Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview Paper
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Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview
Rebecca Marange
HCA/240
January 28, 2011
Margaret Mcgannon
Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview
Appendix D
Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview
Suppose you are tasked with confidentially interviewing members of a retirement community to see who may be at risk for cardiovascular disease. At the same time, you are asked to help educate the retirement community about what they can do to control their risk of developing a cardiovascular disease. Use the template below to design an interview form you would be able to take to members of the retirement community (age 60 and up). Refer to Ch. 7 of the text, and this week’s articles on cardiovascular health. Remember—you will come …show more content…
into contact with seniors from all walks of life, so write questions that are direct, yet friendly. Apply judgment when writing questions; you cannot possibly cover all forms of cardiovascular disease with one 10-question interview.
Finally, imagine you are actually conducting the interviews within a retirement community when one interviewee says her sister has been diagnosed with a particular cardiovascular disease. She wants you to explain what must be done to treat the disease because her sister did not understand the doctor’s explanation.
Complete the interview and case study below. Post your response to the Assignment link.
Part 1: Interview Form
Cardiovascular Disease Interview
Checklist for Symptoms and Signs of Cardiovascular Disease | □ | 1. Have you ever experienced any pain in your chest or arms from stress or during and after exercising if you participate in such activities? | □ | 2. Do you know of any family history of heart disease? | □ | 3. Are you a smoker and if so, how many packs a day and for how long? | □ | 4. Have you ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure or high cholesterol and if so, are you currently taking medication to treat it? | □ | 5. Have you ever experience back pain and if so, when was the most recent episode? | □ | 6. Have you or do you suffer from shortness of breath or any difficulty breathing and if so, is it new or has it became more severe over time? Does rest relieve the pain or make it less severe? | □ | 7. Do you consume alcohol and if so, how much do you drink and for how long having you been consuming alcohol? | □ | 8. Do you or have you suffered from fatigue or any problems with sleeping? | □ | 9. Do you or have you ever suffered from poor circulation such as splotchy appearance on the skin, tingly hands arms, legs or cold hands or feet and if so, how long have you been experiencing this? | □ | 10. Have you ever of do suffered from edema which is swollen ankles? | Risk Factor Discussion Prompts | 1. | When a person has a regular exercise regime or just takes daily walks around the neighborhood this will help to decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease. | 2. | If a person strives to maintain a healthy body weight this is essential to preventing cardiovascular disease? | 3. | Hypertension, or high blood pressure as it is commonly known by, is often referred to as the “silent killer” in accordance with cardiovascular disease. | 4. | If a person is a smoker and quits smoking, after a short period of time the body will start to heal itself and feel better and the risk of cardiovascular disease will greatly decrease. |
Part 2: Case Study
An interviewee named Mattie has been telling you all about her sister. Mattie’s sister is a delicate, 72-year-old great-grandmother. She recently had an ultrasound that revealed an aneurysm near her heart. Mattie’s sister did not understand the doctor’s explanation clearly enough to share details with Mattie. Explain to Mattie what her sister is likely to go through when she is treated for her aneurysm.
Mattie I know it is hard for your sister to understand some of the mumbo jumbo that doctors speak when they are telling us about our illnesses.
I think most of them forget that we do not understand the terminology that they use when speaking to us. So having taken some classes in medical terminology and a little knowledge of the different disease of the body, I will do my best to explain things in a fashion that you can explain to your sister so she may be able to understand what is going on with her at this moment. First I will start by explaining to you what an Aortic Aneurysms is. An aortic aneurysm is a weak spot in the wall of the aorta, the primary artery that carries blood from the heart to the head and other extremities. I most cases people with aortic aneurysms in the chest area do not experience symptoms, but can have symptoms if the aneurysm gets bigger or causes pressure on the surrounding organs. You need to explain that she needs to really pay attention to the most common symptoms which are chest pain, back pain, difficulty swallowing, and shortness of breath. Treatment can vary with each patient depending on if the doctor feels you need surgery or not, if you will be able to withstand a major surgery, and if the surgery can be avoided for at least the present time. The treatments that are known for best ways of treating aortic aneurysm are medication such as a beta-blocker. Small aneurysms lest than 5.5 cm that are not at risk of rupturing are generally treated with medicine that is used to treat high blood pressure, but when the aneurysm gets above 5.5 cm to 6.0 cm in size the doctor will most likely recommend surgery. And one that is most important form of treatment for aortic aneurysm is to quit smoking cigarettes if you smoke them. I hope this helps you to understand some of the symptoms that are noticeable with an aneurysm so that you can help your sister to understand too. Also I hope my explanation of the treatments will help your
sister come up with treatment that she feels comfortable with after speaking with her doctor about what he feels is her best treatment option. Good luck and I wish you and your sister the best with whatever she decides. If you need more help understanding things about an aortic aneurysm please let me know. And if there is anything I can do to help you and your sister out please let me know.
References
MayoClinic.com. (2008). Aortic aneurisym. Retrieved August 29, 2008, from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aortic-
aneurysm/DS00017/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs
Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview
Rebecca Marange
HCA/240
January 28, 2011
Margaret Mcgannon
Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview
Appendix D
Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview
Suppose you are tasked with confidentially interviewing members of a retirement community to see who may be at risk for cardiovascular disease. At the same time, you are asked to help educate the retirement community about what they can do to control their risk of developing a cardiovascular disease. Use the template below to design an interview form you would be able to take to members of the retirement community (age 60 and up). Refer to Ch. 7 of the text, and this week’s articles on cardiovascular health. Remember—you will come …show more content…
into contact with seniors from all walks of life, so write questions that are direct, yet friendly. Apply judgment when writing questions; you cannot possibly cover all forms of cardiovascular disease with one 10-question interview.
Finally, imagine you are actually conducting the interviews within a retirement community when one interviewee says her sister has been diagnosed with a particular cardiovascular disease. She wants you to explain what must be done to treat the disease because her sister did not understand the doctor’s explanation.
Complete the interview and case study below. Post your response to the Assignment link.
Part 1: Interview Form
Cardiovascular Disease Interview
Checklist for Symptoms and Signs of Cardiovascular Disease | □ | 1. Have you ever experienced any pain in your chest or arms from stress or during and after exercising if you participate in such activities? | □ | 2. Do you know of any family history of heart disease? | □ | 3. Are you a smoker and if so, how many packs a day and for how long? | □ | 4. Have you ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure or high cholesterol and if so, are you currently taking medication to treat it? | □ | 5. Have you ever experience back pain and if so, when was the most recent episode? | □ | 6. Have you or do you suffer from shortness of breath or any difficulty breathing and if so, is it new or has it became more severe over time? Does rest relieve the pain or make it less severe? | □ | 7. Do you consume alcohol and if so, how much do you drink and for how long having you been consuming alcohol? | □ | 8. Do you or have you suffered from fatigue or any problems with sleeping? | □ | 9. Do you or have you ever suffered from poor circulation such as splotchy appearance on the skin, tingly hands arms, legs or cold hands or feet and if so, how long have you been experiencing this? | □ | 10. Have you ever of do suffered from edema which is swollen ankles? | Risk Factor Discussion Prompts | 1. | When a person has a regular exercise regime or just takes daily walks around the neighborhood this will help to decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease. | 2. | If a person strives to maintain a healthy body weight this is essential to preventing cardiovascular disease? | 3. | Hypertension, or high blood pressure as it is commonly known by, is often referred to as the “silent killer” in accordance with cardiovascular disease. | 4. | If a person is a smoker and quits smoking, after a short period of time the body will start to heal itself and feel better and the risk of cardiovascular disease will greatly decrease. |
Part 2: Case Study
An interviewee named Mattie has been telling you all about her sister. Mattie’s sister is a delicate, 72-year-old great-grandmother. She recently had an ultrasound that revealed an aneurysm near her heart. Mattie’s sister did not understand the doctor’s explanation clearly enough to share details with Mattie. Explain to Mattie what her sister is likely to go through when she is treated for her aneurysm.
Mattie I know it is hard for your sister to understand some of the mumbo jumbo that doctors speak when they are telling us about our illnesses.
I think most of them forget that we do not understand the terminology that they use when speaking to us. So having taken some classes in medical terminology and a little knowledge of the different disease of the body, I will do my best to explain things in a fashion that you can explain to your sister so she may be able to understand what is going on with her at this moment. First I will start by explaining to you what an Aortic Aneurysms is. An aortic aneurysm is a weak spot in the wall of the aorta, the primary artery that carries blood from the heart to the head and other extremities. I most cases people with aortic aneurysms in the chest area do not experience symptoms, but can have symptoms if the aneurysm gets bigger or causes pressure on the surrounding organs. You need to explain that she needs to really pay attention to the most common symptoms which are chest pain, back pain, difficulty swallowing, and shortness of breath. Treatment can vary with each patient depending on if the doctor feels you need surgery or not, if you will be able to withstand a major surgery, and if the surgery can be avoided for at least the present time. The treatments that are known for best ways of treating aortic aneurysm are medication such as a beta-blocker. Small aneurysms lest than 5.5 cm that are not at risk of rupturing are generally treated with medicine that is used to treat high blood pressure, but when the aneurysm gets above 5.5 cm to 6.0 cm in size the doctor will most likely recommend surgery. And one that is most important form of treatment for aortic aneurysm is to quit smoking cigarettes if you smoke them. I hope this helps you to understand some of the symptoms that are noticeable with an aneurysm so that you can help your sister to understand too. Also I hope my explanation of the treatments will help your
sister come up with treatment that she feels comfortable with after speaking with her doctor about what he feels is her best treatment option. Good luck and I wish you and your sister the best with whatever she decides. If you need more help understanding things about an aortic aneurysm please let me know. And if there is anything I can do to help you and your sister out please let me know.
References
MayoClinic.com. (2008). Aortic aneurisym. Retrieved August 29, 2008, from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aortic-
aneurysm/DS00017/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs