DOH Abu Dhabi Nursing Exam case studies
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The DOH Abu Dhabi Nursing Exam is the licensure assessment that nurses must pass to be registered to practise in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It is administered under the authority of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH), the emirate's health regulator, and is aimed at both newly graduated nurses and experienced nurses trained outside the UAE who need their qualifications recognised before they can work in DOH-licensed facilities. The DOH Abu Dhabi Nursing Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,187 words.
1Post-op Day 1: Tachycardia With a Normal Blood Pressure
A 68-year-old man is on post-operative day 1 after an open right hemicolectomy. He has a midline incision, an epidural catheter for analgesia, a nasogastric tube on low intermittent suction, and a urinary catheter.
732 words, about 4 min2A Newborn With Jaundice at 36 Hours
A 36-hour-old term girl, birth weight 3.4 kg, is breastfeeding. Her mother is blood group O positive, baby is A positive, and the mother's antenatal antibody screen was negative.
621 words, about 3 min3The Patient Who Refuses His Antipsychotic
A 34-year-old man with a diagnosis of schizophrenia is admitted to an acute inpatient mental health unit after his family reported he had stopped his medication 3 weeks ago. He is pacing, speaking rapidly about 'the transmitter in the wall', and has not slept for two nights.
649 words, about 3 min4A Community Clinic and a Cluster of Food Poisoning
A community health nurse in a semi-urban area notices that over 4 days, 11 people from 6 households have presented to the clinic with vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhoea. Three have been referred to hospital, one with bloody diarrhoea.
620 words, about 3 min5Chest Pain in a Patient With a 'Normal' ECG
A 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and hypertension presents to the emergency department at 02:00 with central chest pressure that started 40 minutes ago while he was resting. He describes it as 'heavy, like a band', radiating to the left arm, with sweating and nausea.
565 words, about 3 min