Spine surgery with saturated dressing: Nursing Case Study
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The case
L2-L4 laminectomy this morning. She bent over to pick up her call bell. Now her back feels wet; the drain has no output.
- Patient
- Female, 65 years
- Setting
- Surgical ward
- Time
- 7 min
- For
- RN, NP
What you practice
- Introduction, consent and communication
- Hand hygiene and infection control
- Focused history: talk to the AI patient by voice or by typing
- Inspection
- Neurological exam
- Treatment and procedures
- Case summary, diagnosis among the differentials, key test and patient teaching (scored questions)
13 checklist steps, scored from 0 to 100% by the AI at the end. The checklist answers stay inside the case: the AI patient answers what you ask and shows what you examine.
Programs and exam standards
Exam content areas
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