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Applied Physiology for Adult Nursing NAD_5_009
Essay guidelines

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Description
The essay is a 2500-word critical evaluation of a case study. 2500 is the maximum word
count. Students must choose one of the following case studies, which are on Moodle: –
• Coronary heart disease (Jack)
• Asthma (Lydia)
• Stroke (Arthur)
• Diabetes mellitus (Daniella)
• Acute kidney injury (Dinesh)
Please note that the example case study, atrial fibrillation (Ben), must not be used for your
essay.
The aim of the essay is to develop the student’s ability to apply knowledge of physiology,
pathophysiology, and patient management to clinical practice.

Subheadings
The essay must include the following elements, which should be presented under
subheadings.
Introduction
• A brief introduction to your essay, identifying the case study that has been chosen and
the main themes of the work.
• A brief introduction to the chosen disease, explaining why it is an important topic for
evaluation – this this may relate to its prevalence, impact on the individual, cost to the
NHS or other factors.

Epidemiology and risk factors
• Briefly discuss the epidemiology of the chosen disease and relate this to the patient in
the case study.
• Discuss risk factors for the disease and evaluate to what extent these may have
influenced disease development in the case study individual.
Pathophysiology
• Define the disease and explain how it develops/occurs.
• Explain how this alters the normal function of the body, using clinical data from the case
study to illustrate your discussion.
• Discuss the impact of the disease on people, for example symptoms, quality of life,
disability, premature death. Evaluate to what degree these problems have affected the
person in the case study.

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Patient management
• Critically evaluate the care of the individual in the case study, with reference to published
literature, research and clinical guidelines
• Your evaluation should include an in-depth critique of two relevant issues. At least one of
these issues must relate to drug therapy.
Conclusion
• Briefly summarise the key points of your essay.
Reference list
• All sections of this work should be supported by good quality, up to date references.
• All of the references used in your essay should be listed in alphabetical order by author
surname, using Harvard style referencing.
• To learn more about referencing, or to check your style, click here to access Cite Them
Right, an online referencing tool recommended the university, or type
https://www.citethemrightonline.com/ into your browser.
• The reference list is not included in the word count for this essay, although the in-text
citations are.

Formatting
• Your work must be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Work submitted in other
formats will not be marked.
• You should use 1.5 line spacing, and “normal” margin settings (on Word, this is 2.54cm
to both sides, to the top, and to bottom).
• Font should be appropriate for academic work, for example Arial size 11 or Times New
Roman size 12.
• Text must be black.
• The footer of each page must show the page number and your student number.
• A cover sheet is not required.

Submission
The essay should be submitted electronically by the deadline indicated on Moodle. The
deadline and link for submission can be found in the Assessment and feedback section of
Moodle.
Essays will be accepted up to five working days late in accordance with the university’s Late
Submission and Extenuating Circumstances Notification Policy. Please note that a mark
reduction will be applied to late work unless extenuating circumstances or a DDS late
submission request have been approved on MyAccount. Please see MyAccount for more
details https://myaccount.lsbu.ac.uk/s/article/What-is-LSBU-s-policy-on-late-submissions.
If you cannot submit within five days of the deadline, there is a second and final opportunity
to submit work later in the academic year. See Moodle for details of the second submission

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deadline. Work submitted at second submission will be capped at the pass mark (40%)
unless extenuating circumstances (ECs) were approved in respect of the first submission
opportunity.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is copying from another student, or from an article, textbook, website or lecture
slide. It is not acceptable in academic work. Your essay must be written in your own words.
When using ideas from published literature, you should paraphrase (express the ideas in
your own way). Cutting and pasting from published work is plagiarism.
All submitted work is checked by Turnitin, which is an anti-plagiarism tool. Where plagiarism
is suspected, a referral for academic misconduct will be made. If academic misconduct is
proven, a mark reduction or zero grade may be imposed. Students can view their Turnitin
report prior to submitting their work for marking.

Marking and feedback
Assignments will be marked using the marking grid shown in the Assessment and feedback
section of Moodle. Results should be available approximately three weeks after the
submission deadline. The pass mark is 40%.
If you are unsuccessful, you can resubmit your work by the second submission deadline.
You should seek tutorial support before resubmitting your work as there is no third attempt.
Second submissions are capped at 40%, unless extenuating circumstances have been
approved.
If you have additional learning needs, for example dyslexia, you may be eligible for sensitive
marking. If you think you might be eligible, please contact the Disability and Dyslexia team
https://myaccount.lsbu.ac.uk/s/article/Who-are-the-DDS-Team-1622407588814.

Confidentiality
Please note that the names and demographic information used in all five case studies have
already been changed to ensure patient confidentiality. You do not need to change them
again for the purpose of this assignment.
If you discuss other people (including staff and patients) in your work, you must ensure that
their confidentiality is maintained.