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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...

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...

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 appe...

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...

Scenario R.O. is a 12-year-old girl who lives with her family on a farm in a rural community. R.O. has four siblings who have recently been ill with stomach pains, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. They were seen by their primary care provider (PCP) and diagnosed with viral gastroenteritis. A week later, R.O. woke up at 0200 crying and telling her mother that her stomach “hurts really bad!” She had an elevated temperature of 37.9 ° C (100.2 ° F). R.O. began to vomit over the next few hours...

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...

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, Clin...

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...