The document discusses the case method/case study approach used in nursing education. It defines case method as a strategy that helps students learn to analyze cases, identify problems and solutions, and make decisions about patient care. The purposes of case studies are to help students develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills to identify patient issues, gather relevant information, and provide comprehensive individualized care. The process involves students studying a specific patient in detail over several days before presenting their case study analysis and care plan to other students and instructors for discussion.

1. DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR.
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2. CASE METHOD
(OR) CASE STUDY

3. DEFINITION
• “A Case Method is a useful strategy
for helping the students learn how
to analyze a case, identify problems
and solutions, compare alternate
decisions, and arrive at conclusions
about different aspects of patient
care.” GABERSON

5. CASE METHOD IN ACTUAL
SETTING

6. PURPOSES

7. • Case study provides an
opportunity to the students to
learn nursing skills using the
problem solving approach.
• The students learn to identify
and define patient’s problems.

8. • Case study trains students to
locate, gather and process the
information required to solve
the patient’s health problems.
• It develops a sense of
accomplishment for providing
individualized comprehensive
care.

9. • Case method helps the student
to solve the patient’s problems
by critical and reflective
thinking.
• It emphasizes the patient’s
individual personality with
unique problems.

10. • Case method accentuates the
health and social aspects of
nursing.
• It points out the relationship and
cooperation of the various agencies
interested in the patient’s
problems and welfare such as
social service and public health
nursing.

11. The selection of
client can be done
by coordinating
with the clinical
Instructor and the
nursing students.

12. PROCESS IN CASE METHOD

13. PRINCIPLES
• The Case study helps a student
to make their nursing care study.

14. A case study should help a
student to study the patient’s
state of health and self help
abilities, his cultural background,
economic levels of activities.

15. • Case method should focus on
information and facts about patient,
his disease condition and his social
and personal history & the
application of this knowledge in
rendering nursing care.

16. • The case method should train a nurse
to take responsibility in giving a
complete and comprehensive care to
the clients.
• A case method should serve as a
excellent tool to demonstrate nursing
skills, scientific knowledge and
sociological or psychological insight
into the problems of a patient.

17. • A case method should aim at
encouraging evaluation of
solutions presented by other
team members.

18. THE CASE METHOD Vs
EXPERIMENTAL METHOD

19. FORMS AND PRESENTATION OF
CASE STUDY
• 1. WRITTEN CASE STUDTY.
• 2. VERBAL / ORAL CASE
STUDY.

20. TYPES
• 1. CASE STUDY.
• 2. CASE ANALYSIS.
• 3. CASE INCIDENT TECHNIQUE.

21. CASE STUDY
• The student will is given the
opportunity to provide nursing care
for specific client.
• After 4 or 5 days of careful study,
the student nurse prepares the case
study by comparing with the text.

22. • The student presents the case
before the batch of co learners
and general discussion follows
regarding further management
of the patient.

23. CASE ANALYSIS
• An analysis of a case or a condition
is done by a group of nursing
students under the leadership of
the instructor.

24. • A comprehensive information is
presented to the students so as
to aid them make judgment of
problem or situation in case.

25. • No background information is
given to them regarding details
of the incident at the time, it is
presented.
• The instructor will have facts
about case; can be given as
requested by the students.

26. CASE INCIDENT TECHNIQUE
• This technique requires
immediate decision and action
from a case and presented to the
students for their analysis and
decision.

27. ADVANTAGES
• Provides for individual
differences of the student.
• Provides opportunity for self
expression.

28. • Provides experience in
organizing and writing a paper in
a scientific manner.
• It provides a source of material
for future reference.

29. • Provides opportunity for the
instructor to direct student
thinking into new channels and to
correct errors of information.
• Case method serves as a basis for
better personal understanding and
relationship between the
instructor and the student.

30. • Case method is time saving.
• It offers an opportunity for a
public speaking experience.

31. • Case method helps the learners
to be motivated and persistent,
independent, self disciplined ,
self confident and goal oriented.

32. • Discussion following presentation
provides for the other learners to
benefit from other student’s care
plan.
• This serves as a source of
motivation to the other students as
the other students benefit from her
student.

33. The student feels the thrill of
achievement in presenting her
study to others.

34. DISADVANTAGES
Written case study provides no
opportunity to branch out and
incorporate new ideas once the
study is completed.

35. • Written case method requires a
great deal of time to rewrite to
an acceptable form.
• Oral case study does not offer an
opportunity for writing and other
creative expressions, since only
notes are used for the
presentation.

36. • Oral case study leaves no record
that may be kept for future
reference as it is used generally.

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