Nursing case study assignment writers
The supplementary assessment (Supplementary Assessment A will take the form of a 1600 words case study, in the field of medical-surgical nursing, which discuss the provision of ethical, legal, evidence-based holistic, person-centred care including the establishment of realisticand relevant goals through the theoretical examination of a particular nursing specialty case study using the Clinical Reasoning Cycle (Levett-Jones, 2013).
Case Study Instructions:-
Utilise the Clinical Reasoning Cycle (Levett-Jones, 2013) (a clinical decision making framework) to plan and evaluate person-centred care:
- Considering the person's situation, collect, process and present related health information;
- Identify and prioritise at least 3 (3) nursing problems/issues based on the health assessment data that you have identified for the person at the centre of the care;
- Establish goals for priority of nursing care as related to the nursing problem/issues identified;
- Discuss the nursing care of the person, link it to assessment data and history;
- Evaluate your nursing care strategies to justify the nursing care provided;
- Reflect on the person's outcomes
Case Study Details - Melody King, 36, Peritonitis following ruptured appendix:
Ms. Melody King presented to the Emergency department with 2-3 days of severe Right Lower Quadrant abdominal pain, which required emergency laparoscopic surgery for removal of a ruptured appendix. She has a past medical history of asthma and depression, with her current prescribed and compliant medications list which includes Ventolin, Seretide, Sertaline.
Melody's observations were as follows:
- BP 95/45mmHg
- HR 120
- Temp 38.3° Celcius
- RR 22/min and shallow
- Sp02 95% on room air
She complained of increasing nausea and centralised abdominal pain 7-8 on a scale of 0 to 10. Physical assessment showed a distended abdomen and generalised abdominal guarding. To investigate her condition further, pathology results reveal a raised white blood cell (WBC) count and CRP. You are the RN caring for Melody post-operatively on the surgical ward.
References
Levett-Jones, T. (Ed.), (2013). Clinical reasoning: Learning to think like a nurse. Sydney, Australia: Pearson Education.
