Assignment Task: Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Choose a clinical condition from the list below that is applicable to your practice area or clinical interests. Assess the linked clinical practice guideline (CPG) related to prescribing medications for clients with that condition and respond to the following questions.
List of Conditions:
- Hypertension.
- Atrial Fibrillation.
- Chronic Coronary Disease.
- Pain: Non-opioids.
- Pain: Opioids.
- Osteoarthritis.
- Rheumatoid Arthritis.
- Gout.
- Type 2 Diabetes.
- Hyperthyroidism.
- Hypothyroidism.
- Asthma.
- COPD.
- Tuberculosis.
- Influenza.
- COVID.
- GERD.
- PUD.
- Constipation.
- Infectious Diarrhea.
I. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
1. Briefly summarize the condition you selected and your rationale for selecting it.
2. Describe the prescribing recommendations from the CPG and how these could impact pediatric, pregnant, and older adult populations considering pharmacokinetic principles.
3. Discuss how you could apply the clinical guidelines to your future practice.
4. In considering the summary from this article, review the strengths and weaknesses of the CPG you selected and discuss how the graded evidence may influence your practice as a clinician.
II. Collaboration Café
Criteria: This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Application of Knowledge
Required Criteria:
Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail:
1. Briefly summarize the condition you selected and your rationale for selecting it.
2. Describe the prescribing recommendations from the CPG.
3. Discuss how you could apply the clinical guidelines to your future practice.
4. In considering the summary from this article, review the strengths and weaknesses of the CPG you selected and discuss how the graded evidence may influence your practice as a clinician.