Case Study: Left Total Hip Replacement
WRITING TEST – OET (NURSES)
Mrs. Dorothy Smith is a 74 year old patient on the ward of a hospital in which you are Charge Nurse.
Patient Details:
MaritalStauts: Widower (4 years)
Admission Date: 3 January 2012 (Royal Brisbane Hospital)
Discharge Date: 7 January 2012
Diagnosis: Left Total Hip Replacement (THR) Ongoing high blood pressure
Social Back Ground: Lives at Fairbanks Nursing Home (FNH) (4 years)
No children
Employed as a secondary until retirement aged 80
Now aged – pensioner
Hobbies: Gardening, Reading, Sowing
Sister, June Smith (72), visits regularly; very supportive –takes her sister to lunch once a week
No signs of dementia observed
Medical Back Ground:
2008 - Osteoarthritis requiring total
Mrs. Dorothy Smith is a 74 year old patient on the ward of a hospital in which you are Charge Nurse.
Patient Details:
MaritalStauts: Widower (4 years)
Admission Date: 3 January 2012 (Royal Brisbane Hospital)
Discharge Date: 7 January 2012
Diagnosis: Left Total Hip Replacement (THR) Ongoing high blood pressure
Social Back Ground: Lives at Fairbanks Nursing Home (FNH) (4 years)
No children
Employed as a secondary until retirement aged 80
Now aged – pensioner
Hobbies: Gardening, Reading, Sowing
Sister, June Smith (72), visits regularly; very supportive –takes her sister to lunch once a week
No signs of dementia observed
Medical Back Ground:
2008 - Osteoarthritis requiring total