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To discuss:
Can you identify the essential information that must be available in Mr. E’s electronic record to support safe patient care and coordination of care?
Case summary:
The patient Mr. E required transmission-based infection control precautions. Upon entering the patient’s room, the nursing student found out that the stethoscope which is to be usually found in the isolation room is not there. Another nurse had bought a new isolation stethoscope set and put it together for this nursing student. By this time, the patient got irritated and wanted the nursing student to finish the assessment quickly. The nursing student could not able to hear any sound while attempting to listen to his blood pressure. The nursing student is self-sufficient in doing the basic assessments, but couldn’t found to hear anything now. The nursing student was faced with a critical decision.
To discuss:
Can you think of other ways to respond to or approach the situation?
Case summary:
The patient Mr. E required transmission-based infection control precautions. Upon entering the patient’s room, the nursing student found out that the stethoscope which is to be usually found in the isolation room is not there. Another nurse had bought a new isolation stethoscope set and put it together for this nursing student. By this time, the patient got irritated and wanted the nursing student to finish the assessment quickly. The nursing student could not able to hear any sound while attempting to listen to his blood pressure. The nursing student is self-sufficient in doing the basic assessments, but couldn’t found to hear anything now. The nursing student was faced with a critical decision.

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