Social History:
Social History always comes in the second last paragraph, before the request paragraph. However, it is OET’s old trick!
Notes | Relevance | Reason |
Retired Professor | ⍟ | Oh! So what? |
Widow | ⍟⍟ | Okay! That’s not an issue |
One adopted son | ⍟⍟⍟⍟ | We don’t care he is adopted or real! |
(24-year-old student) | ⍟ | What is there to do with his age? |
Husband died 2014 | ⍟ | Don’t we call her a widow? |
Lives with son | ⍟⍟⍟⍟ | Hm, he may provide her some assistance! |
Live in a one-storey house | ⍟ | That’s fine, as long as she doesn’t have to climb stairs! |
Son is often unavailable to care for patient | ⍟⍟⍟⍟ | Hm! That matters! |
(due to school and work) | ⍟ | That is not relevant! |
Oxygen readily accessible at home via nasal cannula at 2-4L as needed | ⍟⍟⍟⍟⍟ | That’s critical! |
Answer the most important questions as in the previous lesson
1 | Patient | Ms Sydney Loten |
2 | Recipient | Ms Jane Hall, Transition Care |
3 | Request | Transfer the patient to home Help with transfer |
4 | Admission | April 11, (this year) |
5 | Admitting Condition | Multiple polyps |
6 | Current Condition (Prognosis) | Post polypectomy |
7 | Treatment Status | Recovering |
8 | Discharge Status | Will be discharged when Oxygen availability is arranged at home. |
9 | Writer | Nurse Practitioner, current facility |
Get Ready! Decide if the following information are relevant or irrelevant!
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