The unfolding case study of…
Patient’s Fictional Name
Include a phrase to remember or leave blank
N284 Nursing Foundations
Group Member First & Last Names
Nursing Foundations Topic Selected
Definition or Take away to remember: Definition (APA Format, 20XX_
Story of (insert Nursing Predicament)
Differing Viewpoints on Nursing Predicament
Healthcare Viewpoint
Medical Diagnosis: definition
Brief description, image, and/or diagram
Patient’s Viewpoint
SUBJECTIVE VERBALIZATION: “insert quotes from patient/family, etc.”
“We took her to the hospital, but the doctors gave her the wrong medicine.”
So our case begins…
Insert Patint name
EXAMPLE: Foua Yang, a 45 year old Hmong mother, arrives at the community hospital’s emergency department with her 10 year old daughter, Mia.
Foua speaks broken english and none of the staff who speak Hmong are currently on duty.
The nurse is able to determine that Lia has not eaten the last several days despite the mother’s efforts to help make “foods” for illness & not responsive to verbal commands.
After the doctor arrives to assess Mia, he orders an intravenous (IV) normal saline infusion of 100mL/hr for rehydration & metabolic panel & blood culture. Foua states aloud “wait, my husband Nao Lee is not here, he’s parking the car.”
SET UP THE FIRST CHOICE TO MAKE: You as the nurse know you need to grab the supplies to start an IV, but also know you need to consider the other competing priorities:
Vital Signs | Focused Physical Assessment |
Temp: 39.6 C (103.3 F) BP: 86/54 HR: 126 Resp: 30 & shallow | Objective or Subjective findings, refer to your physical assessment, what is most important to help ‘cue’ the audience to guide a decision to make |
CLICK HERE: STATE YOUR ACTION
CLICK HERE: STATE YOUR ACTION
NCLEX Question 1
NCLEX Question 2
References
Fadiman, A. (2000). “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down”: Epilepsy and the Hmong. Epilepsy & Behavior, 1(1), S3–S8. https://doi.org/10.1006/ebeh.2000.0037