Assignment Task

CASE STUDY
Your patient today will be:
24-year-old Lou-Anne Jones who has just been diagnosed with vomiting . Today Lou-Anne is teary, and she looks uncomfortable; her fiancée Thomas is with her.
In order to care for Lou-Anne, it is important you know about this alteration to the female reproduction system …

TASK 1
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Briefly describe the pathophysiology of this condition.
Identify two (2) signs or symptoms that this patient may experience and link back to the pathophysiology (i.e., why is she experiencing the symptom). Provide evidence to support your reasoning.
Whilst this may require some specific language, it is expected that the reader will be able to determine your understanding of the process, and that it is not recalled direct from a book.

TASK 2
MEDICATION
• Identify two (2) medications that this patient may require. You will need to explain the pharmacodynamics of each of the medications and your rationale for why it would be required.
• Identify any potential or adverse effects of these medications which you may need to explain to the patient? 

This written academic assignment reflects the following learning outcomes for NURS2007:
• Critically articulate rationales for the planning, implementation and evaluation of assessment data and care across the lifespan for people with a variety of illnesses using evidenced based principles
• Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology in order to provide comprehensive evidenced based nursing care
• Apply evidenced based principles of pharmacology to nursing practice including recognising and describing the indications and contraindications for appropriate medication management
• Analyse the rationale of medication choice in the treatment of pathological conditions and articulate why multiple drugs may be used to treat one condition including potential adverse drug reactions (ADRs)
• Apply the principles of integrated people-centred care and describe the factors that influence its implementation when working with people’s understanding and use of various therapies in relation to their plan of care … this includes developing teaching principles associated with patient education and health promotion.