{"id":538,"date":"2018-01-02T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/vitalsign\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=538"},"modified":"2018-04-09T21:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T21:24:45","slug":"case-study-5-adolescent-client","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/chapter\/case-study-5-adolescent-client\/","title":{"raw":"Case Study 5: Adolescent Client","rendered":"Case Study 5: Adolescent Client"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Initial Assessment Data<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Biographical data:<\/strong> Adolescent client (age 17)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Reason for seeking care:<\/strong> Post-op surgery<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>History of health\/illness:<\/strong> Healthy<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Past history:<\/strong> No medications, no illnesses<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Client had abdominal surgery and was transferred from the recovery room to the surgical floor. Lethargic and oriented x 3. Awakes when name is called and responds to questions appropriately. Client rates pain 2\/10. The healthcare provider assesses client\u2019s vital signs every 30 minutes x 2 hours.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Vital Sign Record<\/h2>\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client.jpg\" alt=\"Vital sign record - case study 5\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-931\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2338\" \/>\r\n\r\nThink about the client data documented on the vital sign record and try to answer the following questions. <em>Write your answers on a piece of paper.<\/em>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Review the vital sign record and identify the trends that you see.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What should the healthcare provider\u2019s next action be?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Go to the next page to check your answers.<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h2>Initial Assessment Data<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Biographical data:<\/strong> Adolescent client (age 17)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reason for seeking care:<\/strong> Post-op surgery<\/li>\n<li><strong>History of health\/illness:<\/strong> Healthy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past history:<\/strong> No medications, no illnesses<\/li>\n<li>Client had abdominal surgery and was transferred from the recovery room to the surgical floor. Lethargic and oriented x 3. Awakes when name is called and responds to questions appropriately. Client rates pain 2\/10. The healthcare provider assesses client\u2019s vital signs every 30 minutes x 2 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vital Sign Record<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client.jpg\" alt=\"Vital sign record - case study 5\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-931\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client-65x89.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client-225x309.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/01\/Vital-sign-record-adolescent-client-350x481.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Think about the client data documented on the vital sign record and try to answer the following questions. <em>Write your answers on a piece of paper.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Review the vital sign record and identify the trends that you see.<\/li>\n<li>What should the healthcare provider\u2019s next action be?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Go to the next page to check your answers.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"menu_order":19,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-538","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":487,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1781,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/538\/revisions\/1781"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/487"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/538\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}