Essay on Rapid Development in Technology

Case Analysis – Deteriorating Patient

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
RECOMMENDATION...................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Deterioration refers to a continuous downfall in state of a patient which might cause
further challenges in their depriving and worsening condition. Moreover, within health and social
care, it is of utmost importance that such patients are treated with effective care and be kept at
utmost priority which is essential to maintain their health state (Massey, Chaboyer and
Anderson, 2017). The following assignment is based on Mr. Orkins, who is an 84 year old
individual suffering from Type 2 Diabetes mellitus, hypertension as well as hyperlipidaemia. He
was admitted to hospital after he collapsed at home. Further, there were several assessments
which were performed on patient in morning which brought in attention that his deteriorating
condition might be resulted through ineffective intake of his medications and improper
attentiveness towards his problems (Vorwerk and King, 2016). The assignment covers issues
and concerns during assessment, explanation of process of conducting primary, secondary and
focused assessments and appropriate nursing interventions.
MAIN BODY
With rapid development in technology, it becomes possible in health and social care to
give proper care and improve recognition of patients who was suffering from high diseases
(Gill, Leslie and Marshall, 2016). In context with deteriorating patients, as they appear to be
more vulnerable in hospital after-hours therefore, in response to this, a number of safety
initiatives have been developed such as rapid response system (RRS). To analyse initiatives that
medical practitioners are used in order to response towards vulnerability, present section is going
to analyse a case study, where a person named by Mr. Orkins, an 84-year old man has been
suffering from hypertension, type-2 diabetes (mellitus) and hyperlipidaemia (Burrell and et. al.
2016). This patient was brought last night by his wife and some relatives due to
unresponsiveness for a shorter period of time. As per past history, medicines prescribed to this
patient includes Diamicron 80mg twice a day, Simvastatin 20 mg in evening and Amolodipine
5mg in early morning with empty stomach (Fox and Elliott, 2015) . In order to take care Mr.
Orkins, a nurse was hired who has used a number of approaches such as primary assessment,
secondary assessment and a focused assessment. Hereby, a primary assessment was taken when
nurse has felt a pungent smell of urine after entering into room of patient, that reflects state of
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