CRRN case studies
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The Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) credential is a specialty certification for nurses who practice rehabilitation nursing. The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) presents it on its site as a step for nurses working with patients recovering from injury, illness, or disabling conditions, and the site links certification to the Rehabilitation Nursing Certification Board (RNCB) for governance and recognition. The CRRN case studies are 5 cases and about 2,883 words.
1Autonomic Dysreflexia at T5: A Pressure Emergency
is a 34-year-old man with a T5 ASIA A spinal cord injury from a motorcycle crash eight weeks ago, now on an inpatient rehabilitation unit. His baseline blood pressure is 104/62 mmHg with a heart rate of 68.
591 words, about 3 min2Aspiration Risk After Stroke: A Family Feeding the Wrong Consistency
L., 68, is admitted to inpatient rehabilitation on day 5 after a left middle cerebral artery ischemic stroke. She has dense right hemiparesis, a right facial droop, and dysarthria.
564 words, about 3 min3Agitation After Severe TBI: Least Restrictive Measures and an Expired Restraint Order
T., 27, sustained a severe traumatic brain injury in a motor vehicle crash three weeks ago, with an admission Glasgow Coma Scale of 10 and a frontal lobe contusion. He is now at Rancho Los Amigos level IV on a locked brain injury unit: confused, agitated, oriented only to his name, pulling at his indwelling catheter and IV.
601 words, about 3 min4Postoperative Day 2 After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Pain, Refusal, and a Swollen Calf
K., 72, is on postoperative day 2 after an elective right total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis and transferred to inpatient rehabilitation yesterday. She has a history of atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes.
567 words, about 3 min5Infected Stage 3 Sacral Pressure Injury in Paraplegia: Offloading, Staffing, and Nutrition
A., 45, has T10 ASIA A paraplegia from a fall four months ago and is admitted for a two-week rehabilitation stay to prepare for community discharge. He has a stage 3 pressure injury over the sacrum, 4.5 by 3 cm with 60% yellow slough; it was last measured five days ago with no documented change.
560 words, about 3 min