Cardiovascular

MSN 572 Week 8 Diagnostics Assignment

Scenario: Cardiovascular: body system
54-year-old man with S/S: shortness of breath, chest pain and fever.

You can use CHF or Heart failure for shortness of breath
Ischemic heart disease or myocarditis for chest pain
Endocarditis for fever

Diagnostics Assignment (lab and radiology)

Each group will be assigned a body system and the signs/symptoms presenting with that system. From this, each group member of the group will formulate at least one different, primary care differential diagnosis with lab and radiology (as applies) workup and plan for that differential. For the lab and radiology that you include, you will need to provide interpretation, to include what the high/low values are as well as common indications that occur with highs/lows. Your differential and diagnostic workup and treatment must be supported by peer-reviewed, recent references and resources pointing to best practices. There must be a minimum of three references per differential. All of this should be laid out in APA style and presented in a format of your choosing.

Each member will outline or narrate their work-up for their differential. The workup should include the appropriate lab work or other diagnostics with rationale and interpretation, and a treatment plan (including any medications, education, follow-up plan) with supporting references. The group must submit all workups in one document. If a student drops from the course midterm, the remaining group members must still present a minimum of three differentials for the case.

Note: Please see the rubric in the course for weighting of each section. Rubric is on top of the
sample that I attached.

Group Identifies 3
Appropriate
Differentials
25%
Differentials are
appropriate to
presenting
symptoms, each
group member has
identified a
differential, and
differentials are
medical diagnoses.
25 points
Differentials are
appropriate for entrylevel providers and
all group members
have unique
differentials, but
differentials may not
be medical
diagnoses
20 points
All group members
have unique
differentials, but
differentials are not
applicable, or
relevant, or are not
medical diagnoses.
16 points
Not all group
members have
unique differentials
or differentials
chosen are not
medical
diagnoses/do not
relate to symptoms
10 points
Each Differential
Includes a
complete and
applicable lab and
radiology workup,
as appropriate 30%
Workup is specific to
the chosen
differential and does
not include
unnecessary testing.
Student considers
insurance coverage
or costs.
30 points
Workup is specific to
chosen differential,
but may include too
many or not enough
labs/testing.
May or may not
consider insurance
or costs.
25 points
Workup is only
generally applicable
to differential, and
does not narrow
objective findings.
No mention of
insurance or cost.
20 points
Workup is not
appropriate to the
differential. This
would be
labs/radiology that
would not provide
needed information
towards final
diagnosis.
No mention of
insurance or cost