Concept explainers
1.
To discuss:
The communication skills needed by the nurse to function as a patient’s advocate.
Case summary:
Patient X is a 5-year-old boy, who had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. While he was in the bathroom with his mother, he suddenly holds his stomach and starts to scream that his stomach is hurting very much. The patient’s mother pulls the alarm while his pain is increasing and needed assistance to get off the toilet. He received a smaller dose of pain relief medication that seems to take no action, while patient X still screams and lies in a fetal position while holding his stomach and says his pain seems never to go away.
2.
To discuss:
The strategies that is appropriate for the nurse to function as a valued member of the health care team.
Case summary:
Patient X is a 5-year-old boy, who had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. While he was in the bathroom with his mother, he suddenly holds his stomach and starts to scream that his stomach is hurting very much. The patient’s mother pulls the alarm while his pain is increasing and needed assistance to get off the toilet. He received a smaller dose of pain relief medication that seems to take no action, while patient X still screams and lies in a fetal position while holding his stomach and says his pain seems never to go away.
3.
To discuss:
The alternative ways to communicate with team members regarding individual patients responses to pain.
Case summary:
Patient X is a 5-year-old boy, who had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. While he was in the bathroom with his mother, he suddenly holds his stomach and starts to scream that his stomach is hurting very much. The patient’s mother pulls the alarm while his pain is increasing and needed assistance to get off the toilet. He received a smaller dose of pain relief medication that seems to take no action, while patient X still screams and lies in a fetal position while holding his stomach and says his pain seems never to go away.

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