Hypertension & Lipid Treatment Protocol

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:
   1. Clinical Practice Guidelines
      • DyslipidemiaLinks to an external site.
      • 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.
   2. Course Textbook

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:
   1. Clinical Practice Guidelines
      • DyslipidemiaLinks to an external site.
      • 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.
   2. Course Textbook