Clinical Reasoning: Analysis and Interpretation of Cues

Clinical
reasoning

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Objective and Subjective Data.....................................................................................................1
Analyse and interpret the identified cues and explain the assessment findings..........................1
Further cues that needs to be collected and explain why these are relevant and important to the
situation........................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Jessie has flushed skin as derived from the case study. Her body temperature is 38.5 degree
which is quiet high. She also feels like her heart is beating very high. It has also been analysed
that her pulse rate is 140 beats per minute that is also high and can cause significant health
related problems in human body.
MAIN BODY
Objective and Subjective Data
The objective data that has been derived from the case study is that the respiratory rate of
Jessie is 29 breathe per minute. It can be considered as dangerous and Jessie can face further
health related consequences such as heart failure, lung disease, and even asthma. The subjective
data has provided that Jessie is going through adverse health conditions.
Analyse and interpret the identified cues and explain the assessment findings
It has been analysed from the case study that Jessie has the temperature of 38.5 degree on 26
March, 2020 that can be considered as normal. A 16 year old kid can normally have this
temperature. It has also been analysed that pulse rate of patient on that day was 140 beat per
minute which is high than the previous days. This cannot be considered as normal. It has also
been analysed that the respiratory rate of Jessie is 29 breathe per minute that is quiet abnormal. It
means that Jessie has the high risk of facing cardiovascular [problem, lung disease, anxiety,
asthma or pneumonia. It has also been analysed from the case study that Blood pressure rate of
Jessie on that day was 130/70 mm gg.
This can be considered as the stage 1 of hypertension. Patient can also be at the risk of
going through other problem like hypertension. It has also been analysed from the case study that
Jessie feels like her heart is beating very fast. On the other hand the previous day reading of
patient on medical chart was quiet normal (Alfaro-LeFevre, 2016). On 23 and 24 March, 2020
the blood pressure was counted as 110/60 and 112/60. This has been considered as normal than it
was on 26 March. The respiratory rate was 14 and 12 on both past days. This was also normal. It
means that on that day service user was not going through any type of health issues. Patient heart
beat and blood pressure rate was quiet high on the day she was admitted. It has also been
analysed that medical history of Jessie has not been known.
It has been analysed that respiratory rate in an individual can be higher if they are engaged
in doing any type of physical activities. The haemostasis provides the information that it is
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