Identification and Discussion of Family Issues

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Identification and Discussion of Family Issues

  • Identify two issues for the family, and using appropriate research, discuss what is known about each of these issues.
  • Provide a nursing goal to address each of the two issues you have identified.
  • Use at least five scholarly references from separate sources to support this part.

Demonstrate an understanding of the selected family assessment tool by appropriately using it to assess your selected family.

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The Nursing Assessment of a Family:

Select one of the family assessment tools you have explored in lectures and tutorials.

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the selected family assessment tool by appropriately using it to assess your selected family. You may include a diagram as an Appendix.
  • Identify the strengths of the assessment tool (tasks or actions that it does well) and the limitations of the assessment tool (its weaknesses, what it does not ‘capture’ or assess well) to justify your choice of the tool you are going to use. Note that these strengths and weakness are in general terms, and not in relation to your chosen scenario.
  • Use at least two scholarly references from separate sources to support this part.

What clinical manifestations are present in Ms. G and what recommendations would you make for continued treatment?

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The case scenario provided will be used to answer the discussion questions that follow.

Case Scenario

Ms. G., a 23-year-old diabetic, is admitted to the hospital with a cellulitis of her left lower leg. She has been applying heating pads to the leg for the last 48 hours, but the leg has become more painful and she has developed chilling.

Subjective Data
•Complains of pain and heaviness in her leg.
•States she cannot bear weight on her leg and has been in bed for 3 days.
•Lives alone and has not had anyone to help her with meals.

Objective Data
•Round, yellow-red, 2 cm diameter, 1 cm deep, open wound above medial malleolus with moderate amount of thick yellow drainage
•Left leg red from knee to ankle
•Calf measurement on left 3 in > than right
•Temperature: 38.9 degrees C
•Height: 160 cm; Weight: 83.7 kg

Laboratory Results
•WBC 18.3 x 10¹² / L; 80% neutrophils, 12% bands
•Wound culture: Staphylococcus aureus

Critical Thinking Questions
1.What clinical manifestations are present in Ms. G and what recommendations would you make for continued treatment? Provide rationale for your recommendations.
2.Identify the muscle groups likely to be affected by Ms. G’s condition by referring to “ARC: Anatomy Resource Center.”
3.What is the significance of the subjective and objective data provided with regard to follow-up diagnostic/laboratory testing, education, and future preventative care? Provide rationale for your answer.
4.What factors are present in this situation that could delay wound healing, and what precautions are required to prevent delayed wound healing? Explain.

Critically evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies utilised in maximising the person’s independence.

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Topic Question: Case Study of the patient that I have been looking after during my placement.The following are the diagnosis.Fournier Gangrene Scrotum,Carrier Of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococus,Diabetis Mellitus Type2,Ischemic Heart Diseases,Pulmonary Hypertension,Chronic Pain,Smoker.Allergies Atenolol,Below Knee Amputation.

Topic Description: Biographical Desription,of the client you have cared for.2.Outline the issues.3Critcally analyse how you plan to work with this client by evidence based practice and underpinning your decisions with relevant health and social care policies.4.Critically evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies utilised in maximising the person’s independence.Included will be evidence of effective communication skills partnership working. Demonstrate use of relevant evidence based literature in an unbiased manner ,accurate referencing Harvard referencing system.

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