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NURS 3001 Availability 2 2022 Assignment 3 Student Instructions Task: Read the scenario below and answer the following questions Scenario You are a 3rd year student nurse on your 1st semester, final year placement on the Cardiac ward

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NURS 3001 Availability 2 2022

Assignment 3 Student Instructions Task:

Read the scenario below and answer the following questions

Scenario

You are a 3^rd year student nurse on your 1^st semester, final year placement on the Cardiac ward. It is now 1030 on your early shift and you are allocated 3 patients. One of your patients is Mr Turner who was admitted with an acute Anterior MI 3 days ago, for which he had a femoral angiogram, angioplasty and stent inserted to his Left Anterior descending artery on Day 1 of his admission. 

He has a PMH of AF, T2 DM, CVA and OA. His last set of observations at 1000 were RR 16, SpO2 98% on 2L via nasal specs, HR 75 and regular, BP 110/75 and temp 35.8, his groin site is soft and dry.  It is now 1030 on your early shift and Mr Turner has just rung his bell. When you enter his room, he tells you that he fell over coming back from the toilet. Mr Turner is now sitting on the edge of his bed and you notice that he has a slight abrasion on the right side of his forehead and appears quite SOB. On taking his observations post fall his vital signs are RR 24, SpO2 95% on Room air, HR 125 and irregular, BP 90/60 and temp 36. He is complaining of pain in his chest and Right arm, which he is holding and appears to be swollen (not previously swollen).

Using the template provided to you on FLO please address the following questions

1. List your nursing concerns for this patient. What are the actual nursing concerns? What are the potential nursing concerns?

 

2. Provide a brief reason (rationale) for each of these nursing concerns

 

3. List a minimum of 4 interventions that need to be instigated in order to provide safe and effective nursing care for this patient for the remainder of your shift

 

4. Provide a rationale/reason for each of these interventions. Demonstrate your understanding of the relationship between pathophysiology, pharmacology and evidence-based practice for this scenario in your rationale/reason. Your rationale/reason must be nursing focussed

 

Please remember to reference your work using APA 6^th or 7^th edition to support all statements, arguments and discussion throughout your paper

 

Word count: 2000 words +/- 10%  

Please note: This assignment does NOT follow essay format and can be short statements but must be constructed with the provided template (on FLO) and be supported with appropriate rationale/reasons and references.

Your referencing must follow the APA 6^th or 7^th edition format

Once completed your template (Found in the assignment 3 area on FLO) MUST be uploaded to the assignment 3 drop box on FLO