Applied Bioscience for Critical Conditions GMED3009
You are required to write your own case study on a patient who has sepsis. You can draw from clinical practicum experience and/or read widely on the topic and develop your own case study.
The case study should include/In the description of the patient the following: You can use the below as headings for your case study.
Section 1.
The purpose of this section is to provide the reader with a detailed overview of the patient. You will need to read broadly on the topic to accurately present the case study information.
1.Patient background (History prior to hospital admission) – What happened before hospital arrival.
2.Reason for admission – Signs and symptoms – Initial vital signs
3.Past medical/surgical history – What might be applicable to sepsis and why?
Please note that most of the information in the patient background, reason for admission and past medical/ surgical history sections will come from you. As such, only provide references where you want to justify or support your point.
4.Aetiology and brief pathophysiology – These should be consistent with the information provided in the reason for admission and past medical/surgical history sections.
5.Physical examination of the patient and expected findings based on the condition.
Only focus on areas that are related to sepsis. Many medical-surgical books or journal articles will provide areas to focus on when conducting a physical examination of a patient with a diagnosis of sepsis.
It is also important to include physical examination techniques (e.g. inspection, palpation, etc.) in your writing.
Diagnostic tests (e.g. blood test, chest x-ray, etc.) are not part of the physical examination.
Section 2.
Students are then required to cover the following
1.Critique in detail 1 treatment for the diagnosis (Pharmacological or non-pharmacological), giving an evidence-based rationale for the treatment and highlighting any nursing care.
You will be required to clearly explain the mechanism of action, how the treatment impacts on outcomes of a patient with sepsis and specific nursing care to be considered (the nursing care should be related to the critiqued treatment).
If you choose to critique a pharmacological treatment, it is important that your critique should be based on one specific medication rather than a class/group of medications.
Your case study you must have:
Cover and contents page
References no more than 7 years old
Minimum of 8-10 references from journal articles and textbooks. The use of information and downloads from websites will not be accepted
Correct spelling and grammar
Strict APA style referencing
Length: 1500 words +/- 10%
Please make sure each section relates back to your case study when considering your answers.
Formatting
11 or 12 point readable font (e.g., Calibri, Times New Roman, Arial etc.)
1.5 line spacing throughout (including the reference list)
Include page numbers
Full sentences (no dot points unless the question asks you to list);
Contractions (where two words have been shortened into one e.g., doesn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t etc.) should not be used in academic writing;
Numbers under 10 should be in written format (e.g., ‘five’); numbers over 10 should be in numeric format (e.g., ‘20’).
All numbers (no matter how big) at the very beginning of a sentence should be in written format (e.g., “Thirty-five patients had a trauma.”)
E.g. and i.e. should only be used when in parentheses (AKA brackets). When outside parentheses use “For example,” for e.g. and “that is” for i.e.;
Always try and paraphrase from your source rather than quote as it demonstrates that you have understood the material
First-person (i.e. “I”, “we” etc.) should not be used for this assessment;
Australian spelling rather than US spelling (e.g., “behaviour” rather than “behavior”);
Careful proofreading of your paper and at least a spelling and grammar check before submission.
