Nursing Case Study on Bacterial Gastroenteritis

Running head: NURSING CASE STUDY
Nursing case study
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Subjective history: 2
Objective history: 2
Differential diagnosis and diagnostics: 2
Treatment plan: 3
References: 6

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Subjective history:
The patient in the case study had been a 75 year old male individual who had been presented
in the health care facility with unintentional weight loss of 15 pounds. The patient, when
questioned, revealed that he had also been suffering from high fever and along with that had
recently been experiencing vomiting and abdominal pain along with bloodied stool for the past
few days. On further inquiry, the patient revealed that he lives alone in his house with no one to
care for him, and had been experiencing the onset of the symptoms since the last couple of
months.
Objective history:
The objective history of the patient indicates at a low respiratory rate at 16 breaths per
minute. Along with that, the patient’s body temperature had also been considerably high at 102.
However, it has to be mentioned that the blood pressure of the patents was fairly normal at
120/90. The heart rate of the patient on the other hand had been slightly higher. It has to be
mentioned in this context as well that the patient in this case had also been suffering from
abdominal cramps and mild head ache as well.
Differential diagnosis and diagnostics:
It has to be mentioned in this context that the patient under consideration had been exhibiting
the key symptoms of any infectious disease manifestation in the gastro-intestinal tract. The major
signs had been the bloody stools accompanied by the acute and persistent abdominal pain and
cramps. Hence, the most plausible diagnosis for the patient can be stomach flu. Now it has to be
understood that the stomach flu is an umbrella term that takes into consideration a vast range of