Layout of assignment: 1. Comprehensively discuss pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of briefly DKA, and then cerebral oedema 2. Provide a description of critical care treatment in paediatrics...

Layout of assignment:


1.    Comprehensively discuss pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of briefly DKA, and then cerebral oedema
2.    Provide a description of critical care treatment in paediatrics and supportive strategies used to mange a patient with this condition
3.    From these select one or two treatment strategies to explore in more depth:
4.    You are required to draw upon current literature and evidence to provide a discussion on your chosen treatments.

5.    Include in your paper:
o    A description, rationale and evidence to support the treatment strategy
o    Goals and complications of the treatment
o    Considerations and implications for nursing practice


Essential Criteria
•    Demonstrates a detailed understanding of disease pathophysiology
•    Relates pathophysiology to clinical manifestations and patient pathology
•    Explains appropriate, general and specific treatments and supportive strategies as indicated for the disease process
•    Provides a comprehensive discussion on the chosen treatment strategy/s including goals and complications of the treatment and considerations for nursing practice
•    Knowledge of critical care treatment and supportive strategies used and impact on the patient are demonstrated
•    Demonstrate understanding of the therapeutic goals of the selected therapies on the clinical condition and provides appropriate rationales. This discussion should include
o    Reason for the intervention
o    Timing of intervention
o    Evaluation of intervention
o    Nursing responsibilities

•    Chooses current relevant articles with appropriate critique of literatures to support discussion
•    Draws logical conclusions based on the current literature and makes comparisons between papers where applicable
•    Appropriate citation and utilization of literature
•    Information is written clearly and concisely, There is logical flow of ideas, appropriate sentence and paragraph construction evident
•    Appropriate referencing system (APA) concisely used in text and reference list