Case study Maria Romano is a 76-year-old woman admitted to the Emergency Department via ambulance. Maria fell when watering her garden and was unable to get up. She was lying in her garden for 3 hours until her daughter came home from work and found her.

Case study

Maria Romano is a 76-year-old woman admitted to the Emergency Department via ambulance. Maria fell when watering her garden and was unable to get up. She was lying in her garden for 3 hours until her daughter came home from work and found her.

Maria's medical history includes osteoporosis, glaucoma and she has recently been diagnosed with early dementia. She has no significant surgical history. Maria lives with her daughter Paulina and Paulina's husband, Sam.

Maria's current medications include Aspirin 75mgs daily, Alendronate Sodium 10mg orally daily & Latanoprost eye drops to both eyes nocte.

She was administered Intravenous Morphine and inhaled Methoxyflurane by the paramedics.

Assessment data:

Airway: patent

Respiratory rate: 18 breaths/min Oxygen saturation: 97% on room air

Heart rate: 90 beats/min Blood pressure: 110/70 mmHg Capillary refill: 2 seconds

Right leg shortened and externally rotated Right hip bruised and oedematous.

Right foot pink, cool to touch, no paraesthesia or abnormal sensation, pedal pulse present.

Alert: orientated to time and place Pain score: 5/10 on rest, 7/10 on movement

Temperature: 35 C

Small laceration to lower left leg

Blood glucose: 9 mmol/L

Intravenous cannula inserted Cephalic vein Left arm

X-rays reveal an Intertrochanteric fracture of the Right femur. Maria is seen by the Orthopaedic surgeon and is scheduled for an Open Reduction and Internal fixation (ORIF) of the fracture. She has been placed on the Emergency Operating List. The Registered Nurse has just administered Intravenous Morphine 2mg and the anaesthetist has been contacted to perform a femoral nerve block. The orthopaedic registrar will visit Maria in the next 10 minutes to gain consent for the surgery.

Maria is accompanied by Paulina, who is clearly upset about her mother's hospitalisation. Paulina informs you that she is so worried about how thin Maria is. She is also concerned that Maria has been falling frequently over the past few months, she purchased a walking frame for Maria but she rarely uses it. You note that Maria is upset that she is going to require surgery. She is worried about her garden and who will water it while she is in the hospital.

Questions

1) After reviewing the information above, identify the assessment data/information/risk factors that would contribute to a diagnosis of a fractured neck of femur (100 words). Explanation: (clinical manifestations of a fractured neck of femur and assess which of those might be present. Any information about the patient’s history which can contribute to a diagnosis of a fractured neck of femur and any risk factors)

2) Discuss the pathophysiology of osteoporosis and how this may have increased Maria's risk of sustaining a fracture (50 words).

3) Identify five additional assessments you would undertake to identify priorities for holistic person-centred care in the pre-operative period. Provide a brief rationale for each (200 words). Explanation: (what new or other information would you need in order to provide person-centred care? Look at the assessments already been done and state what other assessments may be necessary in order to be able to identify priorities of care – pre-operative)

4) Consider and briefly discuss any legal and ethical considerations relating to informed surgical consent, confidentiality, and privacy from this scenario (200 words). Explanation (identify only)

5) From your analysis of the data provided, identify four patient problems in the preoperative period (50 words) Explanation (nursing problems must relate to the pre-operative period).

Structure

• For each question, provide a brief separate heading (please do not include the questions in the assessment).
• Ensure answers are concise and relate to the case study provided. Each question has been given an estimated word count to give you direction on the amount of information you need to provide.
• Bullet points can be utilised in responses.
• Introduction or conclusion is NOT required for this assessment

Referencing

5 references are required for this assessment. Use recent, relevant, and reliable resources to complete this task. These should be peer-reviewed literature and other credible sources (government documents, reports, publications, authentic webpages, etc., related to the subject matter and not older than seven years It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research.