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Assignment: Decision Tree for Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders

For your Assignment, your Instructor will assign you one of the decision tree interactive media pieces provided in the Resources. As you assess the patient case studies in this module’s Resources, consider how you might assess and treat patients presenting symptoms of neurological and musculoskeletal disorders.

To Prepare

• Review      the interactive media piece assigned by your Instructor. 

http://cdn-media.waldenu.edu/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6521/05/mm/decision_trees/week_07/index.html

Reflect      on the patient’s symptoms and aspects of the disorder presented in the      interactive media piece.

• Consider      how you might assess and treat patients presenting with the symptoms of      the patient case study you were assigned.
• You      will be asked to make three decisions concerning the diagnosis and      treatment for this patient. Reflect on potential co-morbid physical as      well as patient factors that might impact the patient’s diagnosis and      treatment.

Assignment

Write a 1- to 2-page summary that addresses the following:

• Briefly      summarize the patient case study you were assigned, including each of the      three decisions you took for the patient presented.
• Based      on the decisions you recommended for the patient case study, explain      whether you believe the decisions provided were supported by the      evidence-based literature. Be specific and provide examples. Be sure to      support your response with evidence and references from outside resources.
• What      were you hoping to achieve with the decisions you recommended for the      patient case study you were assigned? Support your response with evidence      and references from outside resources.
• Explain      any difference between what you expected to achieve with each of the      decisions and the results of the decision in the exercise. Describe      whether they were different. Be specific and provide examples.