High blood pressure in the lungs is called pulmonary hypertension or pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries starting from the heart towards the lungs. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is defined as a sustained elevation of the pulmonary arterial pressure to greater than 25 mmHg at rest or greater than 30 mmHg following exercise‚ with a mean pulmonary-capillary wedge pressure (an indirect measure of left atrial pressure) of less than 15
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Marras‚ 2008). The group of most likely causative bacteria in includes Streptococcus pneumoniae‚ Mycoplasma pneumoniae‚ Hemophilus influenzae‚ and Chlamydophila pneumoniae. This essay will appraise the treatment of CAP in an elderly patientwhose care plan can be found in Appendix 1. For the purpose of this essay we will discuss the severity assessment criteria‚ choice and effectiveness of antibiotics in treatment of severe CAP. We will examine also the management of severe CAP in renal impairment
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Metropolis City Budgetary Plan Insert Your Name Here Insert Your Class Here Insert Instructor Here Insert Due Date Here Executive Summary Metropolis City is a thriving location of approximately 230‚000 residents which strives to provide programs and services to optimize the quality of life of its residents. Officials pride themselves with providing decent‚ affordable housing for the elderly‚ indigent and homeless‚ as well as a wide array of after-school and other recreational programs
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daily as our children’s potential is dwindling‚ our medical insurance‚ Social Security and ability to make choices about when and if we retire are eroding”. So I decided to become a nurse‚ to have health insurance‚ paid vacations‚ 401k pension plans and security of tenure. The need for a career that is not just a JOB‚ but a career that can make me financially stable (no more paycheck to paycheck)‚ a career which will bring joy to both me and those I help nurture back to health. Even as a small
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Emerging Standards of Care Paper Amanda Warbington University of Phoenix NUR 531 June 30‚ 2014 Instructor Hilda Brito Emerging Standards of Care Paper Over fifty years ago‚ Madeline Leininger was on a mission to advance the practice of transcultural nursing. Times have definitely changed in the last fifty years‚ and transcultural nursing has become a major focus for the government as well as many nursing organizations. Emerging standards of care regarding culturally competent care‚ is an important
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Michael Franchina Comm. 3300 5/7/10 Hypertension‚ also known as high blood pressure‚ is a chronic condition in which blood pressure is elevated. “Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through them. Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the body ’s tissues. As blood flows through arteries it pushes against the inside of the artery walls. The more pressure the blood exerts on the artery walls‚ the higher
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has become excoriated and tender. Objective Data (Head to Toe Assessment including Vital Signs): SOA‚ pulse oximetry reading is 88%‚ bilateral crackles in the lower lobe‚ BP102/60-T 101 F‚ P 104‚ RR 32‚ he is receiving IV fluids @ 80 ml/hour. Nursing Diagnosis: Excess fluid volume R/T CHF AEB pulmonary congestion‚ adventitious breath sounds Patient Goals/Objectives (What do you hope will be the result of your efforts? Make sure goal is patient oriented‚ measurable‚ and has a time frame). Planned
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Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. A normal blood pressure is 120/80. A blood pressure reading higher or equal to 140/90 is considered abnormally high. Elevated blood pressure means your heart is working harder than normal‚ putting both your heart and arteries under great strain. High blood pressure is serious business. On average‚ people with uncontrolled hypertension are:<br><li>Seven times more likely to have a stroke. <br><li>Six times more likely to develop congestive
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places for pressure ulcers to occur are over bony prominences‚ such as the sacral area‚ heels‚ hip‚ and elbow. (NICE 2005) Initially to maintain confidentiality the patient will be referred to as Mr Brown. Mr Brown has given permission for his nursing notes and details to be referred to through out this assignment. He is also aware that is identity will remain unknown and that a false name was chosen for assignment purposes. This can be identified in the NMC Code in ‘respecting people’s right to
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Joanne’s GP requested that she has some community care The G.P Joanne first went to her GP because she felt a pain in her right breast‚ she had a feel of the breast and came across a lump‚ The GP examined the breast and referred her to the specialist breast clinic When the wound has healed‚ Joanne can begin radiotherapy 5x week for 4 weeks. This will be done to ensure that all the cancer cells have died. This treatment will be done by a therapeutic radiographer Pharmacy for her repeat
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