NRS410 Week 1 | Nursing in Health Care - Grand canyon university

GC NRS410 Week 1 Discussion Latest 2017 May 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