Medical Case Study Answers

I believe when Mrs. Haskell speaks about her son, Lewis, it provides her the strength and the courage she needs to focus on her quest to improve communication skills and health care for other patients and families. The congenital defect that Lewis had was pectus excavatum and I would not consider this as a minimally invasive surgery. If his condition was severe enough, his heart and lungs were effected. This deformity cost a close friend of mine his life following an accident due to the effects on his heart and lungs.
The first dose of Toradol that Lewis received was in PACU and he received at 12 doses following his surgery (Acquaviva, K., Haskell, H. & Johnson, J., (2013). The physicians nor the nurses recognized that the dosage was inappropriate for his age and weight. After receiving his first dose of Toradol, he became nausea and …show more content…
I think most nurses would agree this episode was nothing more than post-operative nausea. However, the nurses should have question why he suffered nausea with each dose of Toradol. Beside the Toradol, Lewis was also receiving narcotics for pain and they both were ineffective (Acquavia, et al, 2013). However, prior to surgery when Lewis was catherized he was found to have no urinary output; therefore, he may have already had an unknown health problem (Acquavia, et al, 2013). There is always the possible of hemorrhaging following a surgery and Toradol can differently increase that possibility. Sadly, Lewis’s autopsy report revealed that his abdomen was filled with blood (Acquavia, et al, 2013). There is no excuse for a nurse or nurses not to report his deteriorating vital signs and condition. I do not like to have a doctor gripping at me; however, there are times one must be consistence with their concerns in regards to patient’s condition. In the facility that I work in, if there is a