LEARNING INSIGHT

A case presentation is a formal communication between health care professionals

regarding a patient’s clinical information. It is a consultation with a patient outlining diagnosis,
proposed dental treatment, alternative treatments, risks, costs, and responsibilities.
The case given to our group revolves around a patient who is having a complete abortion.
Complete spontaneous abortion is a complete miscarriage wherein the fetus is no longer viable
and is born before the 20th weeks of gestation. Throughout the patient’s thorough health
assessment and laboratory results, precipitating and predisposing factors are visible on her case
as to why spontaneous miscarriage happened. Although stress can be a minimal facto of
miscarriage in pregnancy, work-related and home-related stressors are precipitating factors for
the patient’s case because it is strongly observed and noted during her health assessment. As the
patient reached the age between 35-40, wherein risk of miscarriages are greater, this information
can also be a predisposing factor. Her WBC count are increased based on her laboratory test
results which can also indicate miscarriage.
This first case about complete abortion which was assigned to us is a useful strategy for
helping me learn how to analyze data, especially the health assessment and laboratory test
results, identify problems and solutions, compare alternate decisions, and arrive at a general
conclusion about the different aspects of patient care as a group. Also, it provides opportunity for
us, even though it’s in ODL, to learn different nursing skills and responsibilities using the
problem solving approach. Case studies really accentuates the health and social aspects of
nursing.