This guide is for NURS 519 Week 5 Case Study 2, start to submission. The second 3 to 5-page case study, due the week Golden's book on grief is read.
NURS 519 is Strategies for End of Life Care, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS519; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 519 Strategies for End of Life Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 5 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | 3 to 5 pages, not including the title and reference pages |
| Sources | Assigned readings and peer-reviewed resources, cited and referenced in current APA |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 519 Week 5 Case Study 2 asks for
Case Study 2 follows the same rules as the first: answer the questions on the provided case in 3 to 5 pages (title and reference pages excluded), supported by assigned readings, peer-reviewed resources and experience, cited in current APA. It is due in Module/Week 5, when Golden's Swallowed by a Snake and Matzo and Sherman chapter 10 are assigned, and is worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 519
In the published schedule, Case Study 2 is one of 10 graded written assignments in NURS 519. It follows Week 4 Case Study 1 and comes before Week 6 Research Article.
How NURS 519 Week 5 Case Study 2 is graded
Liberty grades Case Study 2 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in NURS 519 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 519 Week 5 method, step by step
Read the case for facts, not impressions
List the facts of the case first. Analysis that rests on a misread detail is the most common way case answers lose points.
Name the central problem
Decide what the core problem is and say it plainly. The rest of the analysis should be organized around it.
Apply the course framework
Bring the course material to the case: the framework, theory or principle the week covers, applied explicitly to the facts you listed.
Weigh the options
Compare alternatives before recommending one. Each option needs its advantage and its risk stated in the terms of the case.
Recommend and justify
Make a clear recommendation supported by sources (Assigned readings and peer-reviewed resources, cited and referenced in current APA), with the first steps of implementation.
Answer every question asked
If the case comes with questions, answer each one under its own heading, in order, within 3 to 5 pages, not including the title and reference pages.
A structure for NURS 519 Week 5 Case Study 2
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,100 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Case summary | The facts that matter, briefly. | ~160 words |
| Problem | The central issue, stated plainly. | ~140 words |
| Analysis | The course framework applied to the facts. | ~400 words |
| Options | Two or three alternatives with benefits and costs. | ~210 words |
| Recommendation | The chosen action, justified, with first steps. | ~190 words |
A topic angle that works
With the grief reading in the same week, connect your answers to how people grieve: Golden's distinction between more active and more reflective ways of grieving can explain why family members in a case respond so differently.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
The husband's return to work two days after the funeral should not be read as denial.1 Golden describes many men grieving through action, building, fixing or working, rather than through talk, and treating that style as a problem can push a grieving person away.2 The nurse's bereavement call would do better to ask what he has been doing in his wife's memory than to ask how he is feeling.3
- Challenges an easy assumption.
- Uses the week's book to explain behavior.
- Turns the insight into a specific nursing action.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 519 Week 5
- Ignoring the Week 5 reading.
- Repeating the structure of Case Study 1 without new analysis.
- Missing references.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 3 to 5 pages, not including the title and reference pages
- Sources: Assigned readings and peer-reviewed resources, cited and referenced in current APA
- Every case question answered under its own heading
- A clear recommendation with its justification
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is NURS 519 Case Study 2 due?
In Module/Week 5 in the published guide.
How many points is NURS 519 Week 5 Case Study 2 worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 519, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 519 Week 5 the same in every section of NURS 519?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 519. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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