Nurse Writing 002 OET Practice Letter by PASS OET

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Practice writing sub-test No.2 for nursing Read the case notes and complete the writing task which follows Notes Name: Mrs Jane LaPaglia Age: 71 Cultural & religion data: Italian & Catholic, speaks functional English Admission Date: 4th March 2011 – Prince Albert Hospital Discharge Date: 28th April 2011 Diagnosis:

Renal failure 2⁰ to dehydration, mild dementia, pneumonia

Social/Medical family:

* Lives with 80 yr old husband/carer, Joe, in a 4 bdrm unit *Joe not coping with pt’s or his own care needs. *House filthy, both have poor hygiene and nutrition *One son, Andrew, a mechanic, visits Tuesday and Sunday *Interests include classical music, ballet and AFL.

Medical History and Medications: See Dr’s notes (to be forwarded)

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Management and Progress during Hospitalisation: *Initially comatose, ventilated in ICU 7/7 *Given dialysis 3/52 which ↓ urea & creatinine, stable now *Hospital acquired pneumonia 2/24 chest physio for 2/52, still requiring O2 2 litres via nasal prongs but non infective for 3/52. *↑confusion post ICU but now back to usual mild level and Is quite settled. *Needs prompting to eat, drink, dress, walk, toilet & tend to personal hygiene but can independently do these *Family conference 25/3/11. Consensus decision: pt will move to nursing home & Joe will live in adjoining hostel – nil beds for either till 28/4/11. Discharge Plan: *Transfer to nursing home *Husband will live in hostel next door, both accepting of this *Continue O2 therapy as per O2 sats *Encourage independence, pt capable of self-care with ++ prompting *Ensure adequate hydration to prevent ↓renal function *Repeat electrolyte, urea & creatinine blood test weekly Writing task You are the Charge Nurse on the medical ward where Ms LaPaglia has spent most of her hospital stay as a patient. Using the information in the case notes, write a referral letter to the Charge Nurse at Boronia Nursing Home, Coogee where Mrs Jane LaPaglia will be discharged to from your ward.

In your answer:   

Expand the relevant notes into complete sentences Do not use note form Use letter format The body of the letter should be approximately 180-200 words.

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