American‚ who speaks French and Chinese‚ presenting with a chief complain of chest pain. He has been having mild chest pain since early autumn‚ but it has been increasing recently‚ especially over the holidays. He has been taking Dyazide for blood pressure and also uses ibuprofen occasionally. On Sunday‚ New Year’s Day‚ he called his insurance company and was referred to South Side Hospital. The patient presented to the emergency department for evaluation and was noted to have T-wave inversions
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Adult Health History and Examination ND Health Assessment and Screening NRS 434-V Health History and Examination LH Client/Patient Initials: LH Sex: F Age: 47 Occupation: Registered Nurse Health History/Review of Systems Neurological System headaches‚ head injuries‚ dizziness‚ convulsions‚ tremors‚ weakness‚ numbness‚ tingling‚ difficulty speaking‚ and difficulty swallowing etc.‚ medication): Neurologically JP is intact. Alert ox3 clear speech with no hesitations‚ c/o headaches and dizziness
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this required effective communication as I had to explain the procedure so they knew what I was going to do. The feedback I received allowed me to recognise the patient understood what was going to happen and allowed me to carry on taking their blood pressure (Ellis‚ Hartley‚ 2007). Due to studying the procedure in The Royal Marsden Hospital’s Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures I had a good knowledge of the skill which allowed me to undertake the task confidently. This made the patient feel at
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BIOS 255 Week 4 Lab: #7 Effect of Exercise on Arterial Pressure and Vascular Resistance LABORATORY REPORT Activity 7: Effect of Exercise on Arterial Pressure and Vascular Resistance Name: Michelle Blake Instructor: Leon Zacharowicz Date: 1/25/15 PREDICTIONS 1. During exercise: Increase 2. During exercise: Increase 3: During exercise: Decrease MATERIALS AND METHODS 1. Dependent Variable: HR‚ SV‚ BP 2. Independent Variable: level of activity 3. Controlled Variables: gender age 4.
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Reflection on Temperature‚ Pulse‚ Respiration and Blood pressure I am a nursing student from Australian Catholic University. This role play is about the vital signs. Now‚ I am going to write a reflective write about the video of my role play of TPR which is a part of assignment and done by me and my other two friends. Firstly‚ in my video when I play a nurse role‚ first of all I asked about the patient’s condition such as how are you today. I also make the eye contact while taking to patient
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Danielle Rollins Cardiovascular Physiology Activity 1 1) Explain why the larger waves seen on the oscilloscope represent ventricular contraction. The ventricular contraction is when the blood is sent through the whole body as opposed to the atrial contraction that sends the blood to the heart and lungs. 2) Explain why the amplitude of the wave did not change when you increased the frequency of the stimulation. (Hint: relate your response to the refractory period of the cardiac action
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PALS Helpful Hints Nov 2011 The PALS exam is a 33 question exam. Passing score is 84% or you may miss 5 questions. For those persons taking PALS for the first time or renewing with a current card‚ exam remediation is permitted should you miss more than 5 questions on the exam. Viewing the books ahead of time with the accompanying student web site www.heart.org/eccstudent located on page ii of the PALS provider manual is very helpful. This site has a pretest and other helpful tools. This
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ABSTRACT Generally‚ stress is most of careered people will faced in most of the time‚ students are not exempted. In this project‚ we are going to focus only to University students. Stress can harm life by causing heart attack‚ increase blood pressure‚ sugar level in blood and worst‚ it can make people commit suicide. Even though stress exists‚ but what stress actually means? In this research‚ we are going to define what is the true meaning of stress. Other than that‚ we are also going to determine the
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(1) Severity of AS is defined from aortic valve area (AVA)‚ which represents the orifice formed by cusps of aortic valve‚ in combination with flow rate‚ pressure gradients and other cardiac function characteristics. Accurate determination of the AS severity is crucial for the course of the disease and the choice of treatment. In addition‚ patients who are unable to take the risks of conventional open valve
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COPD/RAD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it increasingly difficult for you to breathe (Mayo Clinic‚ 2010). Albuterol Essential hyertension Persistently higher than normal blood pressure (BP). In adults‚ a condition in which the BP is higher than 140mmHg systolic or 90 mmHg diastolic on three separate readings recorded several weeks apart (Wilkinson & Van Leuven‚ 2007). Lasix Dementia A group of symptoms affecting intellectual
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