5 Minute Care Plan

Critical Thinking Clinical Activity

Background:

The patient is

a

75

-

year

-

old

Caucasian

,

who

lives alone

with

a

pas

t medical

history

of al

cohol abuse,

hypertension

. She presents with weakness, urinary

incontinence,

and

frequent falls.

Reason for visit or hospitalization

:

The patient

failed while trying to get out of bed and hurt

her knees and she was brought to

the

emergency b

y am

bulance.

Medication

s

:

Amlodipine

Atorvastati

n

Cefepime

Citalopram

Heparin

M

eloxicam

Oxybu

tynin

Critical Thinking Clinical Activity

Background: The patient is a 75-year-old Caucasian, who lives alone with a past medical

history of alcohol abuse, hypertension. She presents with weakness, urinary incontinence, and

frequent falls.

Reason for visit or hospitalization: The patient failed while trying to get out of bed and hurt

her knees and she was brought to the emergency by ambulance.

Medications:

Amlodipine

Atorvastatin

Cefepime

Citalopram

Heparin

Meloxicam

Oxybutynin