Risk Factors of Pneumonia: * Infants who are 2 years old or younger * People who are 65 years old or older * Health problems (heart failure‚ diabetes) * People with lung diseases (COPD) * People with weak or suppressed immune system (HIV/AIDS‚ chemotherapy‚ organ transplant or blood and marrow stem cell transplant) * Smokers
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1. It will be most important for the nurse to check pulse oximetry for which of these patients? a. A patient with emphysema and a respiratory rate of 16 b. A patient with massive obesity who is refusing to get out of bed c. A patient with pneumonia who has just been admitted to the unit d. A patient who has just received morphine sulfate for postoperative pain C Rationale: Hypoxemia and hypoxemic respiratory failure are caused by disorders that interfere with the transfer of oxygen into the
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3: implications with rational for the following (related to Adi) - pain - dehydration - temperature Practise exam Case study 1 Adi: Adi is a 22 year old woman who was on holiday camping when she noticed a blister on her right ankle. She covered it with waterproof plaster so that she was able to swim in the lake. Over a two day period the blister became increasingly reddened and swollen. After becoming increasingly unwell Adi presents at the emergency department distressed‚ pale‚ shivering
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MANAGEMENT OF BREATHLESSNESS IN LUNG CANCER Breathlessness is one of the most common symptoms of advanced cancer‚ particularly lung cancer. Reported incidence varies between 30% - 70%(J. Carner).30% of all the patient experience it during some part of their illness and it goes as high 79% with lung cancer. (Mora Kearney). Despite being prevalent it is most of the time not recognised by the health professional‚ when it is really serious. May be due to the fact that patient sometimes do not come
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amount of Carbon tetrachloride‚ a known carcinogen. Since then clinical studies have shown that the survivors have still been suffering from debilitating conditions such as pulmonary fibrosis‚ bronchial asthma‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ emphysema‚ recurrent chest infections‚ keratopathy and corneal opacities. They also showed that the following generations were suffering from respiratory‚ neurologic‚ psychiatric and ophthalmic symptoms. Studies have found that exposure to methyl
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The respiratory system carries out gas exchange; major organs in the system include: the nose‚ pharynx‚ larynx‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ and lungs. The major function of the respiratory system is to supply the body with oxygen and dispose of carbon dioxide. In order for this to happen‚ at least four events called respiration must occur. The first is the pulmonary ventilation. The air must move in and out of the lungs so that the gases in the alveoli are continuously refreshed. This process is better known
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diseases are diseases of the lung where the airways (i.e. bronchi‚ bronchioles‚ alveoli) become reduced in volume or have free flow of gas impeded‚ making it more difficult to move air in and out of the lung. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ which includes asthma an example of an obstructive lung disease‚ is where the airways become damaged‚ causing them to narrow. Restrictive lung diseases Restrictive lung diseases (also known as interstitial lung diseases) are a category of respiratory
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people who are looking to change the future and making a better pave to live.” – Robert Kynerd‚ M.D.” “I find it hard to believe that anybody‚ even heavy smokers‚ would want to intentionally hut somebody” –Beth Chapman “I was also diagnosed with COPD; I can’t do the little things like go to the park or church because I can’t be around smoke.” – Linda Tipton “You could tell something was different‚ it was great.”- Maz Mulla REFERENCES or DESCRIPTIONS OF REAL EVENTS “I come from a family of smokers…
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PATIENT HEALTH ASSESSMENT Student’s Name: Antonina Polukhina Date: 4/1/2015 Clinical Facility: NCMC PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT: Patient Initials: S. E. Age: 58 y. o. Sex: Female Admitting Diagnosis: weakness/dizziness Vital Signs: Temp. 97.4‚ Pulse 106‚ Respirations 18‚ BP 118/56 Ht/Wt/BMI: Height = 167.64 cm‚ Weight = 84.878 kg‚ BMI 30.2 Skin/Wounds: (Skin turgor; presence of any skin breakdown; incisions; wounds.) Subjective: patient denies any skin breakdowns. Objective: leg skin is
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Thanks for the information provided about qualitative study. Your response provided valuable information to help doctorate students achieved with more confidence research papers. For most qualitative studies‚ it appears that there are two major issues with sampling‚ (1) sampling the entire population (e.g.‚ only two people contracted a rare disease in the world and the study is conducted only with those two individuals)‚ or (2) taking a sample of the population from which to make generalizations
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