Question 6 You go to Derek to help with his ADL’s and he is pale‚ agitated diaphoretic and complaining of abdominal pain. Answer the following questions. a) What assessments including observations and tests are you going to perform? (3 marks) One of the assessments that can be performed is a physical examination of Derek. This can be done by assessing vital signs for hypothermia‚ tachypnoea‚ tachycardia‚ and hypertension. When assessing the head‚ ears‚ nose‚ eyes and throat there may be indication
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kinase. Main complication of acute pericarditis is cardiac tamponade. In case of tamponade clinical symptoms may include coughing‚ dyspnea‚ hoarseness. Physical examination will reveal classical tamponade signs which is known as Beck’s triad. Hypotension occurs because of decreased stroke volume‚ jugular-venous distension due to impaired venous return to the heart‚ and muffled heart sounds due to fluid inside the pericardium. Other signs of tamponade include pulsus paradoxus and ST segment changes
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Sepsis is a systemic‚ deleterious host response to infection leading to severe sepsis (Dellinger‚ 2013). A more detailed description includes acute organ dysfunction secondary to documented or suspected infection and or severe sepsis plus hypotension is not reversed with fluid resuscitation (Dellinger‚ 2013). The definition of sepsis is further defined as the presence (probable or suspected) of infection together with systemic manifestations of infection (Neviere‚ 2015). Dellinger (2013) emphasized
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Biology 511 Article Summary Vital Signs By H. Lee Kagan Vital Signs by an internist H. Lee Kagan is an account of a healthy-looking woman without warning (no crying‚ no clutching of chest)‚ suddenly collapsed onto the floor during check in at a clinic. A doctor acts swiftly to diagnose the potential fatal conditions the patient might be experiencing. First‚ the doctor checked the three most important things: airway‚ breathing‚ and circulation and concluded that the patient has no cardiac or respiratory
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Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance Paper Julia Peterson University of Akron Introduction Homeostasis of fluid and electrolyte balance is important for the body to be able to function. The nursing student will cover the risk‚ pathology‚ and signs and symptoms for both fluid deficit and hypokalemia. The nursing student will also apply these findings to the patient specific information from the clinical day February 8‚ 2011. This will give her the ability to formulate four different nursing diagnosis
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don’t present symptoms; however‚ as the disease progresses patient can experience pain that is localized to the epigastrium area or right upper quadrant‚ sometimes radiating to the right scapular tip. The presence of fever‚ persistent tachycardia‚ hypotension‚ or jaundice could represent complications such as cholecystitis‚ cholangitis‚ and pancreatitis
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Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia that is associated with a reduced quality of life and an increased number of adverse outcomes such as stroke‚ heart failure‚ increased number of hospitalizations and mortality. Prevalence in developed countries is currently 1.5-2% of the general population‚ with the incidence steadily rising. Hence‚ prevalence is estimated to at least double in the next 50 year as the population ages. It has become a big deal for the health care system in
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Case Study #2 Ambar Alvarez California State University – San Marcos NURS 312 Pharmacology and Pathophysiology Alham Abuatiq. PhD. MSN.RN July 30‚ 2017 Case Study# 2 1. Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome that involves dysfunction of the cardiac muscle‚ it occurs with “any of disorders that damage or overwork the heart muscle” (Karch‚ 2017 p.751). Some of the disorders that may lead to HF are: coronary artery disease‚ cardiomyopathy‚ hypertension‚ and valvular heart disease (Karch‚ 2017).
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Chapter 11 ARDS INTRODUCTION Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) - lung inflammation seen at the level of the alveolar capillary membrane with increased vascular permeability. ARDS results in: bilateral pulmonary edema and atelectasis despite no evidence of left heart failure (e.g.‚ normal pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP). ARDS is present when the ALI results in such severe hypoxia that at the PaO2/FIO2 ratio is 200 mm Hg or less. Approximately 10% to 15% of intensive care
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Case Study 130 You are a nurse on an inpatient psychiatric unit. J.M.‚ a 23-year-old woman‚ was admitted to the psychiatric unit last night after assessment and treatment at a local hospital emergency department (ED) for “blacking out at school.” She has been given a preliminary diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. As you begin to assess her‚ you notice that she has very loose clothing‚ she is wrapped in a blanket‚ and her extremities are very thin. She tells you‚ “I don’t know why I’m here. They’re making
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