COPD Case Study Part 1 Patient name: DH DOB: 7/14 Admit Date: 8/23 Age: 65 Sex: Male Education: Bachelor's degree Occupation: Retired manager of local grocery chain Hours of work: N / A Household members: Wife age 62, well; four adult children not living in the area Ethnic background: Asian American Religious affiliation: Methodist Referring physician: Marie McFarland, MD (pulmonary) Chief complaint: "My husband has had emphysema for many years. He was working in the yard today
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Patient Teaching–Incentive Spirometer Sergei Pugachov Georgia Southern University School of Nursing Dr. Linda Upchurch NURS 3163 An incentive spirometer is a device that our patients use to improve the function of their lungs. This main underlying principle is that breathing can be exercised to train the expansion of lungs capacity (Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, 2013). Patients who qualify for this intervention include those who have recently had a surgery, were under anesthesia
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cultural, and developmental levels of a patient. Asthma 1. What are the risk factors for asthma? 2. Describe routine nursing care that would be appropriate for a homecare patient. 3. Describe education a patient requires to self-administer nebulizer treatments. 4. What are the top three nursing diagnosis priorities for the patient having an asthma attack in the home. 5. Identify three common complications for untreated asthma. Explain the nursing care designed to prevent each
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Running Header: Asthma Paper on Asthma September 10, 2010 Abstract Chronic bronchitis is a preventable disease highly linked to smoking. Once a patient is diagnosed with chronic bronchitis through pulmonary function tests and other exams, it is not curable but there are medications that may help in alleviating symptoms. Chronic bronchitis patients are often referred to as “Blue bloater.” In chronic bronchitis, there is a marked increased in the proliferation of the goblet cells that results
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Staloral Immunotherapy – Patient Information Staloral oral immunotherapy is an effective treatment for allergies. It is different to previous oral immunotherapies, which are diluted injectable solution, taken orally. In the 7 studies as of March 2007, it is equally an effective treatment as injection immunotherapy and a lot safer. Over 140 million doses of Staloral immunotherapy have been given without one serious reaction. Severe reactions have occurred with allpyral injection solution in about
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Asthma Joshua Hernandez HCS/245 Oct 7, 2014 Margaret Latham Asthma Asthma is a serious respiratory diseases that is widespread that affects millions and millions of people through out the world. This disease affects newborns, young children, adults, baby boomers and seniors and it is rapidly affecting small children in a rapid rate. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways with recurring symptoms, with reversible airflow obstruction with common symptoms such as wheezing,
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Respiratory Disease Paper Lisa N. HCS/245 University of Phoenix Understanding COPD COPD (short for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is an obstructive lung disease that over time makes it hard to breathe. COPD is a disease that involves inflammation and thickening of the airways. It also involves destruction of the tissue of the lung where oxygen is exchanged. Obstruction in COPD means that the flow of air in and out of the lungs is less than it should be. When that happens, less oxygen
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Personal Impact Paper Donna Ballard, RN University of Phoenix Nur/427 Carolyn Diaz, MSN “Chronic illness is the irreversible presence, accumulation, or latency of disease states or impairment that involve the total human environment for supportive care and self-care, maintenance of function and prevention of further disability” (Curtin and Lubkin, 1995, pp. 6-7). Once a person is diagnosed with a chronic disease their lifestyle changes completely. The purpose of this assignment is to research
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Grade: 4th CC: “I can’t breathe when I run” Questions I asked: -Can you sit down until you catch your breath? What were you doing that made it hard for you to breathe? How long has it been hard for you to breathe? Do you have asthma? What do you normally do when you can’t breathe? Do you normally take any medications? Do you have any medication with you or
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Complaint: cough congestion and difficulty breathing History of present Illness: 2 years old Hispanic male brought in by mother, no translation needed c/o f/u cough congestion and difficulty breathing patient does not have a history of asthma and does not have a nebulizer machine at home. No diarrhea, no fever and no vomiting. Other siblings are not sick. No foreign travels stated. Illness is of moderate severity. Medical history: Birth at Mexicali mex normal vaginal delivery at 38
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