IHP 310 Module Six Case Study Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: This case study will help you practice analyzing a patient record, which will assist you in preparing for the final project. This case will focus specifically
on musculoskeletal and integumentary drug treatment.
Prompt: Consider the following scenario: Ms. Craft, age 59, was brought by ambulance to the emergency room because she thought she was dying. She had
difficulty breathing, was dizzy if she attempted to sit up, and felt a sense of impending doom. Ms. Craft assumed that she was having a heart attack, and so did
the admitting emergency room personnel.
But the case was more complicated. Physical examination showed Ms. Craft to have weakness, malaise, warm skin, and hypotension. Ms. Craft said she felt
nauseous. A blood glucose value was really high. Cardiac markers did not show that she was having a heart attack, nor did an EKG. When her history was taken,
Ms. Craft said she had not seen a doctor in several years and was unaware that she had diabetes.
Her respirations were deep and rapid—Kussmaul respirations.
In this case, the ER physician diagnosed decompensated diabetes mellitus with metabolic acidosis. These were the medications prescribed:
• Oxygen by mask
• Hypertonic IV fluids
• Insulin orally
• Hydrochloric acid solution via IV
In a short paper, the following critical elements must be addressed:
• Identify the incorrect medication/drug classification/treatment and explain why it is incorrect.
• What drug classification would you use instead? Why?
• Provide an example of a generic medication from each drug classification. How would each of the medications/treatments in the scenario act on the
patient's body?
Support your answer with relevant resources.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your answers to the questions can be in short-answer or bullet-point form when appropriate. Use 12-point Times New Roman font,
one-inch margins, and APA format for any citations.
Critical Elements
Exemplary (100%)
Proficient (85%)
Needs Improvement (55%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Incorrect Medication/Drug
Classification/Treatment
Meets “Proficient” and
provides exceptional detail and
correctly utilizes course-
related vocabulary in the
identification and explanation
of the incorrect
medication/drug
classification/treatment and
why it is incorrect
Identifies the incorrect
medication/drug
classification/treatment and
explains why it is incorrect
Identifies the incorrect
medication/drug
classification/treatment and
explains why it is incorrect, but
lacks detail or clarity
Does not identify the
incorrect medication/drug
classification/treatment and
explain why it is incorrect
30
Drug Classification Meets “Proficient” and
correctly applies course-
related vocabulary in the
explanation of what drug
classification would be used
instead
Explains what drug
classification would be used
instead
Explains what drug classification
would be used instead, but lacks
detail or clarity
Does not explain what drug
classification would be used
instead
30
Generic Medication Meets “Proficient” and
correctly applies course-
related vocabulary in providing
an example of a generic
medication from each drug
classification described in the
scenario and explains briefly
what the action of the drug is
in the body
Provides an example of a
generic medication from each
drug classification described in
the scenario and explains
briefly how each of the
medications/treatments in the
scenario would act on the
patient's body
Provides an example of a generic
medication from each drug
classification described in the
scenario and explains briefly how
each of the
medications/treatments in the
scenario would act on the patient's
body, but lacks detail or clarity
Does not provide an example
of a generic medication from
each drug classification
described in the scenario and
explain briefly how each of
the medications/treatments
in the scenario would act on
the patient's body
30
Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented
in a professional and easy-to-
read format
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 prevent
understanding of ideas
10
Total
100%
