The illness narrative

Each student will interview a person of their choosing, who has a chronic illness, such a genetic disorder, cancer, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (I cannot chose chronic kidney disease), heart problems. The client you chose to interview may NOT be a client in your clinical practicum or a classmate. You are expected to interview consenting adult friends, relatives, or neighbors. The narrative should seek to capture the individual’s perspective of living with their illness, with all of its emotional, psychological, spiritual, and physical components. This narrative differs from a case study in that a case study focuses only on medical facts and response to treatment
On page one of your narrative; succinctly and accurately describe, in your own words, the pathophysiology of your client’s chronic illness, in 1 page or less. Then, go on to describe the etiology, pathogenesis, morphologic changes, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and clinical course of their illness. Use your textbook as well as medical and/or nursing articles as references. On the last page, contrast and compare the individual’s perspective of living with their chronic illness with your description of the Pathophysiology from your first page.
Good writing is important. Papers will be graded on the quality of the writing, the salience of the interviewee’s story, accurate descriptions of the pathophysiology of the interviewee’s chronic disease, your analysis of the interviewee’s story compared to what you expected it to be, and the scientific integrity of the content
The paper must be typewritten in 12-point font, and double-spaced
· Expected length will be 4-5 pages, excluding reference page
· References (2-3 expected) should be on separate page, and contain only what you have cited in the text of the paper
· Correct spelling and grammar are expected

Norris, T. L., Porth’s Essentials of Pathophysiology, 5th ed., Philadelphia, Wolters Kluwer, 2020
this is the book we are using..
· · The interview should be the last page or 2 of the narrative
The illness narrative is worth 20 points
Rubric for illness narrative
points
Points earned
Comments
Pathophysiology
2
Etiology
2
Morphological changes
2
Clinical manifestations
2
Diagnosis
2
Clinical course
2
Pathogenesis
2
Analysis of the interviewee’s story compared to what you expected it to be
2
Paper format
2
Spelling/grammar
2
Total
20 points
Pathogenesis: the mechanism of the disease development
Etiology: investigates the causes and origins of disease or the set of factors that contributes to the occurrence of a disease.
Pathophysiology: the disturbance of functions that a disease causes in an organ
Illness Narrative
The paper must adhere to the format given in the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Correct spelling and grammar are expected.
Please remember to use 12 point Times New Roman font.
The paper should be double spaced with 1” margins.
The expected length of the paper is 4 to 5 pages, excluding reference and title page.
Please include a title page with a RUNNNG HEAD: and page number.
All subsequent pages must have a header and page number.
Please use heading to organize your paper:
1. Introduction
2. Pathophysiology (in your own words)
3. Etiology
4. Pathogenesis
5. Morphologic changes
6. Clinical manifestations
7. Diagnosis
8. Clinical course
9. Summary–Compare and Contrast the individuals experience with the clinical descriptions
Reference page-includes a header and page #; minimum 2-3 references and only what you have cited in text of the paper.
In text citations
Multiple authors
Two authors
Cite both names every time
Life is good for students at UMB (DeMarco & Ryan, 2014).
Three, four, five authors
Cite all authors first time it is cited
Life is good for students at UMB (DeMarco, Ryan, Iannotti, Winfrey & Kulwicki , 2014)
Thereafter only first author et al. (DeMarco et al., 2014)
Six or more authors
Cite only first author et al., year for every citation
Life is good for students at UMB (DeMarco et al., 2014).
Reference page
……the basics
Center the title: References– at the top of the page
Double-space reference entries
Flush left the first line of the entry and indent subsequent lines (choose hanging indent on microsoft word)
Order entries alphabetically by the author’s last name

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