To prevent future attacks and to control them the doctor taught my individual’s parents how to do first aid such as helping the person to sit upright and loosening tight clothes and ensuring that the medication is taken during an asthma attack because it helps the service user to breathe better. The medication that helps prevent an asthma attack is inhaler which has to be taken on a regular basis. In the situation of an acute asthma attack, an asthmatic additionally has to use Beta-2 agonists. This beta 2 agonists helps her to pass oxygen through her lungs. The doctor can provide brown inhaler to my individual as it’s another method that helps to prevent asthma attack from worsening.
“Teach the patient and family the symptoms of infection that should be promptly reported to a primary medical caregiver” (Ackley & Ladwig, 2011, pg. 495). Electrolyte balance should be watch closely in a patient with acute renal failure. Urden, Stacy, and Lough, 2012 state: Electrolyte levels require frequent observation, especially in the critical phase of AKI. Potassium may quickly reach levels of 6.0 mEq/L or higher.
P3: Describe the investigations that are carried out to enable the diagnosis of these physiological disorders A service user would usually visit their GP if they suspect something is wrong with them; there are several different stages that would be followed prior to a diagnosis being reached. There are three types of referrals which can enable a service user to be a diagnosed Self-referral is when a patient refers themselves to health care professional, usually this is their GP. Professional referral is when a person goes to their GP and undergoes general tests, is examined after describing their symptoms and if their GP is concerned about their health, the GP will then make a referral to a specialist professional, for example a hospital doctor to see the patient immediately. The patient will then go on to see the doctor and then may go onto different specialists once a diagnosis has been made or is suspected. Another type of referral is third party referral.
The patient needs to understand his new medical condition in order to gain understanding of the disease process, signs and symptoms, complications, medication regimen, follow-up appointment as well as the benefits of physical activity, diet and weight control. By explaining what causes a myocardial infarction, sign and symptoms, complications using educational video, traced of the heart to demonstrate how it functions will help the patient. Modifying dietary choices, weight control and physical activity will promote better health. This process should be repeated until patient and family voice understanding. Patient and family involvement in plan and care is very vital.
- Checking vital signs which is include the pules, respiration, and blood pressure. - Head to toe examination, a nurse should palpate and visualize for injuries, assess nose, ears, and mouth for bleeding. - Expose the patient, asses five interventions, giving comfort measure, such as control the pain, inspect for any injury. (Rull, 2014) What is your subsequent management of Mrs. Flynn “including assessment, diagnostic procedure, lab tests etc.”? Furthermore, a nurse should perform an assessment to identify if there are any potential risks on Mrs. Flynn, the assessment will include the ABGs, to assess the acid-base balance and oxygenation status of the blood, x-rays because if Mrs. Flynn suffers from persistent pain the nurse should check for any possible fracture.
ANAESTHETICS Preoperative assessment 1. Aims • The preoperative evaluation consists of gathering information on the patient and formulating an anesthetic plan • The overall objective is reduction of perioperative morbidity and mortality • Ideally, the preoperative evaluation is done by the person who will administer the anesthesia. The anesthetist should review the surgical diagnosis, organ systems involved, and planned procedure • Through interview, physical exam and review of pertinent current and past medical records, the patient’s physical and mental status are determined • All recent medications are recorded and a thorough drug allergy history is taken • The patient should be questioned about the use of cigarettes, alcohol and illicit drugs • The patient’s prior anesthetic experience is of particular interest – specifically, if there has been a history of anesthetic complications, problems with intubation, delayed emergence, malignant hyperthermia, prolonged neuromuscular blockade, or postoperative nausea and vomiting • Informed consent is the communication of the anaesthetic plan, in terms the patient understands, and covers everything from premedication, preoperative procedures, and intraoperative management, through the recovery room and postoperative pain control • The alternatives, potential complications, and risks versus benefits are discussed, and the patient’s questions are answered • In summary, pre-operative care aims to ensure that patients: o Get the right surgery o Are happy and pain free o Are as fit as possible o Have individual decisions on type of anaesthesia/analgesia taking into account risks, benefits and wishes 2. Pre-operative History • Have the symptoms, signs or patient’s wishes changed? • Assess cardiovascular and respiratory systems, exercise tolerance, existing illnesses, drug therapy and allergies • Assess
Many people choose Antidepressant medication as a treatment because that is the first thing their doctors suggest. Antidepressant medication may relieve some of your depression symptoms, but it also comes with significant side effects and dangers. What’s more, recent studies have raised questions about their effectiveness. Learning the facts about antidepressants can help you make an educated decision about what’s right for you. Most mental health experts agree that when depression is severe, medication can be helpful, even life saving.
For the Technical Communications Rhetorical Analysis assignment, I have reviewed two instructional documents. The first document is an instructional document for patientsreceiving steroid pulse therapy for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and the effect of instruction on patient knowledge by Yu-Chu Pai who works for BioMed Central Ltd. The second document is also a letter about blood transfusion errors by American Society of Registered Nurses. The purpose of this memo is to outline the similarities and differences that I have discovered during my rhetorical analysis of these two pieces. I will provide an audience analysis and a situational analysis, along with a discussion of the conventions and appeals of the two project proposal documents.Audience
The symptom is usually what brings the patient to seek out health care (Humphreys et al., 2008) and adherence to treatment by the patient is crucial. The nurse who provides a biopsychosocial view of the symptoms to help the patient better deal with their symptoms is imperative to this adherence. The Theory provides many target areas for research and furthers our knowledge of the development of symptom management. To provide a greater understanding
Understanding how different medications affect the mental and physical nature of a person is essential once a patient has been diagnosed. With more and more people using pharmaceuticals in order to stabilize their conditions, the merging of Psychology and Pharmacology has become a great tool to better understand what needs each individual has and how they can be met. In order for a doctor to properly treat a patient medicinally, they have to understand basic psychopharmacology as well as the complexities that go along with this field. The American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology states that the definition of psychopharmacology is, “the study of the use of medications in treating mental disorders” (“ASCP/What is Psychopharmacology?,” 2008, para. 1).