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Ernesto, a 53-year-old Hispanic male, was admitted to the hospital with severe hyperglycemia and is now newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Ernesto’s wife died 2 years ago, and he lives alone, next door to his adult son, Marcos. Ernesto speaks little English and was discharged from the hospital after 3 days. The discharge nurse at the hospital instructed Ernesto on his new medications without Marcos present because the bed was needed for another client. As the nurse instructed him, Ernesto nodded yes to the instructions.
1. What is your overall opinion of the discharge process by the hospital nurse? State three areas of priority concerns.
2. Are you comfortable that Ernesto understood the discharge instructions? What could have been done differently?
3. Which ethnicities are more prone to a diabetes diagnosis?
4. What are three specific areas of follow-up care that you anticipate for Ernesto?
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Seventeen-year-old Justin Sutton took his own life last night with a handgun owned by his parents. Recently, several of his peers had posted photographs and demeaning comments about him on social media, suggesting that Justin was gay. This was only the most recent incident in a long history of bullying and depression experienced by Justin, who had been meeting with his guidance counselor regularly. The counselor had referred him for mental health services, and he’d been waiting for his first appointment.
1. What risk factors are commonly associated with teen suicide? Which risk factors are observed in Justin’s situation?
2. Think of your high school days or the community where you grew up (if you are older, you could consider the experience of your children). What do you remember about classmates with severe depression or anxiety and suicidal tendencies? What kind of supports were available in your school or community? To what extent was the issue of teen depression and teen suicide discussed in your school or community?