Abstract:
The inclusion criteria and requirements of the case studies assigned in the critical care
nursing class (NUR 430) are as follows: Patient History (description of patient), Course of
Illness (reason for current admission to critical care and/or emergent care), Pathophysiology
(related to a minimum of 2 main acute illnesses/body systems for ICU/CIC/ED), Assessments
(physical exam findings/subjective findings, Vital Signs, Hemodynamics, spontaneous breathing
parameters, pain, delirium, etc.), Nutrition (nutritional needs and interventions), Diagnostics
(actual findings, what results mean or indicate, and how findings impact care), Nursing
Diagnoses (minimum of 2 per illness/body system and at least one psychosocial or patient
education/teaching), Nursing Interventions (related to each nursing diagnosis and other pertinent
interventions not included with your selected nursing diagnoses), Drugs/IV solutions (how drugs
work in the body, not just the desired outcome of using the drug or IV solution, Medical
Interventions and the nurse’s role in it (drugs/IVs as above, discuss any mechanical
ventilation/weaning, CVVHD, ventriculostomy, surgery, PCI, etc.), Patient Safety and Quality
(discuss a minimum of 3 topics related to IOM and QSEN guidelines in Blackboard including
patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, use of EBP, quality improvement, safety, and
informatics), Interpretation, Analysis, and Synthesis (includes rationale for clinical judgments
with a minimum of 1 page), and References (must cite in your case study the reference name in
parentheses after information that you obtained from the reference; APA format).
