NUR 401 CRITICAL CARE CASE STUDIES ALL TOGETHER (Sepsis, Head Trauma, Abdominal Trauma, Overdose, Spinal Cord, ARDS, CAD:CABG)

SEPSIS CASE STUDY- Betty Louise-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 noticed a pink tinge in her urine when she urinates. She denies dysuria but admits ...

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 l...

Overdose Case Study-You are on duty in the emergency department (ED) when a "code blue" is called. As the code nurse, you grab the crash cart and run to the code, which is in the employee lounge of the operating room. On the couch, you find a nurse, Z.H., unconscious, dusky, and barely breathing. ...

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. 1. Describe a plan for implementing these physician's orders...

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 ...

Case 13 Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CAD: CABG CASE STUDY)-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 myocar...