ISSUES AND TRENDS IN HEALTH & NURSING MANAGEMENT
The case study
Patient A was admitted to ward 9F for abdominal pain. He was a healthy 45-year-old male with no medical history. As part of the hospital’s admission process, a fall risk assessment had been carried out and he was at a very low risk for fall. In fact, he had a steady gait and was fully aware. On one of my morning shifts, he experienced a sudden fall in the toilet after coming back from the imaging department for an abdomen ultrasound and was found out by another patient. Everyone was in shock as it was just out of the blue. Vital signs, electrocardiogram and blood glucose level were immediately taken. Transient ischemic attack was ruled out as evedence by he is still alert by talking to the staff nurse. He said that he is not good in fasting and he is very hunger as follow doctor’s order NBM before Abdominal ultrasound. Suddenly, He felt dizzy and can not keep balance and gait. All results were normal except the clinical signs of hypotension. Fortunately, he went on with no sustained injury. The staff nurse (SN) in charge informed the ward sister, filled up the incident report, reassessed fall risk for the patient.
Theoretical Analysis/Application
– Discuss how you would have handled the situation using management models/theory/process/strategies on your selected management concept.
– Literature references from journal articles and books need to be clearly specified and supported/applied appropriately.
– The evidence from the scholarly literature will assist you to formulate rationale and support your theoretical analysis/ application in handling your clinical situation.
– Discuss your thoughts and opinions of the clinical situation.