Applied Bioscience for Critical Conditions GMED3009
Write your own case study on a patient who has sepsis. Draw from clinical practicum experience and/or read widely on the topic and develop your own case study.
The case study should include/In the description of the patient the following: You can use the below as headings for your case study.
Section 1.
The purpose of this section is to provide the reader with a detailed overview of the patient. You will need to read broadly on the topic to accurately present the case study information.
1. Patient background (History prior to hospital admission) – What happened before hospital arrival.
2. Reason for admission – Signs and symptoms – Initial vital signs
3. Past medical/surgical history – What might be applicable to sepsis and why?
Note that most of the information in the patient background, reason for admission and past medical/ surgical history sections will come from you. As such, only provide references where you want to justify or support your point.
4. Aetiology and brief pathophysiology – These should be consistent with the information provided in the reason for admission and past medical/surgical history sections.
5. Physical examination of the patient and expected findings based on the condition.
Only focus on areas that are related to sepsis. Many medical-surgical books or journal articles will provide areas to focus on when conducting a physical examination of a patient with a diagnosis of sepsis.
It is also important to include physical examination techniques (e.g. inspection, palpation, etc.) in your writing.
Diagnostic tests (e.g. blood test, chest x-ray, etc.) are not part of the physical examination.
Section 2.
Students are then required to cover the following
1.Critique in detail 1 treatment for the diagnosis (Pharmacological or non-pharmacological), giving an evidence-based rationale for the treatment and highlighting any nursing care.
Clearly explain the mechanism of action, how the treatment impacts on outcomes of a patient with sepsis and specific nursing care to be considered (the nursing care should be related to the critiqued treatment).
If you choose to critique a pharmacological treatment, it is important that your critique should be based on one specific medication rather than a class/group of medications.
