JNCLEX-RN (Jordan) case studies
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The Jordanian Nursing Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (JNCLEX-RN) is the entry-to-practice credentialing examination used in Jordan to determine whether a nursing graduate is ready to practise as a registered nurse. It is aimed at graduates of accredited nursing programmes, including Jordanian graduates and internationally educated nurses seeking recognition to work in Jordan. The JNCLEX-RN (Jordan) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,631 words.
1Charge nurse on a short-staffed medical ward: assignment and escalation
At 18:45 on a Monday you take over as charge nurse of a 32-bed medical ward in a Ministry of Health hospital in Amman. Four patients need total help with hygiene, two are under contact precautions for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter, and one is confused and repeatedly trying to climb out of bed.
1,011 words, about 5 min2Needlestick injury from a hepatitis B e-antigen-positive dialysis patient
At 10:20 in a satellite haemodialysis unit in Zarqa, a staff nurse uncaps and recaps a 16-gauge fistula needle after disconnecting a patient and sustains a deep needlestick to the left index finger. The needle had been in the patient's arteriovenous fistula and the line had been flushed with heparinised saline.
764 words, about 4 min3Ramadan fasting with insulin, sulfonylurea and reduced kidney function
Mr K is 58 years old, has had type 2 diabetes for 11 years, BMI 31 and an eGFR of 44 mL/min/1.73 m². His regimen is metformin 1,000 mg twice daily, glimepiride 4 mg with breakfast, and insulin glargine 24 units at 22:00.
961 words, about 5 min4Post-splenectomy sepsis in a young adult with thalassaemia major
Rana is 19 and has beta-thalassaemia major; she has been transfused every three weeks since age 2 and had a splenectomy at 12. She stopped penicillin prophylaxis at 17 because, she says, she kept forgetting.
923 words, about 5 min5Confidentiality, partner notification and a request to alter the record
A 29-year-old married woman is diagnosed with HIV after pre-employment screening at a private hospital in Irbid. Her CD4 count is 210 cells/µL and she is started on antiretroviral therapy.
972 words, about 5 min