AIIMS M.Sc. Nursing case studies

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Nursing entrance examination is the selection test for admission to the postgraduate nursing programme offered at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - the institute whose official site identifies itself as "All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi" and lists its campus at Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110029. The credential is aimed at registered nurses who already hold a B.Sc. The AIIMS M.Sc. Nursing case studies are 5 cases and about 5,134 words.

Repositioning a Sedated ICU Patient Whose Blood Pressure Falls With Every Turn

A 62-year-old man is on day four of mechanical ventilation in a medical ICU with septic shock from a perforated sigmoid diverticulum. He is sedated to RASS -4 and receives noradrenaline at 0.12 micrograms/kg/min.

994 words, about 5 min 2

Melena on Day Three After Primary PCI in a Patient on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy

A 58-year-old man is on his third day after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He is prescribed aspirin 75 mg, ticagrelor 90 mg twice daily, enoxaparin 60 mg twice daily and atorvastatin 80 mg.

1,054 words, about 5 min 3

Postpartum Haemorrhage in a Woman With Chronic Hypertension and Asthma

A 29-year-old woman, G2P1, delivered 40 minutes ago by vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery at 39+2 weeks after induction for prelabour rupture of membranes. The baby weighs 3.7 kg; the second stage lasted 1 hour 50 minutes and a mediolateral episiotomy was cut.

1,005 words, about 5 min 4

A 14-Month-Old With Severe Acute Malnutrition, Diarrhoea and Hypoglycaemia

A 14-month-old girl is brought to a nutrition rehabilitation ward with four days of watery diarrhoea and poor feeding. She weighs 6.7 kg, length 72 cm, mid-upper arm circumference 10.6 cm, and has no bilateral pitting oedema.

1,049 words, about 5 min 5

Fever, Neutropenia and Abdominal Distension in a Patient on Clozapine

A 34-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia has been on clozapine 300 mg at night for five months, with the last dose increase three weeks ago; sodium valproate 1,000 mg daily was added two months ago for aggression. His brother brings him to the psychiatry ward with three days of fever, sore throat and cough, and he has not opened his bowels for four days.

1,032 words, about 5 min