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Nursing Case Management Assignment 3: Post Collectomy Patient

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Nursing Case Management Assignment 3: Case Study Mrs. D is a 3 week post colectomy patient that has been readmitted to the hospital with severe dehydration. She has been struggling with proper nutrition and ostomy care since her discharge post-surgery. Our goal with Mrs. D should be to rehydrate her and provide her with patient education on the importance of proper nutrition and on ostomy care. After she has been rehydrated with intravenous fluids and proper nutrition she could benefit from possibly skilled nursing facility placement for continued education for proper nutrition and ostomy care depending of her activity level and if she can tolerate making her own meals or do her own ostomy care she may could benefit from home health care

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