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A 12 page paper discussing the case of Mrs. Galena, 80 and an active widow who lives alone. She is in good health and is quite active both at home and in her community, but she fell in her garden shed, suffering a broken hip and probably head trauma. The paper discusses possible reasons for her confusion following surgery and appropriate nursing interventions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSnursEldConf.rtf
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Mrs. Galena, 80, is a widow who lives alone, is in good health and is quite active both at home and in her community. She
attends monthly meetings of a local womens group, bowls weekly and maintains an excellent rose garden without assistance. She complains of arthritis stiffness and aches occasionally, and she sometimes
experiences shortness of breath when trying to hurry. She takes "Osteoeeze," an over-the-counter joint pain medication, as needed for occasional joint pain; otherwise she is not on any other
kind of medication, either regularly or intermittently. Unable to contact her mother by telephone for two days, Mrs. Galenas daughter calls a neighbor
with the request that he investigate. The neighbor finds Mrs. Galena lying on the floor of the garden shed, unable to get up after tripping over some flowerpots.
She appears to have broken her hip, and her head and face are bruised; she has been lying on the shed floor for 24 hours.
The neighbor immediately calls for medical assistance, and Mrs. Galena is admitted to the hospital where she is "diagnosed with a fracture of the neck of femur and
undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Galena is showing signs of confused behaviour (delrium)." Confusion as
a Symptom The symptom of confusion is relevant, though it should be noted that confusion in the elderly is not all that uncommon.
At the same time, confusion may be benign or indicative of a serious condition such as stroke or brain trauma. Thus, confusion must be taken seriously whenever it
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