Rubric 4
Unit 4 Assignment
Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
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Explain issues surrounding life and death.
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Define advance directives available to patients.
● Apply legal principles of advance directives.
Course outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
HS101-2: Discuss federal and state health care regulations.
Instructions:
Your Assignments in this course will take you through "A Day in the Life" of a healthcare professional. You will be given the opportunity to apply the concepts that you have learned throughout the course to a variety of situations that a healthcare professional might face.
In addition to the grading standards found in the Syllabus, projects will also be graded on accuracy and application of course materials. Each answer should be at least 1 paragraph in length, including supporting facts from the textbook and references.
Directions:
Read the case study. Respond to the questions that correspond to the scenario and upload to the appropriate Dropbox.
Each question should be answered in complete sentences, using correct sentence structure.
Responses should be free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.
Case Study:
During a scheduled appointment a patient is given the unfortunate diagnosis of colon cancer.
The physician has asked you, the Medical Office Manager, to send his records to the referring oncologist. When you ask the patient to sign the appropriate release of information forms, the patient informs you that he does not believe in modern cancer treatments and will not be going to the oncologist’s office. The patient gives you a copy of his living will stating his wishes for end of life and says “if this is it, this is the way I want it. Please put this in my file...”
Questions to answer:
1. There are four types of advanced directives listed in your text. Please list and describe three of them.
2. Define curative and palliative care. Which type of care does the patient in this case study indicate that he would prefer?
3.
Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
●
Explain issues surrounding life and death.
●
Define advance directives available to patients.
● Apply legal principles of advance directives.
Course outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
HS101-2: Discuss federal and state health care regulations.
Instructions:
Your Assignments in this course will take you through "A Day in the Life" of a healthcare professional. You will be given the opportunity to apply the concepts that you have learned throughout the course to a variety of situations that a healthcare professional might face.
In addition to the grading standards found in the Syllabus, projects will also be graded on accuracy and application of course materials. Each answer should be at least 1 paragraph in length, including supporting facts from the textbook and references.
Directions:
Read the case study. Respond to the questions that correspond to the scenario and upload to the appropriate Dropbox.
Each question should be answered in complete sentences, using correct sentence structure.
Responses should be free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.
Case Study:
During a scheduled appointment a patient is given the unfortunate diagnosis of colon cancer.
The physician has asked you, the Medical Office Manager, to send his records to the referring oncologist. When you ask the patient to sign the appropriate release of information forms, the patient informs you that he does not believe in modern cancer treatments and will not be going to the oncologist’s office. The patient gives you a copy of his living will stating his wishes for end of life and says “if this is it, this is the way I want it. Please put this in my file...”
Questions to answer:
1. There are four types of advanced directives listed in your text. Please list and describe three of them.
2. Define curative and palliative care. Which type of care does the patient in this case study indicate that he would prefer?
3.