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Aggressive Behavior Management for Dementia Patient
Keimyoung UniversityA 79-year-old elderly woman with dementia has been unable to adjust to the three-person room at the nursing hospital for three weeks and is showing aggressive behaviors such as screaming and swearing. She is able to communicate easily with an MMSE score of 15/30, but she is angry with her...
A 79-year-old elderly woman with dementia has been unable to adjust to the three-person room at the nursing hospital for three weeks and is showing...
COM 01 – Wallace Peterson – Home Visit and COPD Pneumonia
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario COM 01 - Wallace Peterson - Home Health: COPD/Pneumonia on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Wallace Peterson is a 69-year-old Caucasian male with a history of COPD who has had multiple hospitalizations for the treatment of bronchitis and pneumonia. He was referred to home...
COM 01 – Wallace Peterson – Home Visit and COPD Pneumonia
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario COM 01 - Wallace Peterson - Home Health: COPD/Pneumonia on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Wallace Peterson is a...
COM 02 – Margaret Chan – Home Health – Hospice
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario COM 02 - Margaret Chan - Home Health: Hospice on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Margaret Chan is a 69-year-old Asian female diagnosed with advanced metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma 15 months ago. She has spinal metastases and has been referred to hospice for...
COM 02 – Margaret Chan – Home Health – Hospice
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario COM 02 - Margaret Chan - Home Health: Hospice on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Margaret Chan is a...
COM 03 – Bradley Wright – Home Health – Heart Failure
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario COM 03 - Bradly Wright - Home Health: Heart Failure on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Bradley Wright is a 67-year-old African-American male with a history of chronic heart failure. He has had multiple hospital admissions for heart failure. Home healthcare was referred after...
COM 03 – Bradley Wright – Home Health – Heart Failure
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario COM 03 - Bradly Wright - Home Health: Heart Failure on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Bradley Wright is...
EMS Congestive Heart Failure
VALOR ProgramLearner responds to a 70-year-old male patient experiencing shortness of breath and chest tightness related to pulmonary edema. Learner should perform an initial assessment on scene, identify the patient's dyspnea and hypoxia, and provide appropriate respiratory support. The patient is in respiratory distress and can speak in only 1-2 syllable...
EMS Congestive Heart Failure
Learner responds to a 70-year-old male patient experiencing shortness of breath and chest tightness related to pulmonary edema. Learner should perform an initial assessment on...
EMS Trauma—Electrocution
VALOR ProgramLearner arrives on-scene to find a 65-year-old male patient on the floor with decreased responsiveness. Learner should perform an initial assessment and identify that the patient just suffered an electrocution injury during a home repair and is now bradycardic secondary to pacemaker failure. The patient also has electric burn injuries...
EMS Trauma—Electrocution
Learner arrives on-scene to find a 65-year-old male patient on the floor with decreased responsiveness. Learner should perform an initial assessment and identify that the...
Establishing Vascular Access for Long-Term Antibiotic Therapy
CLINSPEC Solutions CVC Health Care PICC ProsA 72-year-old female with recent diagnosis of osteomyelitis presents to the outpatient infusion clinic to establish vascular access for long-term vancomycin therapy. The learner will evaluate the patient, review medical history, and establish vascular access using the appropriate technique.
A 72-year-old female with recent diagnosis of osteomyelitis presents to the outpatient infusion clinic to establish vascular access for long-term vancomycin therapy. The learner will...
Establishing Vascular Access in a Difficult Intravenous Access Patient
CLINSPEC Solutions CVC Health Care PICC ProsA 67-year-old male with recent diagnosis of septic shock secondary to pneumonia is now recovering and no longer in need of central venous access. Unfortunately, the nursing staff were unable to establish peripheral IV access after several attempts. The learner will evaluate the patient, review medical history, and establish vascular...
A 67-year-old male with recent diagnosis of septic shock secondary to pneumonia is now recovering and no longer in need of central venous access. Unfortunately,...
Fall in the Hospital
Nambu UniversityA 78-year-old woman with a history of a stroke is currently admitted with a GI bleed. The learner does a basic nursing assessment including a neurologic exam consistent with previous deficits related to the stroke and leaves the room. While they are absent the patient falls, which requires the learner...
A 78-year-old woman with a history of a stroke is currently admitted with a GI bleed. The learner does a basic nursing assessment including a...
FUN 02 – Bernadette Jackson – Confusion in Older Adult with Infection
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 02 - Bernadette Jackson - Confusion in Older Adult With Infection on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Bernadette Jackson is an 85-year-old African-American female who presented to the emergency department. After placing an indwelling catheter, the patient was admitted to the inpatient medical...
FUN 02 – Bernadette Jackson – Confusion in Older Adult with Infection
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 02 - Bernadette Jackson - Confusion in Older Adult With Infection on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Bernadette...
FUN 03 – Samuel Green – End-of-Life Care
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 03 - Samuel Green - End-of-Life Care on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Samuel Green is a 75-year-old Jewish male previously diagnosed with inoperable pulmonary adenocarcinoma. He became acutely ill after his last round of chemotherapy and his code status is do not...
FUN 03 – Samuel Green – End-of-Life Care
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 03 - Samuel Green - End-of-Life Care on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Samuel Green is a 75-year-old...
FUN 05 – Lisa Rae – Fall and Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 05 - Lisa Rae - Fall and Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Lisa Rae, a 78-year-old Caucasian female, was admitted with complaints of dizziness following a fall at her assisted living facility. Mrs. Rae was found to be...
FUN 05 – Lisa Rae – Fall and Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 05 - Lisa Rae - Fall and Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Lisa...
FUN 06 – Nancy Gilbert – Tracheostomy Care
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 06 - Nancy Gilbert - Tracheostomy Care on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Nancy Gilbert is a 65-year-old Caucasian female with a history of laryngeal cancer. She was admitted with pneumonia and placed in contact isolation for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). During this...
FUN 06 – Nancy Gilbert – Tracheostomy Care
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 06 - Nancy Gilbert - Tracheostomy Care on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Nancy Gilbert is a 65-year-old...
FUN 07 – Carl Rogers – Diabetic Wound Care and Insulin Administration
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 07 - Carl Rogers - Diabetic Wound Care and Insulin Administration on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Carl Rogers is a 67-year-old African American male with a history of type I diabetes mellitus. He was directly admitted from his provider’s office to the...
FUN 07 – Carl Rogers – Diabetic Wound Care and Insulin Administration
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario FUN 07 - Carl Rogers - Diabetic Wound Care and Insulin Administration on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Carl...
Geriatric Pneumonia—Inpatient
University of Nebraska Medical CenterA 68-year-old male with COPD is admitted to the hospital with pneumonia; the signout says he became more sick overnight. The learner must identify that the patient is in respiratory distress and begin interventions to treat him, including administering oxygen via nasal cannula or non-rebreather. The learner is expected to...
Geriatric Pneumonia—Inpatient
A 68-year-old male with COPD is admitted to the hospital with pneumonia; the signout says he became more sick overnight. The learner must identify that...
Goals of Care Discussion
Maimonides Medical CenterIn this scenario, a daughter brings her elderly father to the hospital because of respiratory distress. The patient has a history of advanced lung cancer, appears frail and very ill, and is in the emergency department requiring BIPAP for respiratory support. The learner must take the role of the emergency...
In this scenario, a daughter brings her elderly father to the hospital because of respiratory distress. The patient has a history of advanced lung cancer,...
LED 01 – Margaret Chan – Medication Error RCA
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario LED 01 - Margaret Chan - Medication Error With Root Cause Analysis on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Margaret Chan is a 68-year-old Asian female diagnosed with advanced metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma one year ago. She was admitted to the medical-surgical unit for...
LED 01 – Margaret Chan – Medication Error RCA
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario LED 01 - Margaret Chan - Medication Error With Root Cause Analysis on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Margaret...
MED 02 – Wallace Peterson – Pneumonia with Acute Respiratory Distress and Oxygen Delivery
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 02 - Wallace Peterson - Pneumonia With Acute Respiratory Distress Oxygen Delivery on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Wallace Peterson is a 69-year-old male with a 6-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who has been hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia. The scenario...
MED 02 – Wallace Peterson – Pneumonia with Acute Respiratory Distress and Oxygen Delivery
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 02 - Wallace Peterson - Pneumonia With Acute Respiratory Distress Oxygen Delivery on the Elsevier Evolve Platform...
MED 05 – Margaret Chan – Lung Cancer, Nausea & Hypokalemia
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 05 - Margaret Chan - Lung Cancer - Nausea & Hypokalemia on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Margaret Chan is a 68-year-old Asian female diagnosed one year ago with advanced metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma. She was admitted to the medical-surgical unit for...
MED 05 – Margaret Chan – Lung Cancer, Nausea & Hypokalemia
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 05 - Margaret Chan - Lung Cancer - Nausea & Hypokalemia on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Margaret...
MED 09 – Keola Akana – Heart Failure/Digoxin Toxicity & Hypokalemia
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 09 - Keola Akana - Heart Failure - Digoxin Toxicity & Hypokalemia on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Keola Akana is a 70-year-old male with a history of heart failure. He was admitted to the medical-surgical unit for medication adjustment, monitoring, and cardiac...
MED 09 – Keola Akana – Heart Failure/Digoxin Toxicity & Hypokalemia
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 09 - Keola Akana - Heart Failure - Digoxin Toxicity & Hypokalemia on the Elsevier Evolve Platform...
MED 11 – Melody Dixon – Myocardial Infarction and Management of Unstable Patient
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 11 - Melody Dixon - Myocardian Infarction - Management of Unstable Patient on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Melody Dixon, a 71-year-old African American female, presented to the emergency department with complaints of indigestion and back pain. Atypical presentation of myocardial infarction was...
MED 11 – Melody Dixon – Myocardial Infarction and Management of Unstable Patient
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 11 - Melody Dixon - Myocardian Infarction - Management of Unstable Patient on the Elsevier Evolve Platform...
MED 37 – Susan Weil – Hip Fracture and Blood Transfusion
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 37 - Susan Weil - Hip Fracture - Blood Transfusion on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Susan Weil is a 76-year-old Caucasian female with a history of hypertension and osteoporosis. After a fall, she was admitted to the medical-surgical unit for hemiarthroplasty. The...
MED 37 – Susan Weil – Hip Fracture and Blood Transfusion
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 37 - Susan Weil - Hip Fracture - Blood Transfusion on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Susan Weil...
MED 38 – Susan Weil – Hip Fracture and Pulmonary Embolism
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 38 - Susan Weil - Hip Fracture - Pulmonary Embolism on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Susan Weil is a 76-year-old white female with a history of hypertension and osteoporosis. After a fall, she was admitted to the medical-surgical unit for hemiarthroplasty. The...
MED 38 – Susan Weil – Hip Fracture and Pulmonary Embolism
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 38 - Susan Weil - Hip Fracture - Pulmonary Embolism on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Susan Weil...
MED 40 – Agnes Taylor – Hip Fracture, Wound Infection & Early Sepsis
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 40 - Agnes Taylor - Hip Fracture - Wound Infection & Early Sepsis on the Elsevier Evolve Platform Agnes Taylor is an 81-year-old Caucasian female who suffered a fractured left hip and underwent an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF). She was progressing...
MED 40 – Agnes Taylor – Hip Fracture, Wound Infection & Early Sepsis
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 40 - Agnes Taylor - Hip Fracture - Wound Infection & Early Sepsis on the Elsevier Evolve...