Tamil Nadu HSE Second Year Nursing (Vocational) case studies
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The Tamil Nadu HSE Second Year Nursing (Vocational) is the final-year public examination for students enrolled in the vocational nursing stream at higher secondary level under the Tamil Nadu State Board. It is intended for +2 vocational nursing students who plan to move into auxiliary nursing roles, paramedical training, or further study in nursing and allied health. The Tamil Nadu HSE Second Year Nursing (Vocational) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,300 words.
1Day 2 after laparotomy: reading the early warning signs
Mr K., 58 years old, is on the second evening after an emergency laparotomy for a perforated appendix in a district hospital. He has an intravenous line in the right forearm, a urinary catheter, and a corrugated rubber drain in the right iliac fossa.
864 words, about 4 min2Food poisoning in a boys' hostel: same-day vomiting in 42 boys
on a Sunday, the warden of a boys' hostel with 180 inmates calls the local health centre. Forty-two boys who ate lunch of rice, chicken curry and curd at 12 noon are now vomiting; 20 have watery stools; two are drowsy with sunken eyes and have passed no urine since morning.
782 words, about 4 min3Iron-deficiency anaemia in a vegetarian adolescent on a tight budget
A 15-year-old girl, Selvi, is brought to the anganwadi by her mother because she 'looks pale and tired'. She is 148 cm tall, weighs 38 kg (BMI about 17.4), and her haemoglobin is 7.6 g/dL.
860 words, about 4 min436 weeks, headache and visual disturbance, 40 km from a blood bank
A 19-year-old primigravida at 36 weeks' gestation is brought to the sub-centre at 7 p.m. by her mother-in-law.
891 words, about 4 min5Snake bite with a healer's tourniquet and 35 km to anti-snake venom
A 47-year-old farmer is brought to the primary health centre at 9:30 a.m., 90 minutes after a snake bite on the right ankle in a paddy field. A village healer has tied a cloth tourniquet tightly above the knee, made two 1 cm cuts over the fang marks, and applied a paste of leaves.
903 words, about 5 min