NURSING 3180

Medical Case 3: Vincent Brody Guided Reflection Questions 1. How did the scenario make you feel? The scenario made me feel very nervous, I felt rushed and pressured while I was doing the VSim. 2. When a patient develops a rapid onset of shortness of breath, what are the nurse’s immediate priorities? Auscultate lungs listening for abnormalities, assess breathing, sit the patient in a comfortable position to assist with breathing and let the provider know so that the patient can get O2 ...

Exam 2 Health Assessment Chapter 12- Skin, Hair, Nails Skin changes that occur in aging  Skin loses elasticity, folds and sags. By 70-80 it looks parchment, thin, lax, dry, and wrinkled. Outer layer of the epidermis thins and flattens. A loss of elastin, collagen, and subcutaneous fat and reduction in muscle tone occurs. The loss of collagen increases the risk for shearing, tearing injuries. Decrease of sweat, sebaceous glands, response of sweat glands leaving dry skin. Vascularity of ...