Beginning
a. Who is the patient: Trenton Detroit (likes to be called “Jersey”)
b. Background history of social, physical, spiritual, psychosocial: Gender: Male Age: 69 Race: Caucasian (born and raised in Anderson IN) Trump supporter Height (in): 69 Weight (kg): 74 (His wife’s cooking is really good he just wish he was hungrier but since being Dx with COPD he doesn’t eat as much anymore although Caroline’s chicken pot pie is to die for. Caroline loves to cook and the Detroit family often has members from their congregation over for dinner. Religion: Baptist- Prayer is very important for this pt. Goes to church at Anderson Baptist in Anderson IN. His pastor has been in several times before and after surgery …show more content…
Care We expect the learners to take good care of the patient. Even if the patient is difficult or if his wife makes an appearance and is difficult we want them to handle it well and treat the pt with respect. We want to make sure the nurses are giving good education to the patient. We want the learners to teach the importance of exercise, of not smoking and not being in an environment that is damaging to the lungs to further digress the disease.
3. Communication We want the learners to practice closed loop communication. We want the lead nurse to take charge and delegate appropriately. We want the nurses to speak appropriately to the doctor, operator, and lab. We want them to practice proper phone etiquette. We would also like them to communicate professionally and appropriately to family members or the pastor.
4. Critical Thinking…. We want the learners to think critically using their knowledge of PE’s to know what they should and should not do. We want them to recognize that a PE is a medical emergency and should be reported immediately. We want them to think about the tests that have been run (CXR and Lab work and understand what that means. )
. Time line Specifically, what happens to