Focus assessment
Focus assessment
NUR-645E
Griselda Richard
June 18, 2014
Focus Assessment The purpose of this paper is to document a focused history, physical exam, nursing diagnoses, and nursing process of a case study about a 22-year-old woman that reports as chief complaint : feeling “sick with the flu” for the past 8 days. History of present illness : vomiting several times every day, having difficulty keeping liquids or food down, and has been using more than the recommended dose of antacids in an attempt to calm the nausea. She has become severely dehydrated. After fainting at home, she was taken to a local hospital (Grand Canyon University 2010). Medications: Prozac 20 mg by mouth daily. Multivitamins one tab daily. Tums 1000 mg tabs. 10 tabs in the past 24 hrs for nausea/heartburn.
Allergies: Drugs Penicillin. Others: seafood and latex. Review of Systems
GENERAL: patient presents with no elevated temperature. WNL HEENT: patient presents with no complains about her vision, denies sore throat and earache. No signs and symptoms of congestion are observed. NECK: patient denies pain or discomfort.
CARDIOVASCULAR: denies chest pain and palpitations.
PULMONARY: denies congestion or cough. No shortness of breath.
GASTROINTESTINAL: complain of slight abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting.
GENITOURINARY: Denies urinary frequency, urgency, hesitancy or dysuria and reports not urinating much in the past few days.
MUSCULOSKELETAL: Denies any muscle or joint paint and has no recent trauma.
DERMATOLOGIC: Skin is intact with poor skin turgor. No rashes or lesions are present.
ENDOCRINE: Recent
NUR-645E
Griselda Richard
June 18, 2014
Focus Assessment The purpose of this paper is to document a focused history, physical exam, nursing diagnoses, and nursing process of a case study about a 22-year-old woman that reports as chief complaint : feeling “sick with the flu” for the past 8 days. History of present illness : vomiting several times every day, having difficulty keeping liquids or food down, and has been using more than the recommended dose of antacids in an attempt to calm the nausea. She has become severely dehydrated. After fainting at home, she was taken to a local hospital (Grand Canyon University 2010). Medications: Prozac 20 mg by mouth daily. Multivitamins one tab daily. Tums 1000 mg tabs. 10 tabs in the past 24 hrs for nausea/heartburn.
Allergies: Drugs Penicillin. Others: seafood and latex. Review of Systems
GENERAL: patient presents with no elevated temperature. WNL HEENT: patient presents with no complains about her vision, denies sore throat and earache. No signs and symptoms of congestion are observed. NECK: patient denies pain or discomfort.
CARDIOVASCULAR: denies chest pain and palpitations.
PULMONARY: denies congestion or cough. No shortness of breath.
GASTROINTESTINAL: complain of slight abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting.
GENITOURINARY: Denies urinary frequency, urgency, hesitancy or dysuria and reports not urinating much in the past few days.
MUSCULOSKELETAL: Denies any muscle or joint paint and has no recent trauma.
DERMATOLOGIC: Skin is intact with poor skin turgor. No rashes or lesions are present.
ENDOCRINE: Recent
References: Grand Canyon University (2010). Retrieved from: NUR645E.v10RCaseStudy_student.doc Life nurses (2014) Nursing Assessment. Retrieved from: http://www.lifenurses.com/nursing-assessment/ Pearson (2012) Nursing Care plan: fluid and electrolytes imbalance. Retrieved from:http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_perrin_criticalcare_1/98/25167/6442904.cw/content/