Chapter 29: Nursing Management: Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse teaches a patient with chronic bronchitis about a new prescription for Advair Diskus (combined fluticasone and salmeterol). Which action by the patient would indicate to the nurse that teaching about medication administration has been successful? a. The patient shakes the device before use. b. The patient attaches a spacer to the Diskus. c. The patient rapidly inhales the medication. d. The patient
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Name: Jan Dale M. Tan Date: July 11‚ 2014 Grade and Section: 9-Aphrodite Name of Instructor: Mr. Eugene Bernal Assignment in Science 9 Structural/Behavioural/Adaptation How Does It Protect The Respiratory System? a. Mucous Membrane It traps dust‚ dirt‚ germs (allergens‚ viruses‚ bacteria‚ etc.). Also it keeps your insides from drying out. b. Hair in the
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During the physical examination‚ we were unable to elicit findings typical of pneumonia such as dullness on both the lower lung fields‚ crackles‚ and increased breath sounds. We attributed this to the medications that were already taking effect on the day prior to conducting the physical examination. Administration of antibiotics and expectorants relieves the pulmonary congestion by reducing the bacterial load and purging the mucus that clogs the bronchi. The resolution of the disease in the patient
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Cigarette smoking is a risky habit. According to http://www.rochester.edu‚ it kills more than 1‚200 Americans each day. The nicotine in cigarettes causes cigarettes to become extremely addictive‚ and the addiction becomes very expensive. Cigarette smoking has side effects‚ can cause cancer and disease‚ and is harmful to others. Smoking cigarettes has side effects. One side effect is the premature wrinkling of the skin. Other side effects include: bad breath‚ stained hair‚ stained teeth‚ odorous
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While some people are fortunate and do not have any medical condition others depend on animal testing to survive or to live a happier and healthier life. Life long injuries such as asthma‚ cancer‚ and blindness have been killing people‚ making them miserable‚ and unhappy. By following through with animal testing it allowed diseases to be understood and helped gain solutions to help human survivability. With the ability to test on
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same time my mother also put the fresh leafs of plantain on my abdomen to relieve my pain. In addition‚ plantain was also believed to treat other diseases such as burns‚ hemorrhages ‚ dysentery and bronchial asthma. For example‚ when my cousin had symptoms of bronchial asthma‚ she was given a mixture based on granule of plantain. She had to drink it 5 times a day to stop her symptoms. After repeating procedures for 3 months‚ her symptoms stopped and she fully recovered. I think
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Lagundi is taken to cure coughs‚ asthma‚ and other respiratory concerns. Related Studies Lagundi (scientific name: Vitex negundo) is a shrub that grows in the Philippines. It is one of the ten herbal medicines endorsed by the Philippine Department of Health as an effective herbal medicine with proven therapeutic value. Commonly known in the Ilocos region as dangla‚ lagundi has been clinically tested to be effective in the treatment of colds‚ flu‚ bronchial asthma‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and pharyngitis
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Holistic Nursing Holistic nursing care involves taking care of the patient as a whole and this includes the physical‚ spiritual‚ emotional‚ and mental well- being (Doosey and Keegan‚ 2013). As a nurse‚ taking care of these modalities will assist with promoting healing within and allow the patient to cope with their illnesses. An interview was conducted with a close family member in order to develop a holistic care plan. The family member sometimes struggles with dealing and coping with the current
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school when a child becomes breathless and distressed. Refs (must be three numbers) Write about what you did and said. Relate it to the standards. During a forest school session one of the pupils becomes breathless and distressed‚ we know she has asthma so I take her to a quiet spot in the forest and to a seat where she can sit down. The teacher goes to the classroom to get the childs own inhaler. Inhalers are kept in one of the reception classes in a large green box on top of a cupboard each inhaler
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in the provided patient history. Having an allergy to bee stings‚ and being a diagnosed asthma patient makes the Health care provider cautious in prescribing E.O. a course of penicillin‚ which is a broad spectrum antibiotic and a possible cause of human anaphylaxis as indicated in the textbox 10-1 (Copstead & Banasik‚ 2013). The bee sting allergy indicates that the patient has hypersensitivity and having asthma indicates the physiological mechanisms to a type 1 reaction. Type 1-hypersensitivity reactions
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