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NUR 315 Milestone One: Selection of Case Guidelines and Rubric For Milestone One of the final project, you will choose a well-known individual from history or current popular literature who has a known physiological—as opposed to psychiatric or psychological—disease or illness of interest for instructor approval. You will introduce your chosen individual, describe the pathophysiology for your selected disease or illness, and explain the clinical manifestations. Prompt: Identify your selected case describing how the normal physiology is changed by the disease state. In addition, define pathophysiology, the clinical manifestations (i.e., signs and symptoms), and how each of these can be explained by alteration in physiology. Finally, a discussion of the extent to which the clinical manifestations affect multiple body systems for the case should be included in this first milestone for the final project in this course. Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and any sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Introduction of

Individual Introduces the reader to the individual and his or her background, including time and location

Introduces the reader to the individual, but does not explain his or her background

Does not clearly introduce or identify the chosen individual or chooses an inappropriate individual for the focus of the final project

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Identification of Pathophysiology

Accurately identifies the pathophysiology afflicting the individual and explains how it changes the normal physiology

Identifies the pathophysiology and briefly explains how it changes the normal physiology, but with gaps in knowledge

Does not identify the pathophysiology or misidentifies the pathophysiology

35

Explanation of Clinical

Manifestations

Accurately identifies and explains the clinical manifestations of the pathophysiology

Identifies and explains the clinical manifestations, but with gaps in knowledge

Does not identify or explain or incorrectly identifies clinical manifestations

35

Articulation of Response

(APA/Mechanics)

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that obstruct understanding

10

Total 100%