Clinical Case Studies in Home Health Care (Case Studies in Nursing)

Clinical Case Studiesin Home Health Care......Page 5
Table of Contents
......Page 7
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 19
Section 1: Introduction
......Page 23
Theoretical Frameworks That Support Home Care
......Page 25
Managing the Complexities of Home Health Care
......Page 33
Transitioning
......Page 43
The Home Visit
......Page 53
Section 2: Cardiac
......Page 63
Case 2.1 
Congestive heart failure......Page 65
Case 2.2 
Atrial fibrillation......Page 75
Case 2.3 
Wound following a coronary artery bypass graft ( cabg )......Page 85
Section 3: Peripheral Vascular Disease
......Page 95
Case 3.1 
Peripheral vascular disease......Page 97
Section 4: Pulmonary
......Page 107
Case 4.1  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
......Page 109
Case 4.2 
Pneumonia......Page 119
Case 4.3 
Tuberculosis......Page 127
Section 5: Gastrointestinal
......Page 133
Case 5.1  Stomach C
ancer......Page 135
Case 5.2  Malnutrition/Anemia
......Page 143
Section 6: Genitourinary
......Page 155
Case 6.1 
Neurogenic bladder......Page 157
Case 6.2  Urostomy Care
......Page 171
Case 6.3  Urinary Tract Infection and Functional I
ncontinence......Page 183
Section 7: Psychiatric/Mental Health
......Page 193
Case 7.1  Bipolar Disorder
......Page 195
Case 7.2  Personality Disorders
......Page 205
Case 7.3 
Schizophrenia......Page 215
Case 7.4  Schizoaffective Disorder
......Page 223
Section 8: Musculoskeletal
......Page 235
Case 8.1 
Muscular dystrophy......Page 237
Case 8.2  Cerebral Palsy
......Page 245
Case 8.3 
Osteomyelitis, decubitus ulcer, and paraplegia......Page 255
Section 9: Neurological
......Page 267
Case 9.1 
Brain stem infarct......Page 269
Case 9.2  Multiple Sclerosis
......Page 279
Section 10: Maternal Health
......Page 287
Case 10.1 
Antepartum care......Page 289
Case 10.2 
Postpartum care following uncomplicated delivery......Page 301
Case 10.3 
Postpartum care following complicated delivery......Page 311
Section 11: Pediatrics
......Page 319
Case 11.1 
Premature infant with apnea and refl ux......Page 321
Case 11.2 
Asthma......Page 331
Case 11.3 
Adolescent with neurodevelopmental disability......Page 339
Section 12: Pediatric Intensive Care
......Page 349
Case 12.1 Alpha thalassemia X
-  linked mental retardation syndrome......Page 351
Case 12.2 
Anoxic brain damage/achondroplasia......Page 361
Case 12.3 
Cerebral palsy/ acute respiratory failure......Page 373
Section 13: Infectious Disease
......Page 385
Case 13.1 Clostridium difficile-Associated disease ( CDAD
 )......Page 387
Case 13.2 Community-Associated, methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
......Page 397
Case 13.3 Influenza
......Page 407
Section 14: Endocrine
......Page 419
Case 14.1 Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
......Page 421
Case 14.2 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
......Page 431
Section 15: End-of-Life C
are......Page 441
Case 15.1 
Grief......Page 443
Case 15.2 
Palliative care......Page 457
Case 15.3 
Hospice......Page 467
Case 15.4 
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis......Page 479
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