Description
Case Study
Daniel is a 16 year old boy who is an identical twin. He and his brother Jeff are very close and do most things together. While Daniel excels at sports he believe his brother is much better at most everything. Daniel, his brother, and their two sisters live with their parents in the Midwest. Recently Daniel has been feeling more tired than usual. He thought it was because of his schedule and school work, which he is fairly good at. He gets mostly Bs, but his grades have been slipping of late. One day he fainted while getting ready for a game. His coach called his parents to let them know Daniel was taken to the Emergency Room. While there the doctor decided to admit Daniel to the hospital for observation. At the time he was running a slight fever, his breathing was shallow, and he was sweating. He was also very sleepy and his blood pressure was high. He did have some abnormal laboratory work, but his doctor was not too concerned at present. Daniel also stated that he felt achy.
You are assigned to take care of Daniel today and when you walk into his room, his mother and brother Jeff are there. Daniel appears to be sleeping. In your written assignment, respond to the following questions applying the nursing process:
Assessment: What type of objective and subjective data can you collect with what you know? How will you collect these data? What further evidence do you need?
Analysis and Identification of the Problem: What do you believe Daniel's problem(s) are? What might be the nursing diagnoses? Use the following for identification.
Planning: Identify two goals and one nursing intervention for each, based on your nursing diagnoses.
While you will not be able to implement or evaluate, how well do you think your nursing interventions might help with Daniel's care.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running Head: FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
Fundamentals of Nursing
Institution Affiliation
Date:
1
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
2
In a bid to help Daniel, as a nurse one will be required to identify his problem from
assessing the objective and subjective data. Also, it is imperative to identify the intervention
approaches to apply to assist Daniel to cope with his problem. Information provided concerning
Daniels health condition will be helpful in determining the nursing diagnoses, goals and
interventions.
Assessment
The objective and subjective data will be collected in different approaches. For instance,
the objective data is the information collected from observations and measurements done by the
nurse. On the other hand, subjective data will comprise information provided by the patient
(Koutoukidis, Stainton and Hughson, 2016). Starting with the objective data some of the
measurements to be taken include Danie...
Review
Review
24/7 Homework Help
Stuck on a homework question? Our verified tutors can answer all questions, from basic math to advanced rocket science!
Similar Content
Related Tags
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
The Remains Of The Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
Sounds Like Titanic
by Jessica Chiccehito Hindman
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes
Homo Deus
by Yuval Noah Harari
The Aftermath
by Rhidian Brook
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque