Neurology Case Study

*Please use USA english,
Please use nursing or medical terminology.
*Please use at least 5 sources.
*Please use current scholarly references.
* Do not use information greater than 5 years old when making treatment decisions(per instructor).

Neurology Case Study
Getting Started
As in the previous workshop, the individual case study is meant to tie your didactic knowledge of pharmacology to clinical application.  You will again be asked to identify all the patient problems and create a SOAP note for each.  Your written assignment will be submitted according the instructions below and will be graded according to the rubric below.
Upon successful completion of the course material, you will be able to:
•    Apply the pharmacology of neurology medications to a patient scenario.
•    Identify patient problems, and corresponding subjective/objective information.
•    Create a pharmaceutical care plan for a given patient.
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Resources
•    Textbook: Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physicians Assistants.
•    Lexi-Comp (available via Up-to-Date) or other suitable drug/disease reference.
•    Suggested treatment guidelines/recommendations for this workshop
•    Neurology Case
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Instructions
1.    Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2.    Provide a SOAP evaluation for the Neurology Case. Follow the procedures discussed in Workshop One and using the questions that follow as a guide.
3.    When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor by the end of day seven of this workshop.

*Below is an information from Workshop One. This will help in completing this order.
Background Information
This activity is broken down into three separate parts:  identifying problems, supporting problems with subjective/objective (S/O) information, and planning a course of care (A/P).  Your post should include all three elements to receive full credit.
Writing a Case Study: Part One—Identifying Problems
In analyzing your patients that are presented in this class, we will use the problem-oriented approach.  The first step is to create a problem list.  Problems may be a patient concern, a healthcare professional’s concern, or both.  Not all problems are diagnoses. Also, not all items listed in the past medical history need to be addressed as current problems.  Problems may be symptoms, abnormal laboratory results, compliance issues, and so on. The problem list may include only one problem, or it may include ten or more. Every patient is different. Each student should try to identify Two unique problems with patient in the case study provided.  Although some problems will likely be duplicated, please try to cover all problems.
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Instructions
Navigate to the Writing a Case Study threaded discussion below and make an initial posting by the end of day five of this workshop.  If there are no other problems to identify, select a problem that is already completed, but try to identify an alternate therapy.  For this assignment, grading will focus on your ability to include all the necessary information as opposed to selecting the “best” therapeutic option.  For case studies in future workshops, more emphasis will be placed on appropriate medication selection.