SGPGI Nursing Officer case studies
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The SGPGIMS Nursing Officer recruitment examination is the selection test for staff nurse posts at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, advertised under Advt. I-08/1-12/Rectt/2025-26. The SGPGI Nursing Officer case studies are 5 cases and about 3,981 words.
1Post-operative haemorrhagic shock on a surgical ward at night
A 58-year-old man is 18 hours after emergency laparotomy for a perforated duodenal ulcer. Over the last 4 hours his left abdominal drain has collected 400 mL of blood-stained fluid, the nasogastric tube 150 mL of dark fluid, and the urinary catheter only 30 mL of urine.
809 words, about 4 min2Falling platelets on a heparin infusion
A 64-year-old man is on day 5 of an unfractionated heparin infusion for a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. The bag contains 25,000 units of heparin in 250 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride; the prescription is 12 units/kg/hour and he weighs 82 kg.
755 words, about 4 min3Needlestick injury from an unknown-source patient at night
At 22:30 in a busy emergency department, a nurse who qualified eight months ago recaps a 22G needle after giving an intramuscular injection. The needle pierces her glove and the pulp of her left thumb, and a drop of blood appears.
840 words, about 4 min4Postpartum haemorrhage in a woman with asthma
A 27-year-old woman, G2P1, has a spontaneous vaginal delivery of a 3.6 kg baby after a 6-hour labour. She received 10 IU of oxytocin intramuscularly with delivery of the anterior shoulder, and the placenta was delivered complete 8 minutes later.
777 words, about 4 min5Diabetic ketoacidosis with a potassium of 3.2 mmol/L
A 19-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes on a basal–bolus regimen is brought to the emergency department after 2 days of vomiting and abdominal pain. She has missed her insulin since the vomiting began because she 'could not keep food down'.
800 words, about 4 min