Patient is Jose Martin 45 years old, male, Caucasian, has an
indwelling catheter in place for...
Patient is Jose Martin 45 years old, male, Caucasian, has an
indwelling catheter in place for 21 days now. The doctor ordered to
discontinue the indwelling catheter.
Perform the procedure by sequence and do patient
teaching.
As you make patient rounds, you discover a collection bag for an
indwelling catheter placed on the bed above the level of the
patient's bladder.
a. What should you do first? What assessments should you
make?
b. What teaching would be important in this situation?
A 45-year-old male Black patient has had Type2 diabetes for 5
years. He is a long-haul truck driver. His trips frequently have
him driving 12 to 14 hours per day. His current diet consists of
fast food, high fat and high carbohydrate foods, high sodium intake
and minimal vegetable consumption. He does not exercise and has
smoked one pack of cigarettes a day since his early twenties. List
all of his risk factors, modifiable and non-modifiable for his
diabetes and...
A 45-year-old patient is receiving parenteral nutrition through
a subclavian triple-lumen catheter. • What are indications for
parenteral nutrition?
• Using the nursing process as a framework for care of the
patient receiving parenteral nutrition support, what are
complications that may arise in this patient? What nursing measures
should be implemented?
Case presentation: Mrs. Lianne
Thomson, a Caucasian female of 45 years old with a BMI of 26,
presents to the office with dull ache pain and tingling over the
right hand, wrist and elbow. She is a full-time massage
therapist with a career of 15 years and her pain is
gradually getting worse during the last month. Symptoms started
about two months ago apparently during her long shifts while she is
working. This pain is rated as a 5 or 6 out of...
Case presentation: Mrs. Lianne
Thomson, a Caucasian female of 45 years old with a BMI of 26,
presents to the office with dull ache pain and tingling over the
right hand, wrist and elbow. She is a full-time massage
therapist with a career of 15 years and her pain is
gradually getting worse during the last month. Symptoms started
about two months ago apparently during her long shifts while she is
working. This pain is rated as a 5 or 6 out of...
A 45-year-old male presents with a chief complaint of pain in
the abdominal area. The patient had pain with palpation of the
abdomen and standard x-rays were negative.
What other types of radiographic, diagnostic studies can be
performed? What are the advantages of these studies over standard
x-rays and is one study best?
Jeff Jones, a 45-year-old male patient has arrived to the ER
status after being ejected from an automobile. He has a
backboard with a cervical collar in place. Upon
assessment, the patient has sustained a C6 spinal cord injury, a
right femur fracture, a right tib/fib fracture, and numerous cuts
and abrasions from glass and metal fragments.
VS on arrival to ER: Temp:97.5 Pulse: 40 RR: 16 BP: 88/44 o2:95%
on 100% non-rebreather mask.
What is the priority nursing assessments?
What is...
Patient Geoge is a 25-year-old white Caucasian male, diagnosed
with Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-diuretic Hormone.
His nursing diagnose is:Excess fluid volume related to
increased water retention.
What’s his outcomes?
A patient is a 74 years old white male presented in the
emergency room with a chief c/o right flank pain radiating to the
lower abdomen associated with painful, burning urination and a foul
smelling urine. Patient denies fever or chills. A urinalysis was
done which showed a 3+ bacteria with a positive nitrite and
elevated WBC. Intravenous pyelogram showed a 6.5 mm kidney stone in
the right ureter. The patient is being treated with broad spectrum
intravenous antibiotic and...