Amputation Part 2
Case Study: Amputation Part 2 Mr. Rivera was discharged to a rehabilitation hospital a couple of days later, after treatment for his infection was started. At the rehabilitation…
Amputation Part 1
Case Study: Amputation Part 1 Mr. Rivera is a 63-year-old obese patient with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. He has lost significant mobility and uses a wheelchair. He has…
Who Should Have Told Her
Case Study: Who Should Have Told Her? Ms. Thompson is a 48-year-old cigarette smoker with late-onset asthma. Her primary care provider (PCP) was managing the asthma with conventional…
TIC Not Tick!
Case Study: TIC Not Tick! Ms. Brown is a 79-year-old patient in a small gastroenterology clinic. The clinic hired a young gastroenterologist (GE), who took over the care…
Neighborhood Pharmacy Versus Mail Order Pharmacy
Case Study: Neighborhood Pharmacy Versus Mail Order Pharmacy Rishi Sardana is an 11-year-old boy who is being switched from regular Ritalin to Ritalin LA, the long-acting version. His…
Teamwork Challenges
Case Study: Teamwork Challenges Ms. Trivaldi is a 53-year-old patient with uncontrolled diabetes. She is severely underweight and has gastroparesis that interferes with nutritional absorption and metabolism. The…
Emergency in the Factory
Case Study: Emergency in the Factory Thompson Brothers Steel is a medium-sized regional steel manufacturing factory. The factory has a small health clinic staffed with a part-time occupational…
Emergency in a Rural Clinic
Case Study: Emergency in a Rural Clinic Frontier Medical Services is a small rural clinic, staffed with a doctor, an experienced nurse, and a receptionist who is responsible…
Interprofessional Team Rounds in Acute Care
Case Study: Interprofessional Team Rounds in Acute Care Lincoln County Hospital decided to implement interprofessional team rounds each morning to discuss each patient’s condition and the events in…
Cross-Monitoring for Smooth Recovery
Case Study: Cross-Monitoring for Smooth Recovery Mrs. Ashburn is a patient on the cardiac care unit of the hospital recovering from triple bypass heart surgery. Her past medical…