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Hello Professor and Class!
For the open discussion this week, I decided to go over a few of the concepts from the Midterm study guide just to help myself study!
A Sample Answer For the Assignment: NR 508 Week 4 Discussion: Concomitant Diseases
Title: NR 508 Week 4 Discussion: Concomitant Diseases
Concomitant Diseases are defined as “occurring or existing at the same time as something else. In medicine, it may refer to a condition a person has or a medication a person is taking that is not being studied in the clinical trial he or she is taking part in” (National Cancer Institute, n.d.). This means that when a patient has heart disease, but also diabetes, and is in a study for diabetes treatment, the heart disease would be a concomitant disease.
SSRIs are known to have interactions with a few different herbal and homeopathetic treatments. The most important interaction is between SSRIs and St. Johns Wort. St. Johns Wort is a plant that is thought to help mild depression. However, “as a result of its ability to induce CYP3A4, 2E1, 2C9 and P-glycoproteins,” it is dangerous in conjunction with SSRIs (Bleakly, 2016). This can cause “transplant rejections, reducing the effectiveness of oral contraceptives causing unintended pregnancies, and studies demonstrate reduced levels and effectiveness of warfarin, digoxin, methadone and some benzodiazepines” (Bleakly, 2016).
It has been found that for pregnant patients with heart failure that diuretics are the best drug of choice. There is no evidence that diuretics harm the baby whatsoever and “the use of diuretics in circumstances where the mother becomes symptomatic on the basis of increased preload complicating left ventricular dysfunction justifies the use of diuretic therapy as first-line treatment” (Anthony & Silwa, 2016). Beta Blockers should only be taken if the life of the mother or child are at risk and ACE Inhibitors, Spironolactone, or Nitroglycerine should not be taken at all (Anthony & Silwa, 2016).
Good luck on the midterm, everyone!
References NR 508 Week 4 Discussion: Concomitant Diseases
Anthony, J., & Sliwa, K. (2016). Decompensated Heart Failure in Pregnancy. Cardiac Failure Review, 2(1), 20–26. http://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2015:24:2
NR 508 Week 4 Discussion: Concomitant Diseases Grading Rubric Guidelines
Performance Category
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Scholarliness
Demonstrates achievement of scholarly inquiry for professional and academic decisions.
Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions
Evaluates literature resources to develop a comprehensive analysis or synthesis.
Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion
Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry but does not clearly state how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
Evaluates information from source(s) to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis.
Uses some valid, relevant, reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion.
Discusses using scholarly inquiry but does not state how scholarly inquiry informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
Information is taken from source(s) with some interpretation/evaluation, but not enough to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis.
Little valid, relevant, or reliable outside sources are used to contribute to the threaded discussion.
Demonstrates little or no understanding of the topic.
Discusses using scholarly inquiry but does not state how scholarly inquiry informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
Information is taken from source(s) without any interpretation/evaluation.
The posting uses information that is not valid, relevant, or reliable
No evidence of the use of scholarly inquiry to inform or change professional or academic decisions.
Information is not valid, relevant, or reliable
Performance Category
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9
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Application of Course Knowledge –
Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations
Posts make direct reference to concepts discussed in the lesson or drawn from relevant outside sources;
Applies concepts to personal experience in the professional setting and or relevant application to real life.
Posts make direct reference to concepts discussed in the lesson or drawn from relevant outside sources.
Applies concepts to personal experience in their professional setting and or relevant application to real life
Interactions with classmates are relevant to the discussion topic but do not make direct reference to lesson content
Posts are generally on topic but do not build knowledge by incorporating concepts and principles from the lesson.
Does not attempt to apply lesson concepts to personal experience in their professional setting and or relevant application to real life
Does not demonstrate a solid understanding of the principles and concepts presented in the lesson
Posts do not adequately address the question posed either by the discussion prompt or the instructor’s launch post.
Posts are superficial and do not reflect an understanding of the lesson content
Does not attempt to apply lesson concepts to personal experience in their professional setting and or relevant application to real life
Posts are not related to the topics provided by the discussion prompt or by the instructor; attempts by the instructor to redirect the student are ignored
No discussion of lesson concepts to personal experience in the professional setting and or relevant application to real life
Performance Category
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4
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Interactive Dialogue
Replies to each graded thread topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week, and posts a minimum of two times in each graded thread, on separate days.
(5 points possible per graded thread)
Exceeds minimum post requirements
Replies to each graded thread topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week, and posts three or more times in each graded thread, over three separate days.
Replies to a post posed by faculty and to a peer
Summarizes what was learned from the lesson, readings, and other student posts for the week.
Replies to each graded thread topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week, and posts a minimum of two times in each graded thread, on separate days
Replies to a question posed by a peer
Summarizes what was learned from the lesson, readings, and other student posts for the week.
Meets expectations of 2 posts on 2 different days.
The main post is not made by the Wednesday deadline
Does not reply to a question posed by a peer or faculty
Has only one post for the week
Discussion posts contain few, if any, new ideas or applications; often are a rehashing or summary of other students’ comments
Does not post to the thread
No connections are made to the topic
Minus 1 Point
Minus 2 Point
Minus 3 Point
Minus 4 Point
Minus 5 Point
Grammar, Syntax, APA
Note: if there are only a few errors in these criteria, please note this for the student in as an area for improvement. If the student does not make the needed corrections in upcoming weeks, then points should be deducted.
Points deducted for improper grammar, syntax and APA style of writing.
The source of information is the APA Manual 6th Edition
2-3 errors in APA format.
Written responses have 2-3 grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Writing style is generally clear, focused, and facilitates communication.
4-5 errors in APA format.
Writing responses have 4-5 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
Writing style is somewhat focused.
6-7 errors in APA format.
Writing responses have 6-7 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
Writing style is slightly focused making discussion difficult to understand.
8-10 errors in APA format.
Writing responses have 8-10 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
Writing style is not focused, making discussion difficult to understand.
Post contains greater than 10 errors in APA format.
Written responses have more than 10 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
Writing style does not facilitate communication.
The student continues to make repeated mistakes in any of the above areas after written correction by the instructor
0 points lost
-5 points lost
Total Participation Requirements
per discussion thread
The student answers the threaded discussion question or topic on one day and posts a second response on another day.
The student does not meet the minimum requirement of two postings on two different days
Early Participation Requirement
per discussion thread
The student must provide a substantive answer to the graded discussion question(s) or topic(s), posted by the course instructor (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
The student does not meet the requirement of a substantive response to the stated question or topic by Wednesday at 11:59 pm MT.
