SCENARIO 1: MEDICAL
Mrs Taufa is 81 years old. She is admitted to an acute medical ward with chest pain, and is diagnosed with unstable angina. She and her husband live with their eldest daughter and her husband and 3 children.
She has a history of hypertension, myocardial infarction and Type II diabetes.
She still feels very tired and gets a tight feeling in her chest when she walks to the toilet.
Her current medications are:
Cilazapril 5mg PO mane Lilly
• Research your allocated medication and complete a medication profile using the criteria in the marking schedule. DO NOT just copy and paste from websites (written).
• Describe the cultural assessment you will do to identify the patient’s current use of traditional or alternative medicines.