Monek Case Study
Monek Case Study
Monek Case Study
CHAPTER I-ASSESSMENT
A. Nursing Health History
1. Identifying Data and Source of History
Psychosocial and Cultural History
Name of Patient: Mrs. DJ
Date Admitted: January 23, 2024
Age: 41
Birthdate: March 25, 1982
Marital Status: Single
Sex: Female
Occupation: NA
Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Country of Origin: Philippines
Place of Residence: Sitio Bucana, Iwahig (POB), Puerto Princesa City
Primary Language: Tagalog
Date and Time of History: November 25, 2024
Source of History: Chart Reading, Interviewing Patient and SO
Reliability: Primary and Secondary Source
2. Reason for seeking health care/ or the Chief complaint(s)
- Body weakness, Vomiting, and Weight loss
Health Perception and Patient was not always prioritized her health before, according to
Management Pattern patient health is very important to maintain because being healthy
is one of the good things to achieved, but at her younger age she
was careless in her lifestyle. Now in her current condition she
taking all of her prescribed medications.
Nutritional Metabolic Patient have not good appetite, but she eats three times a day and
Patterns she love eating vegetables and fruits sometimes, she consumes less
than 8 glasses a day. During his hospitalization she is not able to eat
frequent meals a day due to decreased of his appetite because
sometimes she doesn’t feel like eating.
Elimination Pattern Patient urinates more than 3 times a day in yellowish color without
having discomfort, and she defecates 1 or 2 times a day, her stool is
soft to firm in texture without having any discomfort.
Activity and Exercise Patient loves doing exercise/stretching every morning when she
Pattern wakes up. But in her current condition she is not often doing
exercise because of the pain she felt.
Cognition and Patient has no sensory impairment, she is able to hear, see people
Perception Pattern and make a conversation to significant others and the medical staff.
Sleep-Rest Pattern Patient was having good enough of sleep and rest in the day and
night prior to her condition, but now she feels irritable to the pain
that cause her having insufficient sleep and rest specially in the day.
Self-Perception and Patient has no sensory deficiencies, she can hear, see, talk nicely,
Self-Concept Pattern and oriented to the people, time and place.
Roles and Relationship Patient is single, she has part time job on their church to support her
Pattern needs and her parents. He speaks Filipino and understand English
slightly.
Sexuality and Patient said she is not active when it comes to sex.
Reproduction Pattern
Coping and Stress Patient said when it comes to handling stress, she always prays, she
Tolerance Pattern also eats her favorite food such as macaroni salad, and more
spending time with the family and communicate with them and
make a solution together to solve it.
Values and Belief Patient was mentioned she is Roman Catholic and her source of
Pattern strength is God aside from her family. She realized the importance
of having a close relationship to God is important specially with her
current situation. Before she did not communicate well to God and
attend mass irregularly.
B. Physical Examination
General Health Patient is a well-developed, and have light skin it looks
(Appearance and yellowish in color. swelling via feet and ankles, dry, itchy skin,
Mental Status) trouble sleeping, urinating either too much or too little.
SKIN Patient is warm to touch, and have light skin it looks yellowish
in color.
HAIR Patient hair is evenly distributed, the color is black and slightly
dry
NAILS Patient nails are convex in shape with clubbed fingernails.
swelling via feet and ankles. They’re uniform in color and
consistency and free of spots or discoloration,
SKULL AND FACE Patient skull is proportionate to body size.
EYE STRUCTURES Patient both eyes are symmetrical in shape and size (-)
AND VISUAL swelling, her eyebrows are thin and evenly distributed and the
ACUITY eyelashes are black in color, the eyelids is normal and
symmetrical, conjunctiva is pale, the sclera appears white, iris
is dark brown in color and is equally round with no
abnormalities and last is the pupil is black and symmetrical in
shape.
EARS AND HEARING Patient auricle is normal racial tone, symmetrical in shape and
elastic, the pinna is recoils when folded, external canal and her
hearing activity can respond to normal voice.
NOSE AND SINUSES Patient nose is a bit sharp, smooth and symmetrical and has
same colon as the face, no palpable mass no pain. Felt by the
patient maxillary sinuses no pain felt by the patient mass or
nodules and no pain felt.
MOUTH AND Patient lips is dry, his teeth is clean and he stated that there is no
OROPHARYNX problem in his oropharynx.
A. Diagnostic Procedure
NEUTROPHILS 50.0-70.0% 74.O (H) High neutrophils means the body is under stress.
Infection, inflammation, stress, and vigorous exercise
can cause increased neutrophil levels (neutrophilia). In
response to these insults, neutrophil reserves in the
bone marrow are released. These spikes are generally
short-term.
LYMPHOCYTES 20.0-40.0% 17.0 (L) If you have low numbers of lymphocytes
(lymphopenia), you are at higher risk of infection.
MONOCYTES 00.0-7.0% 6.0 (L) Low monocyte levels may mean your body is more
susceptible to infection.
CREATININE 0.50-1.00 12.69 (H) High creatinine levels most often mean you
have kidney damage that prevents your kidneys from
working as well as they should.
C. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- Necrotizing
fasciitis is not
contagious and
is rarely
transmissible.
Assessment Nursing Scientific Planning Implementation Scientific Evaluation
Diagnosis Explanation Rationale
Subjective: Hyperthermia Patients with Within 4 - Assess the - To assist in After 4 hours of
NONE related to NF are usually hours of patient’s vital creating an nursing
infective systemically nursing signs at least accurate intervention the
Objective: process toxic, interventions, every hour. diagnosis and patient was
-Warm to secondary to presenting the patient Increase the monitor demonstrate
touch necrotizing with fever will have a intervals effectiveness temperature
-Irritability fasciitis as (temperature stabilized between vital of medical within normal
-Petechiae evidenced by greater than temperature signs taking as treatment, range and
-V/S taken temperature of 38°C), within the the patient’s particularly experienced no
Temp: 38.5 39.5 degrees tachycardia, normal vital signs the antibiotics associated
degree Celsius, rapid diaphoresis, range. become stable. and fever- complications.
Celsius. and shallow and even an reducing
breathing, altered mental - Remove drugs
flushed skin, state or excessive administered.
profuse diabetic clothing,
sweating, and ketoacidosis. blankets and - To regulate
weak pulse. The physical linens. Adjust the
examination the room temperature of
should include temperature. the
all parts of the environment
body to search - Administer and make it
for skin the prescribed more
inflammation. antibiotics and comfortable
This is anti-pyretic for the patient.
important in medications.
patients - Use the
presenting - Offer a tepid antibiotics to
with sepsis sponge bath. eradicate the
with no bacteria that
obvious skin - elevate the caused
lesions. head of the necrotizing
bed. fasciitis. Use
the anti-
pyretic
medication to
stimulate the
hypothalamus
and normalize
the body
temperature.
- To facilitate
the body in
cooling down
and to provide
comfort.
- Head
elevation
helps improve
the expansion
of the lungs,
enabling the
patient to
breathe more
effectively.
- To reduce
the spread of
infection or to
treat an
existing
infection,
either topical
agents or
intravenous
medications
are used.
1. DRUG STUDY
2. Treatment
4. Activity/Exercise
5. Surgical Management
Debridement of Left Auricle & Sub
Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing
potential of the remaining healthy tissue.[2][3] Removal may be surgical, mechanical, chemical,
autolytic (self-digestion), and by maggot therapy. In podiatry, practitioners such as chiropodists,
podiatrists and foot health practitioners remove conditions such as calluses and verrucas.
Debridement is an important part of the healing process for burns and other serious wounds; it is
also used for treating some kinds of snake and spider bites. Sometimes the boundaries of the
problem tissue may not be clearly defined. For example, when excising a tumor, there may be
micrometastases along the edges of the tumor that are too small to be detected, but if not
removed, could cause a relapse. In such circumstances, a surgeon may opt to debride a portion of
the surrounding healthy tissue to ensure that the tumor is completely removed.
Surgical or "sharp" debridement and laser debridement under anesthesia are the fastest methods
of debridement. They are very selective, meaning that the person performing the debridement has
complete control over which tissue is removed and which is left behind. Surgical debridement
can be performed in the operating room or bedside, depending on the extent of the necrotic
material and a patient's ability to tolerate the procedure. The surgeon will typically debride tissue
back to viability, as determined by tissue appearance and the presence of blood flow in healthy
tissue.
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