Assignment – Hypertension & Lipid Treatment Protocol
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a standardized protocol for the treatment of hypertension and dyslipidemia that is applicable to the nurse practitioner role. This will allow you to explore protocol development and establish an evidence-based treatment plan for these common diagnoses. This assignment supports the professional formation of the FNP, AGACNP, and PMHNP practice roles.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents for hypertension and dyslipidemia.
CO2: Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients with hypertension and dyslipidemia.
CO3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing treatment for these conditions.
CO4: Distinguish internal and external factors affecting drug action, efficacy, and interactions for hypertension and lipid medications.
CO5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic response, adverse effects, and side effects for hypertension and lipid drug therapy.
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing the assignment template:
Complete the outline template sections highlighted in yellow where it states “click to enter text here”.
Provide references for your protocol at the end from the following sources: A. Clinical Practice Guidelines I. Dyslipidemia Guidelines II. Hypertension Guidelines
B. Course Textbook
The assignment template with sections to complete is provided. Be sure to follow proper APA citation format for your references.
Rubric
Detailed grading criteria for this assignment will be provided in the rubric.
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Hypertension & Lipid Treatment Protocol
Assignment
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a standardized procedure or protocol that is applicable to the nurse practitioner role. This assignment will allow for discovery into protocol development as well as establishing a standardized treatment plan for a given diagnosis according to current evidence. This assignment supports the professional formation of the FNP, AGACNP, AGACNP, and PMHNP practice role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
• CO1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes.
• CO2: Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes.
• CO3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment.
• CO4: Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction.
• CO5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy.
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
1. Complete the outline templateLinks to an external site. provided for the sections highlighted in yellow and the “click to enter text here” is indicated.
2. Provide references for your protocol at the bottom of the form where indicated. References should come from the following sources:
A. Clinical Practice Guidelines
I. DyslipidemiaLinks to an external site.
II. HTNLinks to an external site. You can click on “Figures/Tables” on the right-hand side of the screen to take you to the algorithm/decision tree to get directly to the information you are looking for to work through the assignment to see how hypertension is treated according to this guideline.
B. Course Textbook
Rubric
Week 3: Hypertension and Lipid Protocol
