Assignment Task

The case study should include/In the description of the patient the following:

Section 1

The purpose of this section is to provide the reader with a detailed overview of the patient. You will need to read broadly on the topic to accurately present the case study information.

1. Patient background (History prior to hospital admission) – What happened before hospital arrival

2. Reason for admission – Signs and symptoms – Initial vital signs 

3. Past medical/surgical history – What might be applicable to the infected burn and why? (Not exceeding 100 words) Please note that most of the information in the patient background, reason for admission and past medical/ surgical history sections will come from you. As such, only provide references where you want to justify or support your point.

4. Aetiology and brief pathophysiology – These should be consistent with the information provided in the reason for admission and past medical/surgical history sections 

5. Physical examination of the patient and expected findings based on the condition 

• Only focus on areas that are related to burns. Many medical-surgical books or journal articles will provide areas to focus on when conducting a physical examination of a patient with burns.
• It is also important to include physical examination techniques (e.g. inspection, palpation, etc.) in your writing.
• Diagnostic tests (e.g. blood test, chest x-ray, etc.) are not part of the physical examination.

Section 2

Students are then required to critique piperacillin-tazobactam as a treatment for Your critique should:

• Provide an evidence-based rationale to justify the indication of this treatment for your patient
• Discuss the mechanism of action
• Discuss how the treatment impacts patient outcomes (recovery, hospital stay, mortality, morbidity, etc.)
• Explain the specific nursing care to be provided to this patient (the nursing care should be related to the critiqued treatment).
• Be supported by evidence from journal articles and textbooks.