My patient, Ms Carew was a 72 year old pensioner who lived with her daughter. She took two buses to get to the dental hospital each morning. She had her teeth extracted when she was in her 20s and used to have a new set of dentures made every second year until 1994. She had been wearing her dentures at night for as long as she had had them and because she didn’t have denture stomatitis, it was a bit difficult for me to explain the importance of leaving out her dentures at night. On extra-oral examination (muscle symptoms and joint sounds), there were no abnormalities detected except for a slight asymmetry in the lip region.
"Drugs! Not Jane, she would never take drugs. I’ve known Jane for four years. She’s an excellent nurse," Tom replied, "Besides Jane certainly doesn’t look like a drug user. She’s probably just tired from working the night shift or maybe she’s having some personal problems.
Mental health case study Miss Jane Doe is 59 years old single African American, She is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weight 162 lb. The patient did not display any physical limitations or communication barriers. She reported that she is pregnant and not allowed to take medications because she does not want to poison her unborn child. She is verbally aggressive and resistive to counseling. According to the patient, she should not be hospitalized because she is not crazy; she was mistakenly brought to this hospital instead of UMDNJ in Newark N.J.
); her body max index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) is 21. Through dieting and exercise, she lost 13.6 kg (30 lbs) and stopped menstruating four months ago; her current body-mass index is 16. She denies having any problems and is annoyed that her parents, friends, and teachers are concerned. (p. 1) The scenario presents a situation indicative of an Anorexia Nervosa disorder. Anorexia Nervosa can have very serious medical complications that will require medical interventions.
The organizational policies are the guidelines associated with national legislation implemented by local authorities or independent organizations and these will also be applied to the case study. This essay is about a 76 year old lady within a respite setting. From now on she will be referred to as Martha to protect her identity as per Data Protection Act (1998). Martha suffers from some short term memory loss and has spent 5 weeks in hospital following a fall, before being transferred to respite. She has made good progress and has been assessed as being independent in all activities of daily living.
The foetus was found not growing while the sarcoma kept growing in her seventh month pregnancy. She consulted and later rejected by doctors in private hospital for a caesarean birth. Unluckily, same rejction she experienced when admitted to government hospital. Natal She was led to the labour room on 25th April 2007 at 8am. She was informed of an induction to deliver her baby as the standard operation procedure.
Proper swaddling technique February 15, 2011 In the matter of a very short time, a newborn finds themself thrust from the comfort of a mother’s womb to a frightening foreign world. Swaddling is a technique that has been used for many years providing security and comfort while maintaining the newborn’s temperature within an appropriate range. On Tuesday February 15, 2011, I was assigned a patient who I will refer to as “C.M.” and while providing care for her during my clinical shift, I learned that she lacked knowledge relating to correct swaddling technique. C.M. is a 25 year old African American who previously earned a Bachelor’s in Business and currently employed by the corporate office of Gap.
Occupation: Widowed, Mother Advanced Directives: No Code, DNR Medical History Reason for Hospitalization: 89 year old female patient was originally admitted long term to M.P.T.F. for pneumonia and the following: Primary Diagnosis: 1. Continue treatment for Dementia 2. Continue treatment for Depressive Disorder 3. Continue aftercare for healing of traumatic hip fracture Health History Past and Current: The patient was admitted with pneumonia and remains on palliative care.
1.0 Patient’s Identification Name : Fatin Izzatul Race : Malay Age : 3 months Address : Klang Date of Birth : 28/8/2012 Date of Admission : 17/12/2012 Weight : 5kg Date of Clerking : 18/12/2012 Gender : Female Source of referral : Biological mother 2.0 Chief complaint My patient Fatin Izzatul was brought by her mom to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah due to rapid breathing about 2 days prior to admission and associated with fever, cough and runny nose for 4 days. 3.0 History of presenting illness My patient, Fatin Izzatul was previously well child until she was having cough, fever and flu for 4 days. Then the mother brought her to the private clinic and was given medication but the symptoms did not resolve. 2 days before the admission, the mother was noticed that her child was having rapid breathing. Due to that, she brought her to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah for further investigation.
Mack Ervin, Jr. Prof. Marcia McCormick Biopsychology Tues 7-10pm 11/30/11 Patient Assessment A 39 year old female patient presented in the doctor’s office with the following symptoms: Headaches, insomnia, rapid thoughts, dizziness, and a lack of motivation. The patient initially said her symptoms began approximately 2 months ago and have been fairly persistent. While she is in some discomfort, she does not appear to be in immediate danger: All of the patients’ vital signs were within normal range. In an attempt to make a preliminary diagnosis I began to ask questions about her condition. I wanted to address each of her symptoms and try to find causation.