discussed in the online forum. The primary focus will be on asthma and hand hygiene in relation to health promotion and the role of the nurse. A recurring theme on the forum was that the emergency department is no exception to holistic patient care, including patient education, which can lead to a decrease in avoidable presentations. Recommendations will be made for implementing these health promotion strategies in the emergency department. Asthma is a chronic multifactorial inflammatory disease of the
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We experience stress when we are faced with a tense or threatening situation that requires us to change or adapt our behavior. Studies in psychoneuroimmunology have shown that stress can suppress the functioning of the immune system, increasing one's susceptibility to the common cold as well as to cancer in situations of prolonged exposure to stress. When stress is prolonged or unrelenting, it becomes known as chronic stress. Chronic, or bad, stress can be detrimental to mental and physical health
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Improving Health By Adapting Energy Conservation Residential Mohamed Abrar Haneef Memorial University Introduction Various diseases like sinusitis, bronchitis, asthma, hypertension, overweight, hay fever, allergies such as rhinitis, eczema and other respiratory diseases are caused by numerous factors such as inadequate ventilation system, chemicals, inefficient heating and Colling system, dampness due to leakage, moulds, pollen grain, smoke and other pollutants. The World Health Organization
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Crackles Alelectasis Pneumonia - accumulation of secretion in alveoli, affecting gas exchange - decrease ventilation - predominant in inspiration - louder breath sounds - brichophone, ecophony, whisper peridctoquay Wheezes Asthma Broncospasm, inflammation and odema increase respiration and viscous mucus - increase RR audible wheeze, SOB< accessory muscles, cyanosis, retraction of intercostal spaces - wheezing Predominant on expiration Emphasema - irreversible damage to alveoli
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I. Subjective Data A. Chief Complain (CC): The patient has a complaint of increasing shortness of breath, asthma, the need of medication renewal, and establishment of a primary provider. B. History of Present Illness (HPI): The patient reports having increasing shortness of breath for the past week. He states he has had asthma as long as he can remember and with the recent heat and humidity, it has worsened to the point that he has been using his rescue inhaler 6-8 times per day. He
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Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis disease is a type of pneumoconiosis. According to CDC, "pneumoconioses are a group of interstitial lung diseases caused by the inhalation of certain dusts and the lung tissue’s reaction to the dust" (Unknown, 2012). Coal worker's pneumoconiosis(CWP) is one of the common pneumoconioses diseases. CWP is not ethical, sexual, racial, or nutritional related. Instead it is environmental related. This type of pneumoconiosis can happen to anyone, it all depends on how long and
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Participants were 61 non-smoking adults with current asthma (61.9% female; 54.8% African American; Mage = 34.72, SD = 13.58). Participants were included in the study if they: (1) were between the ages of 18 and 65; (2) met biochemical cutoff values for being a nonsmoker, indexed by an expired carbon monoxide level of (-- removed HTML --) 4 on the Asthma Screening Questionnaire, which is indicative of an asthma diagnosis (Shin et al., 2010). In terms of the racial composition of the sample, 54.8%
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in her early 30’s with a diagnosis of asthma. On entering the room, the patient was pale and was showing signs of difficulty breathing. When carrying for a patient it is always important to introduce yourself, wash your hands and identify the patient. Before entering the room, you want to have looked at the medical record and review the medical history, diagnosis, and orders. Her medical revealed a medical diagnosis of asthma In theory we learned that asthma
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Eczema A skin condition related to dryness, itchiness redness and inflammation. Caused due to allergy, this skin condition is mostly caused due to inheritance from the family. Some allergies which are caused at lung level , become asthama. At eye level they become conjunctivitis but when an immune system start triggering recations at skin level, eczema or allergic dermatitis has said to occur. Though there is not a complete cure of eczema available yet, but the disese is manageable. Comventional
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Case Summary The patient, a 23-year-old male (date of birth September 30, 1994), presented to the facility’s Emergency Department on February 27, 2018, with a history of schizophrenia, seizure disorder, polysubstance abuse (ETOH, marijuana, heroin and BZDs), opiate intoxication, depression and suicidality. The patient was admitted to the Medical Center on February 27, 2018. The following diagnoses were submitted: Admitting Diagnosis of altered mental status; Principal Diagnosis of seizure disorder;
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