NR565 Week 3: Hypertension & Lipid Treatment Protocol
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a standardized procedure or protocol that is applicable to the nurse practitioner role. This assignment will allow for discovery into protocol development as well as establishing a standardized treatment plan for a given diagnosis according to current evidence. This assignment supports the professional formation of the FNP, AGACNP, AGACNP, and PMHNP practice role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
- CO1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes.
- CO2: Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes.
- CO3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment.
- CO4: Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction.
- CO5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy.
Total Points Possible 120
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
- Complete the outline template
Links to an external site. provided for the sections highlighted in yellow and the “click to enter text here” is indicated.
- Provide references for your protocol at the bottom of the form where indicated. References should come from the following sources:
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Dyslipidemia
Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)
- HTN
Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)
- Dyslipidemia
- Course Textbook
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
Rubric
Week 3: Hypertension and Lipid Protocol
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Pharmacological Treatment: 6a: HTN Clinical Practice Guideline
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40 pts
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Pharmacological Treatment: 6b: 1st line treatment for non-African American
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20 pts
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Pharmacological Treatment: 6c: 1st line treatment for African American
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20 pts
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6d and 8a
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10 pts
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Statin Therapy 6e
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10 pts
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Treatment Monitoring 7a-c
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10 pts
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References
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10 pts
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Late Penalty Deductions
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late up to 3 days. Assignments will not be accepted after three days late, and a score of zero will be recorded for the assignment. Quizzes and discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the late assignment policy.
minus ______ points |
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0 pts
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Total Points: 120
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Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a standardized procedure or protocol that is applicable to the nurse practitioner role. This assignment will allow for discovery into protocol development as well as establishing a standardized treatment plan for a given diagnosis according to current evidence. This assignment supports the professional formation of the FNP, AGACNP, AGACNP, and PMHNP practice role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
- CO1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes.
- CO2: Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes.
- CO3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment.
- CO4: Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction.
- CO5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy.
Due Date
The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.
The assignment title is due by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3.
Total Points Possible 120
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
- Complete the outline template
Links to an external site. provided for the sections highlighted in yellow and the “click to enter text here” is indicated.
- Provide references for your protocol at the bottom of the form where indicated. References should come from the following sources:
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Dyslipidemia
Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)
- HTN
Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)
- Dyslipidemia
- Course Textbook
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
Rubric
Week 3: Hypertension and Lipid Protocol
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pharmacological Treatment: 6a: HTN Clinical Practice Guideline
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|
40 pts
|
|||||
|
Pharmacological Treatment: 6b: 1st line treatment for non-African American
|
|
20 pts
|
|||||
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Pharmacological Treatment: 6c: 1st line treatment for African American
|
|
20 pts
|
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6d and 8a
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10 pts
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Statin Therapy 6e
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10 pts
|
|||||
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Treatment Monitoring 7a-c
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10 pts
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References
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10 pts
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|
Late Penalty Deductions
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late up to 3 days. Assignments will not be accepted after three days late, and a score of zero will be recorded for the assignment. Quizzes and discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the late assignment policy.
minus ______ points |