Acute Kidney Injury: A Case Study

Introduction During this clinical I had an 85-year-old male, who was admitted with a diagnosis of acute kidney injury. The patient was a very nice individual, which I enjoyed my time with him. He would make a couple of jokes here and there; he would make me laugh. The patient had been there for seven days and was now being discharged. When the nurse told him that he was being discharged he got very excited as he didn’t know that he was finally being discharged. Knowing that he was going to be discharged, it was important to get him cleaned up and make him comfortable as waited for the time to come. I got the chance to meet his wife, she was a lovely lady. The wife was his caregiver and was happy to see him better in health.
Noticing
One of the most noticeable things about my patient was his impaired hearing. Without his hearing aids he could still hear but not as good as when he had his hearing aids on. His impaired hearing was noticeable as his TV was at a very high volume, which his wife had to ask him to lower it down. The patient was well aware of how to use his hearing aids and was able to place them in his ear without a problem. My patient’s weakness was very noticeable. During my assessment a noticed how his plantar flexion and dorsiflexion were …show more content…
With my father he was also having kidney problems. With my patient blood labs of creatinine and BUN, I remember how important those values were when monitoring kidney function. My father would always talk about those blood labs as important for his kidneys. In a situation that deals with the kidneys, the ability to urinate can become an issue. For my patient, it was important to monitor his output as well as in my father’s situation; monitoring output was a way to determine how well their kidneys were filtering out urine. It was interesting to learn more about acute kidney injury and compare it my father’s kidney disease that he