Case Study C – Identifying Patterns of Illness and Wellness

Using the provided case study, identify ALL of the patient’s illness patterns and health promotion patterns. Health promotion patterns are those behaviors the patient is doing that can lead to a healthier lifestyle. Illness patterns include those behaviors the patient is doing that may lead to an unhealthy lifestyle. Develop at least three NANDA nursing diagnosis, one of which is psycho-social in nature. Prioritize the problems and develop appropriate nursing interventions with rationales. Finally, provide expected outcomes.
You will find the grading rubric for this assignment when you click on the “Identifying Patterns of Illness and Wellness” link above or opening the “Assignment Rubric” folder!

Superior Good Limited Severly Limited
Develops an in-depth, thoughtful paper that identifies appropriate patterns of illness and health promotion patterns and presents a coherent, organized analysis of these patterns
Points:
25 (25.00%)
Able to develop an in-depth paper that identifies the patient’s patterns of illness AND health promotion patterns. Provides a coherent and organized analysis of BOTH the patterns of illness and health promotion patterns.
Points:
20 (20.00%)
Able to develop a paper that identifies the patient’s patterns of illness AND health promotion patterns. Provides an analysis of BOTH the patterns of illness and health promotion patterns, but some areas are weak or contained limited information.
Points:
10 (10.00%)
Develops a paper that identifies the patient’s patterns of illness AND health promotion patterns. Provides an analysis of BOTH the patterns of illness and health promotion patterns, but very superficially.
Points:
5 (5.00%)
Little or no ability to address the criteria for this assignment
Demonstrates understanding of and develops three appropriate nursing diagnoses, presents them in priority order incorporating interventions, rationales and goals utilizing collected data
Points:
35 (35.00%)
Demonstrates superior understanding of patterns of illness and health promotion patterns through accurate and appropriate nursing diagnoses that are prioritized, with interventions, rationales and goals. Identifies more than three appropriate nursing diagnoses.
Points:
30 (30.00%)
Demonstrates adequate understanding of patterns of illness and health promotion patterns through accurate and appropriate nursing diagnoses that are prioritized, with interventions, rationales and goals. Identifies three appropriate nursing diagnoses
Points:
25 (25.00%)
Demonstrates some understanding of patterns of illness and health promotion patterns, nursing diagnoses are not appropriately prioritized and interventions, rationales and goals are incomplete. Identifies two appropriate nursing diagnoses.
Points:
10 (10.00%)
Demonstrates little or no understanding of illness patterns and health promotion.
Incorporates at least three health promotion references other than course text.
Points:
20 (20.00%)
Able to integrate references smoothly into the paper and identifies and cites referenced material consistently. Utilizes more than three health promotion references.
Points:
15 (15.00%)
Able to select relevant references and utilize them appropriately and identify and cites referenced material consistently although perhaps awkwardly at times. Utilizes three health promotion references.
Points:
10 (10.00%)
Limited ability to identify and utilize references or uses them inconsistently or incorrectly. Utilizes two health promotion references.
Points:
5 (5.00%)
Little or no ability to utilize outside resources or to make distinctions between the resource and own ideas. No references are cited. Utilizes less than two health promotion references
Writes in clear college level prose. Utilizes APA formatting appropriately.
Points:
20 (20.00%)
Able to achieve enhanced clarity through elaboration, detail, vocabulary use, sentence complexity and variety. Correct spelling and grammar used. APA formatting is utilized appropriately.
Points:
15 (15.00%)
Able to write clearly throughout the paper: sentences may contain occasional errors, the errors rarely impede comprehension. APA formatting is utilized appropriately with some minor errors.
Points:
10 (10.00%)
Able to be clear and intelligible at times, but several sentences are not clear and comprehension is impeded. APA formatting is utilized with major errors.
Points:
5 (5.00%)
Little or no ability to write sentences without basic errors that severely impede comprehension. APA formatting is not used.
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