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    A 68-year-old male presented with 2 days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, diarrhea, fevers, chills and nausea. His physical exam revealed a temperature of 37.6°C, heart rate of 100, blood pressure of 145/90, respiratory rate of 19, and oxygen saturation of 99% on room air. He had tenderness to palpation in the left lower quadrant. The patient was asked to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the disease and develop a concept map using the provided guidelines that included risk factors, pathophysiology, diagnosis, assessment data, nursing diagnoses, goals, interventions and evaluation.

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    A 68-year-old male presented with 2 days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, diarrhea, fevers, chills and nausea. His physical exam revealed a temperature of 37.6°C, heart rate of 100, blood pressure of 145/90, respiratory rate of 19, and oxygen saturation of 99% on room air. He had tenderness to palpation in the left lower quadrant. The patient was asked to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the disease and develop a concept map using the provided guidelines that included risk factors, pathophysiology, diagnosis, assessment data, nursing diagnoses, goals, interventions and evaluation.

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    Arellano University: Graduate School of Nursing

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    A 68-year-old male presented with 2 days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, diarrhea, fevers, chills and nausea. His physical exam revealed a temperature of 37.6°C, heart rate of 100, blood pressure of 145/90, respiratory rate of 19, and oxygen saturation of 99% on room air. He had tenderness to palpation in the left lower quadrant. The patient was asked to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the disease and develop a concept map using the provided guidelines that included risk factors, pathophysiology, diagnosis, assessment data, nursing diagnoses, goals, interventions and evaluation.

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    ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

    GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NURSING


    2600 Legarda St., Manila, Philippines
    www.arellano.edu.ph
    PACUCOA Level 1 Accredited Status

    Adv. Medical Surgical Nursing 1


    Case Study and Concept Mapping

    68 yo with 2 days of LLQ abd pain, diarrhea, fevers/chills, nausea; vomited once at home
    PMHx: HTN, diverticulosis
    PSurgHx: negative
    Meds: paracetamol, analgesic, Lomotil
    No Known drug allergy
    Social hx: no alcohol, tobacco or drug use
    Family hx: non-contributory

    Physical Exam
    T: 37.6, HR: 100, BP 145/90, R: 19 O2sat 99% room air
    Gen: uncomfortable appearing, slightly pale
    CV/Pulmonary: normal heart and lung exam, no LE edema, normal pulses
    Abd: soft, moderately TTP LLQ
    Rectal: normal tone, guiac negative brown stool

    Questions
    1. Prepare power point presentation of the disease
    2. Develop the concept map for your client by following guidelines below:
    Include somewhere on the map:
    o Risk factors
    o Pathophysiology
    o Medical diagnosis
    o Assessment data (signs, symptoms, test results, pertinent history)
    o Nursing diagnoses
    o Goals and outcome criteria
    o Nursing interventions
    o Evaluation
    a. Show the connections between the parts of the nursing process by drawing connecting
    lines
    b. Utilize color coding in concept map

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