As a student nurse practitioner working within a medical assessment ward‚ I deal with a wide variety of patients who present with both acute and chronic conditions. This case study will identify the pathophysiology; look at the manifestations and clinical features of a condition. It will also discuss the therapeutic interventions and in turn evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions applied. Kyna (a pseudonym) was a forty-nine year old lady who was admitted to the ward for further investigations
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Nursing 3400 Questions for Case Study 1 – Henry Williams Case Study 1. What are Henry’s strengths? Henry is independent and takes care of himself along with his wife. He is slowly losing his independence due to health related issues. He is alert and oriented x3. He had a stable job in his past. He is also making responsible plans for him and his wife’s future that will benefit them. 2. What are your concerns for this patient? One concern is the patient’s lack of knowledge about his health
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Chentsova-Dutton‚ Y. (2011). Towards a Cultural-Clinical Psychology. Social and Personality Psychology Compass‚ 5(12)‚ 960-975. Cultural psychology research requests a move past depiction to clarification of group variety. As far as concerns its‚ clinical psychology demands the significance of unique individuals‚ while likewise broadening the scope of human variety. Cultural–clinical psychology incorporates these methodologies‚ opening up new lines of request. Clinical psychology is concerned both with depicting
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normal and streptozotocin diabetic rats. Clinical trial in diabetes mellitus Agrawal‚ Rai and Singh (1996) in a randomized placebo-controlled‚ single blind trial studied the effects of dried leaf of O. sanctum in a dose 2.5 g daily on fasting and postprandial blood glucose and hyperlipidemic patients. Forty patients‚ (twenty taking oral hypoglycemic agents and twenty with newly diagnosed and not taking any antidiabetic medication) were screened for the study. They were directed to consume 2.5 g of
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helps with the thorough understanding of certain diseases‚ its aetiology and its impact on the patient’s day-to-day life (ANZPAC‚ 2012). The aim of all healthcare practitioners is to achieve best possible patient-centered results‚ make appropriate clinical decisions and problem-solve with the assistance of pathophysiological principles‚ such as the development and underlying mechanisms of the disease and associated
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Sam: A Case Study Sam is a ten year old boy diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). “A person with PDD-NOS is given the diagnosis because they have some but not all characteristics of autism or who has relatively mild symptoms” (Autism Speaks‚ 2013). PDD-NOS is a general category used to describe a pattern of behavioral differences (which may include deviations‚ excesses‚ or difficulties) in the areas of social relating‚ communication‚ and attention/interest
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A Case of Spinal Cord Injury by David F. Dean‚ Department of Biology‚ Spring Hill College Case Presentation Jason Hendrix is a -year-old senior at the University of Delaware‚ majoring in economics. While on spring break in Florida‚ Jason was involved in a onevehicle motorcycle accident. In the accident‚ Jason was thrown from his bike to the pavement‚ landing on his back. A police officer witnessed the accident and immediately called for medical assistance. Emergency personnel arrived within minutes
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seen in the Emergency Room on 9/16/08. His chief complaint was lower left quadrant pain‚ vomiting‚ and frequent urination.The patient also admits to constipation‚ nausea‚ and a fever of 102.2. He admits to a 25 pound weight gain over the last few months. The patient was evaluated and diagnosed with diverticulitis. During his 3-day hospital stay‚ he has recieved IVfluids‚ IV antibiotics‚ and morphine for pain. History Past Medical History: The patient has a remarkable medical history‚ a
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A Case Study on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Elmer P. Samoy‚ RN Case Summary History A case of a 68 y/o White male‚ who sought consult primarily for evaluation and management of severe dyspnea. The patient was apparently well until about 6 months prior to consult‚ when he began to experience dyspnea when walking more than 20 ft.‚ associated with chronic productive cough. No consult was done‚ no medications taken‚ and no weight loss reported. Three days prior to consult‚ the patient’s
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INTRODUCTION Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy‚ previously known as Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH)‚ are high blood pressure disorders of pregnancy. It has long been one of the major problems for mothers in pregnancy‚ along with infection and postpartum hemorrhage. PIH is classified as gestational hypertension‚ mild preeclampsia‚ severe preeclampsia and eclampsia‚ depending on how far development advances. A woman is said to be preeclamptic when her blood pressure increases and shows protein
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