The purpose of this patient care study is to discuss the care and nursing interventions a particular patient received during their stay in the acute care unit. Clause five of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code of Professional Conduct (2002) states that "as a professional nurse or midwife you must protect confidential information" and if information is to be disclosed the patient's consent must be sought. The patient's permission was obtained after an explanation of the purpose and proposed content of the therapeutic study, in the presence of a nurse. For confidentiality reasons the patient will be referred to as Kirsty. Kirsty is a seventeen-year-old young woman who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when she was thirteen. She lives in a terraced house with her mother and is a hairdressing student. She was admitted to the ward from the pediatric outpatient clinic after a routine check-up, where she presented with right-sided abdominal pain and loose stools. She was diagnosed with a flare-up of Crohn's disease. Kirsty was chosen for the purpose of this therapeutic study because her strength of character was admired and a good relationship was established. Kirsty was admitted to a twenty-six bed acute medical unit, which mainly deals with gastrointestinal conditions, however abnormal values ​​are allowed. There are three bays: one male and two female, one called the Day Room (as it was the patients' living room, but was opened as a bay because there was a shortage of beds) and the second is called the Female Bay. There is one double room and two single rooms, up and down the ward. Kirsty was admitted to a bed in the women's area. The unit is divided to accommodate the primary nursing facility... half of the document... Wife's advice. (2002). Code of ethics. London: Nursing and Midwifery Council. Pullen, M. (1999). Nutrition in Crohn's disease. Nursing standard. 13(27), 49-53.Swankin, J. D. (2002). Patient-centered care. Current reality, barriers and proposed actions. http:www. iom.edu/iom/iomhome.nsf/Wfiles/ swankin/$file/ swankin.Patient-CtrdCare.ppt-.html. Report of the National Anesthesia Control Board under review. (1997). The efficiency and effectiveness of anesthesia and pain relief services in England and Wales. London: NHS Executive. Commission Working Group on Surgical Services. (1990). Pain after surgery. London: Royal College of Surgeons of England and College of Anaesthetists. Walsh, M. (1997). The nature of nursing. In M. Walsh (ed.) (1997). Watson Clinical Nursing and Related Sciences. 5th edition. London: Baillière Tindall.