NUR 401 (NUR401)

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 level of consciousness declined while in transport to the hospital. Upon arrival to the emergency department he was already intubated orally with a # 8.0 endotracheal tube at 22 cm depth at the teeth, had bilateral 18 gauge IVs in his fore...

Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a stretcher, and take J.R. to a treatmen...

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.

Head Trauma Case Study-J.R-Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a stretcher, and ta...

NUR 401 Case 13 Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CAD: CABG CASE STUDY) Scenario Your patient, 58-year-old K.Z., has a significant cardiac history. He has long-standing coron ary artery disease (CAD) with occasional episodes of heart failure (HF). One year ago, he had an anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI). In addition, he has chronic anemia, hypertension, chronic renal insufficiency, and a recently diagnosed 4-cm suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Because of hi...

NUR 401 Case Study: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)/NUR 401 Case Study: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)/NUR 401 Case Study: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Scenario: R ocky 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 pre-hospital personnel and air lifted to a Level I Trauma Center. I...

NUR 401 Spinal Cord Injury Case Study/NUR 401 Spinal Cord Injury Case Study/NUR 401 Spinal Cord Injury Case Study/NUR 401 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 Show Less

NUR 401 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 level of consciousness declined while in transport to the hospital. Upon arrival to the emergency department he was already intubated orally with a # 8.0 endotracheal tube at 22 cm depth at the...

NUR 401 Head Trauma Case Study-J.R Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a stretcher...

Case Study 13 Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Difficulty: Advanced Setting: Hospital Index Words: coronary artery disease (CAD), heart failure (HF), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), cardiac catheterization, hemodynamic monitoring, laboratory values, medications, assessment Giddens Concepts: Clinical Judgment, Coping, Gas Exchange, Patient Education, Perfusion HESI Concepts: Assessment, Clinical Decision Making—Clinical Judgment, Gas Exchange, Patient Educat...