Tamil Nadu HSE First Year Nursing (General) case studies
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The Tamil Nadu HSE First Year Nursing (General) is the Class XI vocational subject offered under the Tamil Nadu State Board for students who choose the nursing stream at the higher secondary level. It is a school-stage subject rather than a licensing examination: it introduces the language, vocabulary and basic skills of health care to students who may later pursue nursing diplomas, degree programmes or allied health courses. The Tamil Nadu HSE First Year Nursing (General) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,098 words.
1Non-blanching sacral redness on post-operative day 2
K, 64 years old, 168 cm tall and 82 kg, is on his second day after an emergency laparotomy for a perforated duodenal ulcer in a district hospital. He has a nasogastric tube on free drainage, a Foley catheter, and an IV line in the left forearm.
816 words, about 4 min2Three children injured at a school gate with a delayed ambulance
You are the only person on duty at a school first-aid room in a semi-urban block in Tamil Nadu. At 3:40 p.m., a speeding van knocks down three children at the school gate.
839 words, about 4 min3Continuing bleeding after a home delivery in a village
A 24-year-old woman, a second-time mother, delivers a baby boy at home in a village at 11:30 p.m. with the help of a trained traditional birth attendant.
793 words, about 4 min4A paediatric prescription with a missing allergy entry
A 4-year-old child weighing 14 kg is admitted with pneumonia. The prescription reads: oral amoxicillin 250 mg three times a day for 5 days, plus syrup paracetamol 210 mg when the temperature is above 38 °C.
808 words, about 4 min5Diarrhoea cluster in a coastal hamlet with stored water and few toilets
In a coastal hamlet of about 400 people you are posted as a health worker for one month. In the last 6 days the sub-centre has recorded 23 cases of loose stools, 14 of them in children under 5, and two children are moderately dehydrated.
842 words, about 4 min