Assignment task: Write a 4-5 page paper describing use of a specific screening tool.
Discuss what diagnosis you are using the tool for, how to score the tool and support use of the tool with evidence and rationale. Next develop a treatment plan for the patient based on your findings in the diagnostic test and interpretation.
Sections should include:
- Introduction to diagnostic tool
- Discussion of Tool: why it is used, how, and for what diagnosis
- Discussion of Interpretation of Scoring for the Tool
- Treatment Plan for patients with positive results from the tool, include, non-pharmacological and pharmacological approaches, patient education, additional testing required, and follow-up as needed.
- Conclusion
Your writing Assignment should:
- follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
- be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
- be a minimum of 4 pages in length, not including cover or reference page;
- display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and;
- use APA formatting and citation style.