1. What is rheumatoid arthritis?
2. What causes rheumatoid arthritis?
3. Describe the stages of rheumatoid arthritis?
4. What is the treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?
5. Explain the nursing interventions for rheumatoid
arthritis.
Scenario Case Study: Scenario
1: A 49-year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis comes
into the clinic with a chief complaint of a fever. Patient’s
current medications include atorvastatin 40 mg at night,
methotrexate 10 mg po every Friday morning and prednisone 5 mg po
qam. He states that he has had a fever up to 101 degrees F for
about a week and admits to chills and sweats. He says he has had
more fatigue than usual and reports some chest...