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Written case analysis (1,500 words) — post-operative deterioration
Mr T, 68, is 18 hours post elective bowel resection. Over one nursing shift his NEWS2 score rises from 2 to 7: respiratory rate 24, oxygen saturation 92% on air, heart rate 112, blood pressure 98/58, temperature 38.4 °C, and he is newly agitated. Students must analyse the deterioration, set out their nursing priorities with rationale, describe how and to whom they would escalate, and reflect on the safety and accountability issues raised.
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NUR302 — Acute & Deteriorating Patient Care · BSc (Hons) Nursing · Second-year undergraduate · passing grade 50% · 4 achievement levels
- LO1 — Recognise and interpret the signs of clinical deterioration in adult patients using a structured assessment framework.
- LO2 — Prioritise and justify nursing interventions on the basis of current evidence and local guidelines.
- LO3 — Communicate and escalate clinical concern effectively within the multidisciplinary team.
- LO4 — Practise safely and accountably, keeping the patient at the centre of care decisions.
Outcomes this assessment covers: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4 — inferred from the assessment itself, not forced in.
Grading rubric — post-operative deterioration case analysis
5 criteria, weighted to 100%. Showing the first two.
| Criterion (weight) | Excellent (83–100%) | Good (67–82%) | Satisfactory (50–66%) | Needs improvement (below 50%) | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognition and interpretation of deterioration(25%) | Reads the observations as a pattern, not a list: links the rising respiratory rate, tachycardia and pyrexia to a likely septic picture, and states what the trend means clinically. Correctly interprets the NEWS2 escalation threshold. | Identifies the abnormal observations and reaches a sound interpretation, though the reasoning behind the pattern is stated rather than argued. | Notes the abnormal observations but treats them largely in isolation; the interpretation is broadly correct but the clinical significance of the trend is thin. | Misses or misreads key observations, or reports them without interpretation. The significance of the deterioration is not established. | ||
| Prioritisation using a structured framework (ABCDE)(20%) | Applies ABCDE rigorously and in order, justifying why each step takes precedence for this patient. Priorities are defensible and would hold at the bedside. | Applies ABCDE correctly with appropriate priorities; the justification for the ordering is present but lighter in places. | Uses the framework but with inconsistencies in ordering, or lists actions without making the priority explicit. | The framework is absent, misapplied, or the actions are listed with no sense of what comes first or why. |
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