NRP571 Week 1 | Nursing in Health Care - University of Phoenix
3. Are there any potential consequences of not treating this? If so, what?
Case Study 2 A 24-year-old female runner just returned three days ago from traveling in Guatemala. She is finishing medication for a UTI. She was running and felt a pop in her right calf but was able to continue her run and iced her leg when she got home. This morning, she woke up with ecchymosis, slight swelling to the upper right ankle, and slight pain with some positions like squatting and climbing stairs. PMHx: None Medications: Ciprofloxin 250 mg TID x 3 days, Chloroquine SH: Single, non-smoker, denies alcohol or drug use VS: T: 98.6 BP 154/90 HR 78 R 14 o2 sats 99% Pain scale 6/10 Gen: Well developed female in pain. Lungs CTA with no wheezes, rales, or rhonchi, Heart S1 S1 audibly heard with no murmurs or extra heart sounds. Right posterior ankle with purple ecchymosis, mild edema, and decreased ROM due to pain. Tenderness noted at the Achilles tendon insertion site. Slight positive Thompson's test and knee flexion sign appears negative.