Approaches to Disease Management

Question

Approaches to Disease Management

A 2-month-old is identified during newborn screening with sickle cell anemia.

• How would you manage this patient at 2 months, 2 years, 6 years, and at 13 years old?

• What are the issues for each stage in development?

• Where would you refer this child?

• How would you coordinate the care of this child?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least at least 3 academic sources no older than 5 years (2017-2022).

• Grading Rubric 

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• Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.

Discussion Rubric

Criteria Ratings Points

Identification of Main Issues, Problems, and Concepts Distinguished - 5 points

Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues, problems, and concepts. Excellent - 4 points

Identifies and demonstrate an accomplished understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. Fair - 2 points

Identifies and demonstrate an acceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. Poor - 1 point

Identifies and demonstrate an unacceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. 5 points

Use of Citations, Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines Distinguished - 3 points

Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Exceptional use of citations and extended referencing. High level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors. Excellent - 2 points

Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. Moderate level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors. Fair - 1 point

Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail. Poor - 0 points

Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. An unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention. 3 points