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In order to submit a case study written work, student must carefully address a number of sections in a specific order with specific information contained in each. The guideline below outlines each of those sections.

*Topic for this case study: AIDs*

1. Introduction (patient and problem)

• Explain who the patient is (Age, gender, etc.)
• Explain what the problem is (What was he/she diagnosed with, or what happened?)
• Introduce your main argument (What should you as a nurse focus on or do?)

2. Pathophysiology

• Explain the disease (What are the symptoms? What causes it?)

3. History

• Explain what health problems the patient has (Has she/he been diagnosed with other diseases?)
• Detail any and all previous treatments (Has she/he had any prior surgeries or is he/she on medication?)

4. Nursing Physical Assessment

• List all the patient's health stats in sentences with specific numbers/levels (Blood pressure, bowel sounds, ambulation, etc.)

5. Related treatments

• Explain what treatments  the patient is receiving because of his/her disease

6. Nursing Diagnosis & Patient Goal

• Explain what your nursing diagnosis is (What is the main problem for this patient? What need to be addressed?)
• Explain what your goal is for helping the patient recover (What do you want to change for the patient?)

7. Nursing Interventions

• Explain how you will accomplish your nursing goals, and support this with citations (Reference the literature)

8. Evaluation

• Explain how effective the nursing intervention was (What happened after your nursing intervention? Did the patient get better?)

9. Recommendations

• Explain what the patient or nurse should do in the future to continue recovery/improvement