Assignment:
Create a concept map of a chosen condition, disease, or disorder with glucose regulation or metabolic balance considerations. Write a brief narrative (3 pages) that explains why the evidence cited in the concept map and narrative are valuable and relevant, as well as how specific interprofessional strategies will help to improve the outcomes presented in the concept map.
Use 3 to 5 sources
Preparation
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
The assessment will be based on the case of a specific patient with a specific condition, disease, or disorder. Think about an experience you have had treating a patient with a condition, disease, or disorder that interests you.
What is the primary condition, disease, or disorder affecting the patient?
• What types of experience have you had working with patients with this condition, disease, or disorder?
• How does this condition, disease, or disorder typically present?
• What are the recommended treatment options?
What, if any, characteristics of an individual patient should be kept in mind when determining a course of treatment.
How have you used concept maps to help plan and organize care?
o What are the advantages of concept maps, from your point of view?
o How could concept maps be more useful?
How can interprofessional communication and collaboration strategies assist in driving patient safety, efficiency, and quality outcomes with regard to specific clinical and biopsychosocial considerations?
o What interprofessional strategies do you recommend health care providers take in order to meet patient-centered safety and outcome goals?
Some example conditions, diseases and disorders that are relevant to metabolic balance and glucose regulation considerations are:
• Cancer.
• Diabetes (type 2).
• HIV/AIDS.
• Hyperthyroidism.
• Hypothyroidism.
• Metabolic syndrome.
• Obesity.
• Polycycstic ovary syndrome.
• Prediabetes.
• Pregnancy.
Instructions
Develop a concept map and a short narrative that supports and further explains how the concept map is constructed. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your evidence-based plan addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Concept Map scoring guide and the Guiding Questions: Concept Map document to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.
Part 1: Concept Map
• Develop an evidence-based concept map that illustrates a plan for achieving high-quality outcomes for a condition that has impaired glucose or metabolic imbalance as related aspects.
Concept Map Template [DOCX]. You may choose to use this template for completing this component of the assignment.
Part 2: Additional Evidence (Narrative)
• Justify the value and relevance of the evidence you used as the basis for your concept map.
• Analyze how interprofessional strategies applied to the concept map can lead to achievement of desired outcomes.
• Construct concept map and linkage to additional evidence in a way that facilitates understanding of key information and links.
• Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.