Assignment task:
1. Pick one critical illness that you will likely see in the acute care setting.
2. Provide a brief overview of the pathophysiology of this condition.
3. Discuss common signs and symptoms and consider unique presentation of this condition.
4. Discuss how this condition is ultimately diagnosed.
5. Discuss how the patient will be managed in the emergency department (Consider initial lab tests, medications, imaging, etc).
6. Discuss criteria for considering admission to the intensive care unit.
7. Discuss management strategies for intensive monitoring of this condition.
8. Discuss discharge planning for this scenario and consider when the patient is stable enough to step down from the critical care unit and then discharged home, to a skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation or other outpatient center.
Should include a minimum of three peer-reviewed references from scholarly articles no more than 5 years old. This does not include your textbook or websites.
Should also include one national guideline.