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Answer each question. Type question and answer, provide a cited rationale for your answers.
Answer the following questions using the discussion board:
• What is Orthostatic Hypotension?
• Name the Chain of Infection
• How do you collect data about pain from your patients?
• Name the types of isolation precaution.
and why I choose these answer
Orthostatic hypotension
Aform of low blood pressure that happens when Standing up from lying or sitting. It happens due to dilation of lowe veins so volume decrease of blood at heart and cause hypotension.
Chain of Infection
Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host. And again infectious agent nd cycle proceed continuous.
Pain must be assessed using a multidimensional approach, with determination of the following:
Onset: Mechanism of injury or etiology of pain, if identifiable
Location/Distribution
Duration
Course or Temporal Pattern
Character & Quality of the pain
Aggravating/Provoking factors
Alleviating factors
Associated symptoms
Severity: Intensity or impact on function, sleep, mood
Barriers to pain assessment
Isolation precautions