Answer To: Questions: · Discuss the relevant assessments required for the patient in the selected case study....
Soumi answered on Aug 06 2020
Running Head: POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME ASSESSMENT 1
POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME ASSESSMENT 3
POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME ASSESSMENT
(Sharon’s case study)
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Projecting the Relevant Health Assessments Required for Sharon 3
Assessing the Role of Sexual Health Team Members Involved in Sharon’s Case 5
The Essential Educational Needs of Sharon 6
Conclusion 10
References 11
Introduction
In order to understand the status of a health issue, the medical history of the patient has to be taken under observation. As seen in the medical history of Sharon, it came to awareness that she has her menses after every six months. Sharon came to the sexual health clinic in order to get treatment for her issue regarding irregular menstrual cycle. Natalie, as an experienced nurse, was given the task of making the initial observations and base the assumptions by asking questions. The current assignment projects Sharon’s case study, through her assessment, role of the sexual health team members, including Natalie and the education that Sharon would need in order to manage her Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).
Projecting the Relevant Health Assessments Required for Sharon
One of the first aspects of the health assessment is the age and gender recording. As mentioned by Harris, Titus, Cramer and Terry (2017), irregular menstrual cycle could lead to serious health issues and therefore, needs thorough treatment. In order to provide appropriate treatment to Sharon and patients, who face similar health issues, the following health assumptions are required.
According to Noro, Roter, Kurosawa, Miura and Ishizaki (2018), certain health issues arise at certain ages and to people of particular genders, therefore, consideration of the age and the sex is important. Sharon’s is found to be a female, 26 years old. Taking cue from the theoretical data base, her irregularity of menses appeared to be abnormal, in comparison to normal frequency of menses occurring to females of her age. In addition to assessing the age and the gender, visible traits of the patient must also be assessed. As in case of Sharon, Natalie, the nurse and midwife of the sexual health clinic noticed that she was obese.
She had been facing this situation for the last 5 years and has gained 12 kilograms in the last two years. As opined by Bagian and Paull (2018), medical history helps in understanding the development of health issues, which is important for treatment afterwards. Sharon’s medical history also shows that during her menses she bleeds heavily, and has been facing issues of growth of facial hair. It is also noted that Sharon is sexually active, however has not been able to conceive, despite trying for several years. The medical history also shows that Sharon has not faced any issues of headache, blurred vision of chance of voice, further; she has not experienced any surgery and had never conceived.
Alongside the medical history and general data about age and gender, as emphasized by Park and Han (2018), the blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, height to weight ratio, oxygen saturation, blood glucose content, hormone secretion level and inter-vaginal state reports are also required for health assessment of a patient suffering from irregular menstrual cycles. In the given case study, it was found that Sharon’s blood pressure was 128/76 mmHg, which indicates her high blood pressure.
Her body temperature, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and heart beat were moderately normal in their functioning frequency, however, Sharon had some abnormality in her Luteinizing hormone levels, at the time of Sharon’s pelvic exam, everything was found to be normal. However the trans-vaginal scan showed that she had enlarged ovaries with a total of 30 ovarian follicles, making it evident that she was having PCOS. These tests also reject the other possibilities such as blood sugar and thyroid imbalance, leading to correct treatment.
Assessing the Role of Sexual Health Team Members Involved in Sharon’s Case
The general formation of a sexual health clinic team comprises of General Practitioners (GP), nurses, support staffs (midwives, ward boy, receptionist, and cleaner), radiologist and relationship counsellors. As mentioned by Harris, Yu, Wolff, Rogers and Blank. (2018), in order to complement each other and provide patients with proper treatment, each person have to play their specific role.
The receptionists’ role involves the enrolment of the patient names into the directory and noting down the problems of the patients. As noted by Kooienga (2018), the receptionist of a medical clinic must have the communication skill to communicate with the patients, charting down the issues and referring to the right specialist. The receptionists are also expected to manage the patients in cases of delayed appointments or emotional outburst. In Sharon’s case, it is expected that the receptionist had recorded her issues and provided her an appointment as soon as possible.
After the enrolment process, the patients are provided general check up by the nurses, who assess the authenticity of the health issues brought forth by the patients. In order to help the nurses, suggests Rehman, Ahmed, Ali, Raza and Rana (2018), the supporting staffs are expected to retain the hygiene level high, medicines available, medical apparatuses sterilised and patients guided, complimenting the tasks of the nurses. Being a nurse, it was expected that Natalie treats Sharon with care, respect, and dedication, without being rude, dominant or aggressive....