• Identify the National Health Priority Areas (NHPA) and discuss their impact on a person’s health status.
• Discuss socio-cultural and lifestyle issues that may predispose a person to an alteration in health.
• Identify factors associated with the early recognition of deteriorating patients.
• Identify factors associated with the early recognition of sepsis in the acute care environment.
Instructions
You must watch the video of an interview with Justin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quGpKFbVrf4
Introduction (guide 150 words)
A. Introduce the presenting case. Begin with the patient’s (Justin’s) details, name, gender, age, and presenting health condition as well as the acute alteration(s) in health impacting the patient (Justin’s) health condition.
B. Name the NHPA Justin’s acute alteration falls under.
C. Introduce that this case study will focus on the importance of preventing further deterioration in Justin’s condition.
Body (guide 900- 1200 words)
A. Provide evidence showing how the NHPA related to Justin’s condition (s) impacts a person’s health status in Australia. (100 words)
B. Describe the signs and symptoms you might expect to see in a deteriorating patient presenting with Justin’s condition (s). (200 words)
C. Describe and explain how any of the lifestyle factors of alcohol, tobacco, insufficient exercise, obesity are impacting Justin’s presenting acute alteration in health. (200-300 words)
D. Discuss how Justin might continue to deteriorate if he is not able to manage or overcome the lifestyle factors impacting his acute alteration in health. (200-300 words)
E. Identify signs and symptoms of sepsis that may relate to Justin’s condition if
he continues to deteriorate further. (200-300 words)
Conclusion (guide 150 words)
Provide a paragraph concluding your case study and conveying the most important points of the case study to the reader. Think about what you want the reader to take away with them from this case study
