Catholic Patient Case Study

The catholic patient is 87 years old. The patient is diagnosed with dementia, muscle weakness, cardiac dysrhythmia, anxiety, and lack of coordination. She is ordinated and alert but sometimes has episodes of confusion. The patient can ambulate but uses a walker for assistance. Patient experiences pain from past back accident and because of muscle weakness, occasionally. Patient’s plan of care includes maintaining health and daily activities. Due to her being incontinent, she developed a stage one ulcer on her sacral area. Lab reports also show she had a urinary tract infection (UTI). Current solutions to this problem includes keeping the area dry and educating the patient.

Client Data
Client Information Female patient was born on April 16, 1928. Patient is a Catholic American, whose primary language is
A blood pressure result of the right arm was 110/ 70 and the oxygen saturation in the blood resulted in 95. She has a height of 67 inches and weight of 160.
Health Practices The patient does not drink caffeine or alcohol, smoke, or use drugs. She does wear glasses and according to her chart, the podiatrist comes once a month. The patient is ambulatory but uses a walker for assistance. Patient is attentive but has episodes of confusion.
Past Medical History According to the patient’s medical records, she was diagnosed with hyperlipidemia, vascular dementia with behavioral disturbances, anxiety, hypertension, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, allergic rhinitis, asthma, gastro- esophageal reflux disease without esophagitis, dysuria, and transient cerebral ischemic attack. Patient states she was involved in a car accident, as a teen, and “broke all [her] front teeth.” Patient denied when asked about past surgeries or any form of