assessment of an acutly ill patient

... Introduction The aim of this assignment is to analyse a critical incident in the care of a patient with a severe life threatening illness. The writer will critically analyse the incident and apply the appropriate research findings. Consideration will be given to the legal, ethical and profession issues surrounding the situation. The patient was a man in his early forties who will be referred to as John to maintain anonymity and confidentiality (Nursing and Midwifery Council: Code of Conduct 2004). The rational for this assignment is the writer experienced a valuable learning curve as to how patients can quickly present with complications and the importance of monitoring base line observations post operatively, as well as how open to infection this patient group are. Critical Incident The writer was spending the day with the pain management team who consisted of, a pain nurse specialist and a senior house officer (SHO) from theatre. The

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