Case Study 109 Severe Hypoglycemia Difficulty: Intermediate Setting: Outpatient clinic Index Words: hypoglycemia, type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), crisis management Giddens Concepts: Clinical Judgment, Glucose Regulation, Patient Education, Safety HESI Concepts: Assessment, Clinical Judgment, Glucose Regulation, Nursing Interventions, Patient Education, Safety   T.R. is a 22-year-old college senior who lives in the dormitory. His friend finds him wandering aimlessly about the campus appearing pa...

T.R. is a 22-year-old college senior who lives in the dormitory. His friend finds him wandering aimlessly about the campus appearing pale and sweaty. He engages T.R. in conversation and walks him to the campus medical clinic, where you are on duty. The friend explains to you how he found T.R. and says T.R. is “diabetic” and takes insulin. T.R. is not wearing a medical warning tag. It is 1015. 1.What do you think is going on with T.R.? T.R. is disoriented, his decreased LOC could be do l...

Appendicitis difficulty: Advanced setting: Hospital index Words: appendicitis, assessment, developmental care, differential diagnosis, maintenance fluid calculations, discharge teaching, legal aspects, outcomes management, preoperative care, postoperative care giddens Concepts: Clinical Judgment, development, Inflammation, Pain, Tissue Integrity Hesi Concepts: Advocacy/ethical/Legal Issues, Assessment, Clinical decision Making—Clinical Judgment, developmental, Inflammatory, Pain, Tissu...

Case Study 109 Severe Hypoglycemia Difficulty: Intermediate Setting: Outpatient clinic Index Words: hypoglycemia, type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), crisis management Giddens Concepts: Clinical Judgment, Glucose Regulation, Patient Education, Safety HESI Concepts: Assessment, Clinical Judgment, Glucose Regulation, Nursing Interventions, Patient Education, Safety T.R. is a 22-year-old college senior who lives in the dormitory. His friend finds him wandering aimlessly about the campus appearing pale a...

Scenario T.R. is a 19-year-old college freshman who lives in the honors dormitory. His friend finds him wandering aimlessly about the campus appearing pale and sweaty. He engages T.R. in conversation and walks him to the campus medical clinic, where you are on duty. The friend explains to you how he found T.R. and says T.R. is “diabetic” and takes insulin. T.R. is not wearing a medical warning tag. It is 1020. 1. What do you think is going on with T.R.? T.R. is experiencing a hypoglyc...

Part 2 PediatriC, Maternity, and WoMen’s HealtH Cases CAse sTudy 124 Case Study 124 Appendicitis difficulty: Advanced setting: Hospital index Words: appendicitis, assessment, developmental care, differential diagnosis, maintenance fluid calculations, discharge teaching, legal aspects, outcomes...

Part 2 PediatriC, Maternity, and WoMen’s HealtH Cases CAse sTudy 124 Case Study 124 Appendicitis difficulty: Advanced setting: Hospital index Words: appendicitis, assessment, developmental care, differential diagnosis, maintenance fluid calculations, discharge teaching, legal aspects, outcomes...

Part 2 PediatriC, Maternity, and WoMen’s HealtH Cases CAse sTudy 124 Case Study 124 Appendicitis difficulty: Advanced setting: Hospital index Words: appendicitis, assessment, developmental care, differential diagnosis, maintenance fluid calculations, discharge teaching, legal aspects, outcomes management, preoperative care, postoperative care giddens Concepts: Clinical Judgment, development, Inflammation, Pain, Tissue Integrity Hesi Concepts: Advocacy/ethical/Legal Issues, Assessment, Clinical...

Part 2 PediatriC, Maternity, and WoMen’s HealtH Cases CAse sTudy 124 Case Study 124 Appendicitis difficulty: Advanced setting: Hospital index Words: appendicitis, assessment, developmental care, differential diagnosis, maintenance fluid calculations, discharge teaching, legal aspects, outcomes management, preoperative care, postoperative care giddens Concepts: Clinical Judgment, development, Inflammation, Pain, Tissue Integrity Hesi Concepts: Advocacy/ethical/Legal Issues, Assessment, Clinical...

Part 2 PediatriC, Maternity, and WoMen’s HealtH Cases CAse sTudy 124 Case Study 124 Appendicitis difficulty: Advanced setting: Hospital index Words: appendicitis, assessment, developmental care, d ifferential diagnosis, maintenance fluid calculations, discharge teaching, legal aspects, outcomes management, preoperative care, postoperative care giddens Concepts: Clinical Judgment, development, Inflammation, Pain, Tissue Integrity Hesi Concepts: Advocacy/ethical/Legal Issues, Assessment, Clinica...