Diabetes Education Paper The patient interviewed is a 78 year old white male diagnosed with diabetes in August 1999. He also has a medical history of CHF, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and atrial fibrillation. He presents with 3+ pitting edema bilateral feet and ankles, shortness of breath, dyspnea, tachycardia, chest pain, and abdominal distension. The patient’s current blood sugar level is 286 mg/dl and his most recent hemoglobin A1C 7.1%. Previous Knowledge and Current Knowledge Deficit
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NUR 159 Class Information and Procedures B-1 NUR 159 Class Information and Procedures NUR159ClassInformation 3/10/2014 NUR 159 Class Information and Procedures B-2 CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR Refer to Classroom Behavior in Student Nurses Handbook TESTING INFORMATION AND PROCEDURES 1. Silent Test Reviews: Silent test reviews will be conducted after each test. Refer to Test Security in Student Nurses Handbook for further information on test reviews. Students may also schedule individual test
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The affects of the cardiovascular system are seen in an increase of heart rate and high blood pressure. These rate increases correlate with sleep insomnia in patients with hyperthyroidism. Atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, is commonly found in older patients. In addition, symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, and nervousness are changes that affect central nervous system. Abnormal menstrual cycles are seen in patients with hyperthyroidism
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Med Surge Process Paper Nur122-201 Human Needs in Health and Illness II Patient is an 80 year old female and her initials are ERH. She is a white, protestant, widow who currently lives at home with her daughter-in-law and grand-daughter. They live in a rancher style home with a wide landing and steps that enable her to use her walker to ambulate in her home. Her birthdate is June 14, 1931. During the initial assessment with the patient, she said that she was formerly employed with the Singer
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LOWER RESP DRUGS 1.The nurse is caring for a patient with a theophylline level of 14 mcg/mL. What is the priority nursing intervention? Continue to assess the patient’s oxygenation. The therapeutic theopylline level is 10 to 20 mcg/mL. The nurse should continue interventions and monitor oxygenation. 2. In discharge teaching, the nurse will emphasize to a patient receiving a beta-agonist bronchodilator the importance of reporting which side effect? Tachycardia
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Bachelors Degree. Ms. Haymaker has been unemployed since 2009 and is currently drawing Social Security Disability (SSDI). Ms. Haymaker has a medical history of hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, morbid obesity, atrial fibrillation, anemia and blood clots. In 2013 she was hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. She has had several hospitalizations since 2011 for reasons directly related to her physical health. ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT
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According to the World Health Organization, approximately 6 million people in the United States are surviving with heart conditions, which are usually fatal. Almost half of the people who experience heart failure die before five years elapse as it is one of the top killer diseases in high-income countries. Heart diseases are often the result of an individual's lifestyle, genes or even environment. What factors increase your risk of heart failure Obesity Obese people are more vulnerable to heart
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travel through the circulation and lodge in an artery of the brain, plugging it up and stopping the flow of blood; this is referred to as an embolic stroke. A blood clot can form in a chamber of the heart when the heart beats irregularly, as in atrial fibrillation; such clots usually stay attached to the inner lining of the heart but they may break off, travel through the blood stream, form a plug (embolus) in a brain artery and cause a stroke. A cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain), as from an
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Assessment and Diagnosis Student’s Name University Affiliation Introduction Lehigh County is one of the counties located in the Lehigh Valley and has a population of more than three hundred thousand. The large population ensures that there is a large field for making assessment of the health needs of the individuals in the County. The assessment in the county can be done using the demographic and the epidemiological data in the process of identifying the health risks. The population’s information
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Stroke Definition: A stroke is the sudden death of the cells in a specific area of the brain caused by inadequate blood flow. Another name for it is cerebral vascular accident (CVA). A stroke is also called a brain attack. Description: A stroke occurs when an artery bursts or becomes closed when a blood clot lodges in it and blood flow is interrupted to that part of the brain. Blood circulating to that area of the brain served by the artery stops at the point of rupture, and the brain tissue
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