Case Study Analysis 7 Case Study Analysis Name of the Student Name of the University Author

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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Q1. Nursing care is the primary care process for a patient. In the provided scenario it has been
seen that Kathleen is an Aboriginal person and admitted to the hospital for her blood sugar issue
and also the negative situation of the exacerbation. She has been diagnosed with different health
issues as per medical history. In the present scenario Kathleen has been prescribed with
prednisone 50 mgs daily for 7 days in order to reduce her exacerbation issues. However, it has
been seen that her blood sugar levels were fluctuating. Hence, the student nurse is responsible for
her care should develop intervention strategies to provide improved care to the patient. Hence, in
this context, communication skills of the nurses play a crucial role as well. Thus, the student
nurse should implement communication strategies to empathise the patient and support as well.
The factor of the communication strategies the student nurse can implement the cultural
competence that is using positive tone and elimination of the discriminative tone (Munns et al.,
2018). The cultural competence is the factor which would be effective as the patient is from
different culture from the nurse. Based on this context, it can also be stated that the change of the
health situation of the patient can be achieved by the student nurse if the nurse has the
knowledge and skills. Moreover, it can be stated that the cultural competence and showing
empathy to develop the therapeutic relationship with the patient would be the primary goal and
strategy of the nurse, in order to address the health related issues of the patient by understanding
the patient. On the other hand, the nurse can implement the pictorial non verbal communication
strategy that can help in the development of the knowledge of the patient regarding the self
management factors in the COPD and diabetic situation (Jarvis, 2018). In this context, it can be
stated that the nurse student should implement the non verbal communication strategy with the
consideration of empowering the patient. Empowerment of the patient is also an aspect of the
nursing care. Thus, the consideration of the care for the patient for the management of the COPD

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and the diabetes, effective knowledge development and training the patient is one of the most
requiring competences for the nurse (Straw et al., 2019). Thus, it can be identified that the
nursing student responsible for the care of Kathleen should consider the strategies of
communication which can develop the knowledge and self efficacy of the patient positively.
Hence, the cultural competence for the therapeutic relationship development would be required
for the partnership or rapport development with the patient, Moreover, the pictorial education
providence with effective non-verbal communication strategies should be considered with higher
priority. These earlier mentioned strategies would be effective as the cultural competence would
develop trust between the patient and nurse and also the pictorial education will help the patient
with the breathing and relaxation exercises that can improve the COPD condition of the patient
(Battersby et al., 2018).
Q2. As Kathleen is a person from the Aboriginal community, it can be stated that significant
amount of cultural difference would be present between the patient and the student nurse. Hence,
the student nurse should consider the cultural safety in order to communicate with the patient
(Yeung, 2016). Thus, it can be stated that educating the patient and subsequently empowering
the patient regarding the self management post discharge would be sensitive process. The nurse
should focus on the cultural factors and also consider the factor of the health literacy level of the
patient for educating the patient (Lock, 2019). Moreover, the patient’s family condition showed
that the patient needs to be empowered with the self management processes for the self efficacy
development as well as improvement of the medication administration processes. Hence, it can
be stated that the student nurse should use the therapeutic relationship factors for communicating
with the patient. The positive and the empathising tone should be used for the effective
communication. Moreover, the student nurse should avoid any kind of negative conversation or