...Assignment Objectives No assignment objectives entered. Clinical Set-up Details First Day of Clinical: 02/10/2016 Primary Diagnosis: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Provider Name: P, A Secondary Diagnosis: Student Details: Patient Details: First Initial: M Identifier 1: L Last Name: Flores Identifier 2: M Credentials: SNPC Gender: M Age: 62 Years Pre-Clinical Manager Patient Info Identifier: M, L Gender: M Age: 62 Y Nurse Initials: M Flores, SNPC Diagnosis (1) Primary Diagnosis: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Patho-Physiology: A progressive disease that is associated with difficulty breathing due to severe injuries to the pulmonary alveoli. The cause of this disease is the continuous exposure to cigarette smoke either actively or passively, and contaminated environments which reduces the shortness of breath and chest tightness. COPD may appear as two distinct disorders: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Emphysema is the broadening of the alveoli and the destruction of their walls. Chronic bronchitis is manifested as a chronic persistent cough that produces sputum and it is not due to an apparent clinical cause, like lung cancer, but rather the dilation of the bronchial glands that causes excessive mucus secretion. Both diseases are closely linked and often occur simultaneously, or one ends up causing the other. Therapeutic Regimen: -Current...
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