NURS 6501 Week 2 Assignment: Case Study Analysis (5 Versions)
(NURS 6501 Week 2 Assignment)
Five Different Case Study Scenarios Highlighted below Included in the Download:
Kidney Transplant Rejection: This paper will analyze the following case study. A 34-year-old Hispanic-American male with end- stage renal disease received a kidney transplant from a cadaver donor. He was … antirejection medications, which include Tacrolimus, Cyclosporine, and Imuran. Six months after his transplant, he started gaining weight, was fatigued, had … urine output, and began running fevers of up to 101˚F. His nephrologist … him with acute kidney transplant rejection.
Cellulitis: A 42-year-old man comes to clinic with a chief complaint of pain, redness, and swelling of his right calf. He states that he had been working in his yard using a string trimmer when the trimmer … and cut his leg. He … the wound with water from the garden hose and covered the wound with a large Band-Aid. Several days later, he … fever to 100.6˚ F and chills and … that his leg was swollen and red. He comes to the emergency department for definitive care.
Scenario: The case study presented involves a 42-year-old male with redness, swelling, and pain to his right calf after an accident involving a string trimmer hitting his leg. The wound was … with water from a garden hose and then … with a Band-Aid. The development of fever, chills, and the … symptoms were … several days later. It is … cellulitis of his lower extremity resulting from the introduction of bacteria through a wound in his leg. Additionally, he … to properly cleanse the wound, which only exacerbated his infection risk. The purpose of this paper is to identify why the patient developed the specific symptoms listed, to identify the genes associated with the development of the disease described, and to discuss immunosuppression and its effects on the body.
Scenario: A 65-year-old obese African American male patient presents to his HCP with crampy left lower quadrant pain, constipation, and fevers to 101˚ F. He has had multiple episodes like this one over the past 15 years and they always … to bowel rest and oral antibiotics. He has refused to have the … colonoscopy even with his history of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (diverticulitis), sedentary lifestyle, and diet lacking in fiber. His paternal grandfather … of colon cancer back in the 1950s as well. He finally underwent colonoscopy after his acute diverticulitis resolved. Colonoscopy … multiple polyps that were …, and the pathology was positive for adenocarcinoma of the colon.
65-year-old African American Male: Gastrointestinal disorders can disrupt one or more gastrointestinal tract functions (McCance & Huether, 2019, p. 1321). Clinical and epidemiologic evidence indicates that chronic inflammation is a risk factor for several gastrointestinal malignancies, including esophageal, gastric, hepatic, pancreatic, and colorectal cancer (Wang & DuBois, 2015). As with the patient in this scenario, his risk of developing colorectal cancer is … by his environmental and genetic factors.
