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title: Nursing Case Studies
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# 🏥 Nursing Case Study Builder — Student Nurses

An interactive, free clinical case study tool designed to help student nurses develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills using the **ADPIE nursing process**.

## Features

- **📚 Case Library** — 10 detailed, realistic clinical scenarios across major body systems
- **🔍 Full Case View** — Complete patient demographics, vitals, physical exam, investigations, and medical diagnosis
- **🧠 ADPIE Reasoning** — Guided Assessment → Diagnosis → Planning → Implementation → Evaluation framework with model answers
- **❓ Quiz Questions** — 5 NCLEX-style case-based MCQs per scenario with rationales and scoring
- **📝 Care Plan Builder** — Structured NANDA nursing diagnosis care plan with SMART goals and downloadable output

## Case Scenarios

| # | Case | Category | Difficulty |
|---|------|----------|------------|
| 1 | STEMI — Acute Chest Pain | ❤️ Cardiovascular | Intermediate |
| 2 | Acute Severe Asthma | 🫁 Respiratory | Intermediate |
| 3 | Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) | 🩺 Endocrine | Intermediate |
| 4 | Ischaemic Stroke | 🧠 Neurological | Advanced |
| 5 | Septic Shock | 🦠 Multi-system | Advanced |
| 6 | NOF Fracture — Post-op Day 1 | 🦴 Musculoskeletal | Intermediate |
| 7 | Severe Preeclampsia | 🤰 Maternal | Advanced |
| 8 | Paediatric Febrile Convulsion | 👶 Paediatric | Beginner |
| 9 | Paracetamol Overdose (DSH) | 🧪 Toxicology / Mental Health | Intermediate |
| 10 | Acute Kidney Injury (Prerenal AKI) | 🫘 Renal | Intermediate |

## How to Use

1. **Browse** the Case Library and click **Open →** on any scenario
2. **Read** the Full Case to understand the clinical picture
3. **Work through** ADPIE Reasoning — write your answers before revealing the model
4. **Test yourself** with Quiz Questions and review rationales
5. **Build** a structured Care Plan and download it as a text file

## Tech Stack

- [Streamlit](https://streamlit.io/) — frontend framework
- Pure Python — no API keys or external services required
- All case data is locally curated for nursing education

## Part of the Student Nurse Toolkit

This tool is part of a free suite of nursing education apps:
- [EBP Research Tool](https://huggingface.co/spaces/NurseCitizenDeveloper/nursing-ebp-tool)
- [Drug Card Generator](https://huggingface.co/spaces/NurseCitizenDeveloper/nursing-drug-cards)
- [NCLEX Prep](https://huggingface.co/spaces/NurseCitizenDeveloper/nclex-prep)
- [Medication Safety Checker](https://huggingface.co/spaces/NurseCitizenDeveloper/medication-safety)
- **Case Study Builder** ← you are here

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*Built for student nurses. Educational use only — not a substitute for clinical training or professional judgment.*