A critical study of a 100-year-old patient receiving a dynamic hip screw

SummaryThis care study critically examines the care given to one elderly female patient on an orthopaedic trauma unit following a dynamic hip screw insertion for a fracture of the neck of femur. It examines the patient history, mode of injury, choice of and delivery of both medical and nursing care. Issues include the choice of nursing model and the influence of government policy on care delivery, stemming from the National Service Framework for Older People and Essence of Care. The work finally calls for the introduction of an adapted nursing model within the speciality of orthopaedic trauma.