Case Notes 5.1 Zayed Mungguraki

Occupation English Test: Writing (Nursing)

TIME ALLOWED:

READING: 5 MINUTES
WRITING: 40 MINUTES

Read the case notes below and complete the writing task which follows.

Notes:

Zayed Mungguraki was treated for acute meningoencephalitis as a result of a complication following mumps. The patient was under your care at Children’s Emergency Department, Merton General Hospital.

Patient History

• Address: 23 Braxton St, Jefferson
• Date of Birth: 12 June 2017
• Admitted: 29 September 2023
• Discharged: 09 October 2023
• Country of birth: Tanzania
• Diagnosis: Acute Meningoencephalitis

Social History

• Parents: Hadia and Abdulasis, a migrant couple, arrived in Australia in 2014.
• Abdulasis White Dove Meat Factory (shift worker);
• Hadia: Part-time house cleaner (for additional income)
• Accommodation: Recently moved to rental accommodation
• GP: No family doctor. Sibling: 3-year-old brother, Ali

Language:

• Kiswahili, Arabic. Interpreter needs: Abdulasis has good spoken English but has limited writing skills; learns English classes at an evening school.
• Hadia’s English is on survival level.

Financial

• Advice needed to increase income to support medical needs.

Medical History:

• Uncertainty about vaccines received by the children.
• Both parents claim there was a vaccination.
• Record lost. More uncertainty regarding vaccines for mumps.
• Fully recovered from mumps and acute meningoencephalitis.

Discharge Plan

• Will need advice on recommended vaccines for both children.
• Will need neurological check-up-schedule a regular check-up with the Child Health Service GP

Writing Task:

Using the information in the case notes, write a letter to Charge Nurse, Community Child Health Service, 48 Johnson Street, Jefferson, requesting follow-up of the Munguraki family.

In your answer:

• Expand the relevant notes into complete sentences;
• Do not use note form
• Use letter format

The body of the letter should be approximately 180–200 words.