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Hospital: . Intensive
CareUnit,Flinders Centre
Medical

Patient
Details: Name:DianeCarpenter
Age:58
Marital
Status:Divorced
Nextof kin:2 married (bothlivelocally)
daughters

Admission
Date: 10May2009

Discharge
Date: 24 May2009
f
Diagnosis' ft L)Lungresection
Tn I

PastMedical
History: Bi'uast
carrcer
ig86
FullmastectomySeptember 1988n;asrvt ''/
G-oofuesoonse
-\' totamoxifen until2009
and-remission
"/'Y
(Dyspnoe\fipril - revealed
2009 investigations small
plEhesiilteft
tuns W
HashadGeneraliied Anxiety since20's- sometimes
OisorOer on
forthisbutnotatpresent
medication

SocialHistory: Recently
migrated
fromCanada(2001)
Supported
financially
bychildren
Court
secretary
butunabletoworkduetovisaissues
Lives
insmallrented
unit
Drives
owncar
Small ofgoodfriends
circle

Medical
Prosress
ventiraton
iHltrilili?il,ltctherapy
and
Nowfullyresolved

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Nursing
Management: Fluidmanagement
Oxygen therapy
Nutritional
support
, Physiotherapyinitiated
4 Mobility: veryslow- patient towalk
is reluctant
^r.
Psycho/social: coping
difficulties

Discharge
Plan: 7On-goingphysiotherapy
\eeds encouragement to mobilize
psychiatrist
nitiate visits(coping
strategies)
Organisevisitsbetween psychiatrist - encourage
anddaughters
hemto bemoresupportive emotionally
hemotherapy atFlinders
appointments Medical tobegin
Centre
6/6/09
Monitormedications(antibiotics,tamoxifen)

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Using giveninthecasenotes,
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writea lettertotheDirector
GeneralHospital,
216DawsRoad,DawPark5041,andrequest takeoverthe
thatthehospital
careofMrsCarpenter.

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Director
Repatriation
General
Hospital
216DawsRoad
DawPark,5041

22ndMay2009

DearSi/Madam

Re:MsDiane
Carpenter

to youto referMsDianeCarpenter,
I am,writjng a 58yearolddivorcedwoman,
who
4fi4 a resectionoftheleft
lung
following
thediscovery
of metastases.

MsCarpe
nter Ulfi1 firstdiagnosed
withbreast
cancerin 1988and Aprl . a full
y in[hesameyear.She [u$g inremissionuntilsmallpatches
qg inherleftlungaftershecomplained
ofdyspnoea inAprilthisyear.My
fromgeneralised forover30years.
disorder
anxiety

MsCarpenter developedpneumonia
afterthesurgery
whichwastreatedwithantibiotic
therapy
andventilation,
andis nowresolved.
Physiotherapy
wasinitiated
andwillneedtobeon-going,
asMsCarpenter ismobilising
slowly,
andisreluctant
towalk.

A recent
migrantfromCanada, MsCarpe nter ( li n't workduetovisaproblems,and
hasbeensupported financially
byhertwodaughters. lt i 4 difficult
for:MsCarpenter
tocopewithherdisease;she MrTI-7 toseea psychiatrist tohelpherwithcoping
strategies.
Although ofgoodfriends,
shehasa smallcircle unfortqnately
hertwodaughters
A f'f( veryhelpful
todate. ?
Couldyouplease encourageherdaughters
tobemoresupportiveemotionally? MsCarpenter
nW ot? withthephysiotherapy
tocontinue andpsychiatry visits,andalsohas
chemotherapyappointments
atFlinders
MedicalCentre,
thefirstofwhichisonthe6nJune,
- a medications
2009.Pleasealsomonitorhermedications chart withthis
letter.

youforyourhelp.Pleasedonothesitate
Thanks meshouldyouhaveanyfurther
tocontact
questions mypatient.
regarding

Yours
faithfully

SarahGigger
RN
Intensive
CareUnit

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