IHP 310 Module Two Case Study Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: This case study will help you practice analyzing a patient record. This case will focus specifically on cardiovascular and hematopoietic treatment.
Prompt: Consider the following scenario: At age 63, Ms. Breene lived a sedentary life as a clerk in a small insurance company. She would joke that, since her dog
died, her only exercise was walking back and forth to her car. She had talked with friends about joining the local health club, and it was on her to-do list, perhaps
when she retired in a couple of years.
Shortly before lunch one morning, someone at work found Ms. Breene at her desk in a confused and unresponsive state. A colleague drove her to the
emergency room, where elevated cardiac markers and EKG changes showed that Ms. Breene had suffered a myocardial infarction.
The ER doctor prescribed oxygen by mask, anticoagulants, a thrombolytic, analgesics, and a bronchodilator.
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%
