endocrine Case Study

Preparing the Assignment

  • Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
  • There are three patient cases presented in this assignment.  You are to use the following to answer the questions.
  • 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. https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/38/1/10Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)
    • 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 assignment is completed in a quiz format; however, it is not an exam and you are encouraged to use your textbook and course materials. There are 12 questions worth 9 points each and an attestation question worth 2 points for a total of 110 points.

  • Review the case information and then answer each required question with a succinct, informative answer.
  • 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.
  • Consider the most common and obvious answer.
  • A scholarly reference is required for answers where a source such as textbook or clinical practice guideline is used to develop your response.
  • Feedback is provided immediately after completing this assignment only.  The feedback provided is general and non-specific to protect the integrity of this assignment due to the unfortunate nature of answer sharing among many students.

Lockdown browser is not required and there are no keyed correct answers to review. Course faculty will post assignment feedback for your review in the gradebook when grading is complete. There is no time limit for this assignment. It needs to be completed in one sitting and should be completed at the time it is begun as your answers may not be saved to return to it later.

When you are ready to begin this assignment, click the “Take the Quiz” button near the bottom of this page.

SOLUTION  
Question 1

2 / 2 pts
Please explain the value and reason for doing your own work and not copying or taking answers from another source and claiming them as your own.
Your Answer:

To improve in my knowledge, ensure integrity and help me learn to be an astute future Nurse practitioner.

Question 2

9 / 9 pts

Use the John Jones case study to answer the following question.

Using diagnostic criteria for diabetes, what is John’s diabetic status?  What treatment plan should be introduced at this time?

Your Answer:

John is diabetic because his random blood sugar showed 200 mg/dl, HBA1c is 8.1% and he urinates four times at night.

The treatment plan will be geared towards preventing long term complications by educating and advising patient on lifestyle changes( getting involved in exercising and eating healthy diet) and adding a drug therapy. (Rosenthal & Burchum. 2021)

I will also screen for other comorbities like hypertension, liver, and kidney issues, cholesterol problems as well as neuropathies, retinopathy. and do electrolytes and urea

Reference

Rosenthal, L. & Burchum, J. (2021). Lehne’s pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (2nd ed.). Elsevier

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