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Why teach patient to deep breath and cough after surgery - prevent pneumonia Normal drainage for surgical site? - Clear (serous) or pale/red/watery (serosanguineous) Worrisome sign of post op patient?? - Restlessness Clearly if patient is presenting to ER with heat exhaustion, what is the priority action of the nurse? - IV Fluids Action is patient has bee sting. . if available? - Epi Community disaster preparedness, what would be an organization to help? - *Medical Reserve Corporatio...

Cate gory Scored Items Experts selected these topics as essential components of a strong, thorough interview with this patient. Patient Data Not Scored A combination of open and closed questions will yield better patient data. The following details are facts of the patient's case. Chief Complaint Asked about chief complaint Reports being brought in by police History of Present Illness Followed up on incident Reports looking into cars for government agents chasing him Reports hav...

Patient: Landon Smith Digital Clinical Experience Score 96.6% This score measures your performance on the Student Performance Index in relation to other students in comparable academic programs. Your instructor has chosen to scale your Student Performance Index score so that the average score on the index is a 80.0%. This score may not be your final grade if your instructor chooses to include additional components, such as documentation or time spent. Student Performance Index 52.4 out...

SKINNY Reasoning Part I: Recognizing RELEVANT Clinical Data History of Present Problem: John Washington is a healthy 14-year-old African American male who weighs 150 lbs. (68.2 kg). He came to the emergency department because he woke up this morning at about 2 am with "excruciating" generalized abdominal pain around his belly button that has been progressively getting worse over the past several hours. It is now 2 pm. He took ibuprofen 400 mg PO this morning, which decreased the pain som...

Initial Triage Assessment in ED Present Problem: John Taylor is a 68-year-old African-American male with a history of type II diabetes and hypertension who came to the emergency department (ED) triage window because he felt crummy; complaining of a headache, runny nose, feeling more weak, “achy all over” and hot to the touch and sweaty the past two days. When he woke up this morning, he no longer felt hot but began to develop a persistent “nagging cough” that continued to worsen thr...

Table of Contents Chapter 01: Drug Development and Ethical Considerations Chapter 02: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacogenetics Chapter 03: Cultural Considerations Chapter 04: Complementary and Alternative Therapies Chapter 05: Pediatric Considerations Chapter 06: Geriatric Considerations Chapter 07: Drugs in Substance Use Disorder Chapter 08: The Nursing Process and Patient-Centered Care Chapter 09: Safety and Quality Chapter 10: Drug Administration Chapter 11: D...

Contents Chapter 01: The Nursing Process and Drug Therapy ....................................................................................4 Chapter 02: Pharmacologic Principles..........................................................................................................8 Chapter 03: Lifespan Considerations..........................................................................................................14 Chapter 04: Cultural, Legal, and Ethical Considerations............

Part I: Initial Nursing Assessment Present Problem: Mary O’Reilly is a 55-year-old woman with a prior history of partial colectomy w/colostomy and small bowel obstruction three months ago that resolved with bowel rest and required no surgical intervention. Three days ago Mary developed a sudden onset of sharp generalized abdominal pain with nausea, vomiting and decreased output from her colostomy bag. She has had two small glasses of water today. Mary is admitted to the medical/surgical u...

Problem: Bill Hill is a 71-year old male with a past medical history of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), peripheral vascular disease and myelodysplastic syndrome MDS) two months ago after a bone marrow biopsy. Six weeks ago, Bill was admitted because he had a syncopal episode. He was diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and acute anemia with a Hgb of 6.9 and received a transfusion of one unit of PRBCs. Bill presents to the emergency department today with increasing weakness, fa...

Part I: Recognizing RELEVANT Clinical Data History of Present Problem: Brenden Manahan is a 35-year-old male, who has been admitted to the crisis intervention unit for exacerbation of his bipolar disorder. He was admitted on a 501 (involuntary inpatient admission, patient has been deemed either dangerous to self or others) and brought to the hospital by police because his mother feared for his safety. In the past few weeks he stopped taking his medication because he feared that his mother w...