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NUR 401 Overdose Case Study/NUR 401 Overdose Case Study/NUR 401 Overdose Case Study

NUR 401 SEPSIS CASE STUDY- Betty Louise History of the present problem: Betty Louise is an 82- year old female who has been feeling more fatigued for the last couple days and has had a fever for the last 24 hours. She reports feeling full more often and has notices a pink tinge in her urine when she urinates. She denies dysuria but admits to an increase in urinary frequency for over a week. Her daughter brought Mrs. Betty Louise to the emergency department (ED) when her mom did not know what ...

NUR 401 Case 13 Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CAD: CABG CASE STUDY) Scenario Your patient, 58-year-old K.Z., has a significant cardiac history. He has long-standing coronary artery disease (CAD) with occasional episodes of heart failure (HF). One year ago, he had an anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI). In addition, he has chronic anemia, hypertension, chronic renal insufficiency, and a recently diagnosed 4-cm suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Because of his...

NUR 401 Case Study: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)/NUR 401 Case Study: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)/NUR 401 Case Study: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Scenario: Rocky is a 56 y.o. aeronautical scientist who was involved in a motor vehicle crash (MVC). He was the driver of a vehicle that was hit head-on, pinning him behind the steering wheel. The airbag deployed. He was intubated on scene by pre-hospital personnel and air lifted to a Level I Trauma Center. In...

NUR 401 Spinal Cord Injury Case Study/NUR 401 Spinal Cord Injury Case Study/NUR 401 Spinal Cord Injury Case Study/NUR 401 Spinal Cord Injury Case Study Scenario: T.W. is a 22-year-old man who fell 50 feet from a chairlift while skiing and landed on hard-packed snow. He is now at the emergency department (ED) with a suspected T5-T6 fracture with paraplegia

NUR 401 Abdominal Trauma Case Study- MR. Lancaster Mr. Lancaster is a 35-year-old client who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Lancaster was wearing a seat belt and driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the car and hit an abutment. He was initially awake at the scene, but his level of consciousness declined while in transport to the hospital. Upon arrival to the emergency department he was already intubated orally with a # 8.0 endotracheal tube at 22 cm depth at ...

NUR 401 Head Trauma Case Study-J.R Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a stretche...

PEDS FINAL QUESTIONS CHAPTER 1: 2. Which is the leading cause of death in infants younger than 1 year in the United States? a. Congenital anomalies b. Sudden infant death syndrome c. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight d. Maternal complications specific to the perinatal period Congenital anomalies account for 20.1% of deaths in infants younger than 1 year compared with sudden infant death syndrome, which accounts for 8.2%; disorders related to short gestation and unspecifi...