2024 Volume 6 Issue 4 Pages 83-89
This report describes a case in which a nurse practitioner collaborated with doctors and staff of multiple disciplines to treat a patient with anorexia nervosa who developed refeeding syndrome during the process of re-nutrition. The patient, a woman in her 50s, had impaired consciousness and hypoglycemia and was seen by an endocrinologist after emergency transport. The endocrinologist requested the intervention of a nurse practitioner, and a collaborative intervention was initiated. The nurse practitioner worked with a physician to provide therapeutic intervention, with a physiotherapist to maintain and improve activities of daily living, and with the ward nurses and a medical social worker to assist with psychological care and adjustment of the patient to life after discharge. By participating in both disease management and care, the nurse practitioner gained a holistic understanding of the patient and acted as a link between healthcare providers to provide better medical care, with a view to life after discharge.
