When the fetal heart rate decreased (Bradycardia), fetal distress was noted, and an emergency caesarean was initiated. To her sadness, the baby was found bluish in skin colour when born in her 35th week gestation in labour with a low birth weight of only 1.4kilogramms. Some abnormality was also found in the baby’s leg. The doctor warned of 50% chance of survival and presence of special child characteristics. Postnatal The born baby was put in the incubator for 2 months.
Terri was found in full cardiac arrest and taken to Humana Northside Hospital. Unfortunately, the then twenty-six year old Terri had suffered irreversible damage due to prolonged lack of oxygen to the brain. Terri is left in a persistent vegetative state and has a feeding tube and requires total care (Schindler v Schiavo, 2005). The next three years consist of her husband, Michael, and her parents Robert and Mary Schindler working together to take care of Terri. During this time Michael was appointed as Terri’s legal guardian without objection from her parents.
Fact 1 Obstructed labour occurs in 5% of live births and accounts for 8% of all maternal deaths. It is one of the four major causes of maternal mortality and morbidity. Fact 2 Obstetric fistula is a hole in the birth canal caused by obstructed labour. It is estimated that more than 2 million young women live with untreated obstetric fistula in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Fact 3 Each year, between 50 000 to 100 000 women worldwide develop obstetric fistula.
3. Identify nursing interventions related to patients primary and secondary diagnosis. Client Information and Data Date of Assessment: 4/23/15 Patient Initials: A.B. Room Number: 158 Age: 89 Gender: Female Date of Admission: 6/10/2013 Food Allergies: NKFA Medication Allergies: Penicillin, Sulfas, Codeine Height: 65” Weight: 81 lbs. Occupation: Widowed, Mother Advanced Directives: No Code, DNR Medical History Reason for Hospitalization: 89 year old female patient was originally admitted long term to M.P.T.F.
Mr. Young will return to the clinic in 1 month. Current Drug Therapy None Data Obtained From Nursing Assessment (follow-up visit) Complains of continued fatigue Reports cough has resolved Physical examination is unchanged Lab Data Viral load: 300,000 CD4 T-cell count: 399 cells/mm3 Current Drug Therapy None Plan Saquinavir, 600 mg tid Didanosine, 200 mg bid Zidovudine, 300 mg bid CONSIDER THE CORE DRUG KNOWLEDGE FOR EACH OF THESE DRUGS Why is Mr. Young being prescribed this combination of drugs? Mr. Young
(Klugman, 2006). Shortly thereafter, doctors performed a series of tests and determined that Mrs. Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) ((ABCNews, 2005, p.1). According to the American Academy of Neurology (1994) PVS is a clinical condition of complete unawareness of self and the environment. A CT scan taken 6 years after the diagnosis found that Mrs. Schiavo’s brain had largely been replaced by cerebrospinal fluid and confirmed that her condition of untreatable (Klugman, 2006). Over the next fifteen years, Terri Schiavo’s husband Michael Schiavo and her parents Bob and Mary Schindler continued to fight over the right to take or keep in the feeding tube that was keeping her alive.
This will let her mother track her progress as she grows. The midwife will carry out a heel prick blood test on Chloe before she is one week old. In this test, a tiny amount of blood is taken from her heel and tested for: an enzyme deficiency (phenylketonuria) a thyroid deficiency sickle cell disorders cystic
In February 2006, Emily Jerry, a two-year old child was at a Cleveland hospital to complete her last series of chemotherapy treatment. Her doctor ordered intravenous chemotherapy solution that was filled incorrectly by a pharmacy technician. The prescription called for 1% saline; however, a lethal amount of 23% saline was given instead, causing her to slip into a coma resulting in death. Eric Cropp, who was the supervising pharmacist signed off on the technician’s work despite her informing him that the mixture did not look right; nonetheless, he approved it. The pharmacy was so busy that day and short staffed, which led to a preventable fatal error that changed Eric’s whole life in a matter of seconds.
The reason that the fetus depends entirely on the mother for obtaining oxygen and eliminating carbon dioxide is that the fetal lungs are either collapsed or partially filled with amniotic fluid. The production of surfactant begins by the end of the sixth month of development. Because the respiratory system is fairly well developed at least two months before birth, premature babies delivered at seven months are able to breathe and cry. After delivery, the baby’s supply of oxygen from the mother ceases, and any amniotic fluid in the fetal lungs is absorbed. Because carbon dioxide is no longer being removed, it builds up in the blood.
In 2006, approximately 212, 920 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in the United States (Women’s Health Resource, 2011). The case scenario below will discuss ethical and legal issues regarding a female patient with breast cancer, which refuses treatment for breast cancer. Additionally, the scenario will cover the following four ethical principles: respect for persons/autonomy, justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence that relates to the case scenario (Bishop, 2003). A 25-year-old female patient made an appointment with her primary care physician because she discovered a lump on her breast. She went to her appointment with her primary care physician the following day.