Assignment:
Immune Disorder Paper
Identify a person you know who has/had an immune system disorder or cancer. Review content in your text for potential types of disorders. Interview the affected person and write a 3 to 5 page APA-style paper. Please use the APA guide, template below, and/or the writing center to help you write your paper, especially if you are unfamiliar with APA format. In your paper, please discuss the following:
• Identify the pathophysiology (including etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations) of the immune system disorder
• Discuss the treatment for the immune system disorder
• Compare the patient's experience with textbook clinical presentation
• Summarize the findings of the interview (Questions included below)
• Do not copy the interview word-for-word. It should be summarized.
Identify a person you know who has an immune system disorder or cancer. Review content in your text for potential types of disorders.
Interview the affected person and write a 3 to 5 page paper identifying your findings including:
• Identify the pathophysiology of the immune system disorder
• Discuss the treatment for the immune system disorder
• Summarize the findings of the interview.
• Use at least one scholarly source to support your findings or identify therapies that may be new or different from what the affected person may be using. Examples of scholarly sources include academic journals, textbooks, reference texts, and CINAHL nursing guides. You can find useful reference materials for this assignment in the School of Nursing guide: reference books-Third Edition Pathophysiology A Practical Approach by Lache Story.
• Cite your sources in-text and on a References page using APA format.
Questions you may want to use to guide your interview:
1. How would you describe your immune system disorder?
2. How long have you had this disorder?
3. How has this disorder changed your life (home and work)?
4. Are you able to carry out daily activities independently?
5. What treatments are you using to manage this disorder?
6. What side effects have you experienced with the treatments?
7. How has this disorder changed your body?
8. How has this disorder impacted you emotionally?
9. Have alternative therapies, such as Eastern medicine (acupuncture, herbal treatment, yoga) been tried or recommended?
Have alternative therapies, such as Eastern medicine (acupuncture, herbal treatment, yoga) been tried or recommended?