15 Oct Pick one critical illness that you will likely see in the acute care setting. Provide a brief overview of the pathophysiology of this condition.
- Pick one critical illness that you will likely see in the acute care setting.
- Provide a brief overview of the pathophysiology of this condition.
- Discuss common signs and symptoms and consider unique presentation of this condition.
- Discuss how this condition is ultimately diagnosed.
- Discuss how the patient will be managed in the emergency department (Consider initial lab tests, medications, imaging, etc).
- Discuss criteria for considering admission to the intensive care unit.
- Discuss management strategies for intensive monitoring of this condition.
- Discuss discharge planning for this scenario and consider when the patient is stable enough to step down from the critical care unit and then discharged home, to a skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation or other outpatient center.
- Should include a minimum of three peer-reviewed references from scholarly articles no more than 5 years old. This does not include your textbook or websites.
- Should also include one national guideline.
