Essay GMED3009: Applies Bioscience for Critical Condition – Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

You are required to write your own case study on a patient who has acute kidney injury (AKI). You can draw from clinical practicum experience and/or read widely on the topic and develop your own case study.

The case study should include/In the description of the patient the following: You can use the below as headings for your case study.

Section 1. 

The purpose of this section is to provide the reader with a detailed overview of the patient. You will need to read broadly on the topic to accurately present the case study information.

1. Patient background (History prior to hospital admission) – What happened before hospital arrival.  
2. Reason for admission – Signs and symptoms – Initial vital signs
3. Past medical/surgical history – What might be applicable to AKI and why? 

Please note that most of the information in the patient background, the reason for admission and past medical/ surgical history sections will come from you. As such, only provide references where you want to justify or support your point.

4. Aetiology and brief pathophysiology – These should be consistent with the information provided in the reason for admission and past medical/surgical history sections.
5. Physical examination of the patient and expected findings based on the condition. 

• Only focus on areas that are related to AKI. Many medical-surgical books or journal articles will provide areas to focus on when conducting a physical examination of a patient with a diagnosis of AKI.
•  It is also important to include physical examination techniques (e.g. inspection, palpation, etc.) in your writing. 
• Diagnostic tests (e.g. blood test, chest x-ray, etc.) are not part of the physical examination.

Section 2. 

Students are then required to cover the following

1. Critique in detail 1 treatment for the diagnosis (Pharmacological or non-pharmacological), giving an evidence-based rationale for the treatment and highlighting any nursing care. 

• You will be required to clearly explain the mechanism of action, how the treatment impacts on outcomes of a patient with AKI and specific nursing care to be considered (the nursing care should be related to the critiqued treatment). 
• If you choose to critique a pharmacological treatment, it is important that your critique should be based on one specific medication rather than a class/group of medications. For example, it is better to critique ipratropium rather than anticholinergics. 

Your case study you must have:

• Cover and contents page
• References no more than 7 years old 
• Minimum of 8-10 references from journal articles and textbooks. The use of information and downloads from websites will not be accepted
• Correct spelling and grammar
• Strict APA style referencing
• Length: 1500 words +/- 10%
• Please make sure each section relates back to your case study when considering your answers.