inhaled medication‚ auscultate the lungs for adventitious sounds and measure the oxygen saturation of the blood with pulse oximetry before and after giving the treatment. ● If you are giving a diuretic such as furosemide (Lasix) for congestive heart failure‚ auscultate the lungs‚ assess for peripheral edema and jugular venous distension‚ and weigh the patient daily. 1. Determine the extent and complexity of client needs or the nature of the work to be delegated. 2. Identify the employee to whom
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Case Study #3: Agnes Gibbons was admitted through the hospital ’s emergency department with congestive heart failure. During her admission she was asked to verbally acknowledge whether her demographic data were correct. Ms. Gibbons did so. Extensive diagnostic tests were done‚ including radiology studies. It was later discovered that all of Ms. Gibbon ’s information had been entered into another client ’s file. How would you correct this situation? What departments‚ or other agencies‚ would
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Respiratory Examination General Knowledge Focus points GENERAL APPEARANCE General state of health and sick or not sick?The examination is performed with the patient sitting over the edge of the bed or on a chair Observe for nasal prongs‚ oxygen masks‚ metered dose inhalers (puffers) and other medications‚ and the presence of a sputum in tissues/mug Respiratory pattern / Signs of dyspnoea at rest. Tripod leaning forward with their arms on their knees‚ this compresses the abdomen and pushes
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S SITUATION NAME: Robert DeBourgAGE: 62 GENDER: Male Patient’s main concern is Uncontrolled Blood Pressure and occasional Tachycardia. B BACKGROUND Patient is a smoker with 20 years of smoking ½ pack of cigarette per day. Diagnosed with Heart Murmur at age 12. Diagnosed with High Blood Pressure in 2013. Mayocardial Infarction on 4/13/2014‚ Patient was admitted at St. Rose Hospital and received Cardiac stent placement on 4/14/2014. Patient is on multiple cardiac medication and following up
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Context Definition or Application within the Patient’s Chart Source Document 1. ICD International classification of disease As it pertains to Jane Dare’s disease Admission Summary 2. CM cardiomyopathy structural or functional disease of heart muscle Admission Summary 3. N/A Not Applicable No answer necessary Admission Summary 4. ER Emergency Room Arrived at Emergency room History & Physical 5. C/O Complains of Reason for coming to ER History & Physical 6. SOB Shortness
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in machines and the medical field. We can do things now that we never could have thought before‚ like‚ exploring space‚ finding cures and vaccines. Tools have also been created to accomplish early diagnosis of diseases like cancer‚ congestive heart failure and diabetes. Technology has liberated us in the sense that we know what is going on in the world around us because news comes so fast now‚ we can communicate with people so much faster via webcam‚ text‚ e-mail etc and it relieves us of duties
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happens when the heart beats too early and then pauses before beating again. PACs are also called skipped heartbeats because they may make you feel like your heart is stopping for a second. CAUSES Your heart has four chambers. Normally electrical signals spread across your heart and make all the chambers beat together. During a PAC‚ the upper chambers of the heart (atria) beat too early‚ before they have had time to fill with blood. The heartbeat pauses afterward so that the heart can fill with blood
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Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT) Anyone can feel their heart rate by putting two fingers on their side of their neck‚ or on the back of their wrist. They can see that their average heart beat is around 100 bpm(beats per minute). People who suffer from Paroxysmal (par-ox-ysm-al) Supraventricular ( sup-ra-ven-tric-u-lar) Tachycardia ( tachy-car-dia) have moments that make their heart rate higher than usual‚ their heart rate can even reach 250 bpm when at rest. Mary Ellen Ellis and Heather
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Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a term used to describe any tachycardic heart rhythms originating above the ventricles (Ellis‚ 2012). This arrhythmia is caused when the either the sinus node‚ atrium‚ or the atrioventricular (AV) junction become “hyper” and fire before the next sinus beat is due. It is not possible to discern which location this premature electrical stimulus originates from because P waves are not discernable in this rhythm; however‚ because the QRS complex is less than 0.12
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- pacemaker box-under pec. muscle 2. Skeletal abnormalities : pectus escavatum(funnel chest) - Kyphoscoliosis - Marfan’s syndrome-move position of heart-move apex beat 3. Deformities: interfere pulmonary function – pulmonary hypertension 4. Apex beat : Normal position – 5th left intercostal space‚ 1cm medial midclavicular line B) Palpitation: 1. Apex beat: - palpable apex beat above anatomical
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