Summary Of Clinical Observation

Description of the Activity: Mrs. K was an 82 year old admitted to the hospital for sepsis. She had a medical history of HTN, MI, COPD, and dementia. I took care of her Thursday to Sunday. Mrs. K was a DNR. Mr. K, was her husband, and had stayed by Mrs. K’s side and slept by her bed in a chair every night. The first two days I was with Mrs. K she was hooked to IV antibiotics, fluids, and TPN. She was somewhat responsive but only she had to take the couple of oral medications she had ordered and when we would try to feed her some of her meals. The third day when Lucy and I went to check the orders for Mrs. K we realized that her TPN and her IV antibiotics were discontinued. When we went into the room, Mr. K said he spoke to the doctor about taking Mrs. K off of some of her IV medications because she was able to take her pills if they were crushed in apple sauce. When Lucy and I gave Mrs. K her oral antibiotics at 17:00 she was not able to finish them because she was too tired to eat the amount of apple sauce they were mixed in, even though it was only 3 bites. She told us she was done and could not eat anymore.
On the fourth day Mrs. K slept for about 10 out of the 12 hours Lucy and I were on shift. Although, Mrs. K did wake up for us to administer her oral medications in which she took
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Analysis of Observations and Comparison with the