Indwelling Patient Case Paper

Mr. A is a 50 years old man who was evacuated from community in North Territory. He is indigenous and diagnosed with a post seizures, who was also suspicious for an ear infection and temperature was 38.4 in clinic. Post CT head showed mastitis no actual hemorrhage in brain awaiting for Brain MRI, past history was sizure, wemick encethpathcy and alchloc abuse. Patient was in Rapu for two days. In the first day of hospitalization, nurse stated Mr. A attended to push nurse during the care. Patient was altered but no verbal response to staffs and not follow nurse's instruction, and vital sight was stable. Mr A was NBM with IV fluids admission moreover IDC was inserted due to flight transfer and he was on cardiac monitor for pvc. The recent …show more content…
This will assist health profession to diagnosis on patients and trailer a individual treatment plan for patients. Other issues could learn from this case it if patient had access to interpreter services at early stage of admission and able to communicate with health professions in early stage of treatment than patient's health outcome could be much better. In this case patient's indwelling Cather could remove early because it function for transfer reason not related to patient's physical problems and patient may be able to has oral intake earlier and ceased IV fluid replacement because there was not swallow issues also patient 's hearing impair was due to ear wax not ear infection. All these could make patient to has more positive experiences with health services than negative one therefore encourage them to seek assisted in health services in the …show more content…
It can empower patient to make decisions with their treatment. In this case Mr. A refused verbal communication initial and sometimes he behavior valanc to staffs therefore health professional staff had to applied chemical restraint on him. After two days in the ward he appeared more clam had eye contact with staff and body language has no signs of agitated and restless however still no verbal communication and it make some of nurse staffs score patient's low GSC. It is common English is second language for indigenous at home. Maybe patient did not feel comfortable to speak in group of people during medical round. It is important for health professions to use plain English and short sentences with gentle voice to communicate with patients and allow time and space for patients to reply. Gender sensitivity is also important factor in Ingious culture patient who may prefer male staff to care for him since he get indwelling Cather institute. This could make him embrassent and felt disrespect if a young female staff ask to check his private