Scenario The wife of C.W., a 70-year-old man, brought him to the emergency department (ED) at 0430 this morning. She told the ED triage nurse that he had had dysentery for the past 3 days and last night he had a lot of “dark red” diarrhea. When he became very dizzy, disoriented, and weak this morning, she decided to bring him to the hospital. C.W.’s vital signs (VS) were 70/- (systolic blood pressure [BP] 70 mm Hg, diastolic BP inaudible), 110, 20. A 16-gauge IV catheter was inserted, and a lactated Ringer’s (LR) infusion was started.
MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM NURS 2455 CASE STUDY ONE THE PATIENT RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY – By A 65-year-old woman is admitted to the oncology unit for her first round of chemotherapy. She is Hispanic, married for 30 years with five grown children. Her family is having a hard time accepting her diagnosis. She is also anxious and tearful. She had a breast lumpectomy 2 months ago and has just had a port insertion.
The study was conducted on 46 women (mean age 31 years) recruited from one suburban midwifery practice and two obstetric practices in the northeastern United States. Participants underwent wrist actigraphy at home for 7 consecutive days to measure sleep quality. The Postpartum Depression Screening Scale measured depression severity. Women with postpartum depression experienced poorer sleep quality than women without postpartum depression. Sleep is very important for good health and especially for mothers who just gave birth.
Postoperative Care of the Septic Pediatric Patient Secondary to a Ruptured Appendix PediaSIM HPS® Program for Nursing Curriculum Integration (PNCI™) Simulated Clinical Experience (SCE™) Overview Location: Emergency Department and General Pediatric Surgical Unit History/Information: The patient is an 8 year old male who lives with his parents and 2 sisters. He presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with complaints of severe localized pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, nausea, vomiting, and fever. Two days ago he began complaining of loss of appetite, cramping type pain, and his mother states that he just wasn't acting like himself. By that evening he was complaining of generalized abdominal pain. Yesterday he
Suzy Baker a 30 year old primigravida has an emergency caesarean section at term following prolonged rupture of membranes and failure to progress. Suzy is now day four postnatal and complains of feeling hot and lethargic, her temperature is recorded as 38.6*c. Explain the immediate and subsequent care for Suzy during the next twenty four hours. Explanation needs to be supported with the evidence based rationales, with an emphasis on the role of the midwife. Caesarean section is like any other major surgery. Management of high temperature is not only a routine but mammoth especially post operatively because the comfort of the mother hitherwards the baby comfort.
The mesentery is the tissue that holds the small intestine in place. The small intestine then
As the body ages, the large intestinal walls weaken. When this happens, sacs, or pouches, start to form on the intestinal walls. These sacs are called diverticula, and the entire condition is called diverticulosis. It’s when the diverticula, or the pouches, become infected and inflamed that diverticulitis happen. Because the symptoms of diverticulosis are oftentimes undetected, one will not know if this has developed into diverticulitis, and the severe pain that comes with sudden diverticulitis attack can be a
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There are different surgeries for each area that the individual maybe targeting. One of the most common plastic surgeries for tissue removal is the Brachioplasty or arm lift. The brachioplasty was developed by doctors Aly and Cram. According to Aly (2007), the brachioplasty addresses the upper arm and arm pit tissues. The doctors believe this is the best way to treat undesirable [tissue] leftovers associated with massive weight loss.
Then there is the interchangeable jewelry which is screwed into the threaded hole in the step of the anchor. e. Sub dermal implants refer to a kind of body jewelry that is placed underneath the skin, allowing the body to heal over the implant and creating a raised design. c. This is also known as a 3-D implant or pocketing. f. The last type of implant is a transdermal implant. d. These are placed under the skin, but also protrude out of it.