OLDER ADULT Beverly J Sinclair Franklin Pierce College ABSTRACT K.J is a 76-year-old white male that was admitted to a health and rehab nursing home for strengthening. K.J is planning to go home with continuous oxygen. K.J is a 75-year-old white male admitted to Rowan court Health and Rehabilitation from Central Vermont Hospital. Resident’s reason for seeking health care was for Rt knee pain. KJ states that he has had right knee pain for about a month.
Identify sites where a pulse may be taken in the hospitalized patient 5. Discuss common errors in blood pressure assessment Timothy Smith is a 46 year old male patient. He has returned to the unit from the recovery room for post-op hernia repair under general anesthesia. You take his vital signs 99F, P/80, RR/18, BP-120/84, O2Sat 94% RA, 3/10 pain abdomen. Focused Questions: 1.
Instead, the colour spread. By the end of the week, Jason says Logan’s entire body was as “yellow as a Simpsons character,” and his stomach had filled with fluid, becoming distended. Logan’s blood work revealed he was experiencing liver failure, but his doctors had no idea why. The family was transferred from their local hospital in Hamilton to department 6A—the transplant wing—in SickKids hospital in Toronto. The Hampsons didn’t know it then, but it’s where they would spend much of the next four years, a place they would ruefully come to call their home away from home.
(for example physician, case management, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, dietary, etc) What information should the nurse provide? The physician will order testing such as blood test and urinalysis to determine presence of infection and what type of bacteria is present. The physician may prescribe medication or bladder irrigation to treat the infection. The nurse will administer the medication and explain the medications: how pt should take when to take and what pt should be aware of as far as side effects and anything that should be
Psychosocial History Client: Joseph Casey Date: 09/28/2012 Agency: ETSU Department of Social Work IDENTIFIYING DATA: Joseph Casey is a 40-year old, widower, white male. He reports being born on January 25, 1972. He provides his mother’s name, Diane Casey, as an emergency contact, providing the following phone number: (423)725-2767. REFERRAL SOURCE: Joseph has agreed to participate in this interview, per the request of the interviewer, Cynthia Carnahan. Although Joseph presents as a reliable historian, he has brought with him, his medical reports in reference to his back problems for review.
Upper GI Bleeding Case Presentation/ Patient History A 76 year old Caucasian man presents to the Accident and Emergency department complaining of constellation of symptoms of dizziness, near fainting, shortness of breath, weakness and lethargy. The patient states that he has passed black tarry stools for 1 day. He also complains of intermittent and generalized abdominal pain. His past medical history is significant for duodenal ucer diagnosed on OGD in 2010, osteoarthritis and neck spondylosis, hypertension and hypercholesterolenemia. Review of systems showed no significant weight loss or anorexia nor change of bowel habits.
Group D Screening Project Anh Nguyen, Jamie O'Farrell, Michael Seeley and Christopher Wilson Maryville University Group D Screening Project Client B is a 54 year old Caucasian male with a family history of heart disease. Some relatives have experienced heart disease prior to the age of 55, with his mother dying from a myocardial infarction at age 63. The client states that he has never smoked, but drinks daily, exercises 5 days a week and has no other significant medical history. For this particular client several preventive screening recommendations can be made. According to the CDC preventive screening are recognized to be cost effective in treating and identifying health problems in at risk individuals ("Healthier Worksite
Niskayuna Hospital 1234 Meadowview Drive Niskayuna, New York (518)345-1000 REPORT May 7, 2010 McDonnell, Joseph CHIEF COMPLAINT: Numbness, partial paralysis of his left side of his face, crocodile tears, increased thirst, some loss of taste, and experiencing pain in both ears. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: Mr. Joseph McDonnell is a 50 year old man with Type II Diabetes. He administers insulin as part of his treatment and tests his glucose levels regularly. He has no history of hypertension or stroke. He had Sarcoidosis three years ago and it was treated with Prednisone prescription at onset to control severe rash symptoms and then with Dexamethasone afterwards, to clear the redness, swelling and irritation.
He then moved in with a bunched of bachelors and drank constantly. Alcohol relieved his constant nervous headaches. He was married for 4 years and had a baby boy but his wife could not watch him disintegrate anymore. So she took the baby and left. Over the next few years he drank more and worked less and was eventually homeless and jobless.
Treatment has two goals: to treat acute flare ups and to maintain remission (Ruthruff, 2007). Two common antibiotics used to treat Crohn’s Disease is Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole (Ruthruff, 2007). The use of antibiotics can cause stomach upset or diarrhea with long time use. A barium enema, colonoscopy, CT scan, endoscopy, MRI, sigmoidoscopy, enteroscopy, upper GI series, blood test or stool culture can diagnose Crohn’s Disease. As with any procedure there are risks.