Nurses provide essential care for symptomatic chronic Chagas disease carriers, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, offering crucial support, symptom management, medication administration, and monitoring to enhance their health-related quality of life. To increa
Six years later the patient was readmitted to the local hospital, but this time with more advanced heart failure symptoms such as, fatigue, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and leg edema. His functional status deteriorated to NYHA (New York Heart Association) class III, and he ...
To collect data, the patient data sheet, Orem's self-care model-based data collection form, symptom evaluation form, Medical Research Council dyspnea scale, and the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease self-efficacy scale (CSES) were used. The nursing care applied for the intervention group ...
Maegan Wagner is a registered nurse with over 10 years of healthcare experience. She earned her BSN at Western Governors University. Her nursing career has led her through many different specialties including inpatient acute care, hospice, home health, case management, travel nursing, and telehealth...
it is important to note that the use of specific nursing diagnostic labels may not be as prominent or commonly utilized as other components of the care plan. It is ultimately the nurse’s clinical expertise and judgment that shape the care plan to meet the unique needs of each patient, prio...
organize care, their use may vary across clinical settings. Ultimately, the nurse’s expertise and judgment shape the care plan to prioritize each patient’s needs. Here are examples of nursing diagnoses that may be useful for common concerns associated with ineffective breathing pattern (dyspnea):...
A 70 year old female presents from the ER to your PCU unit. The patient is excessively sleepy and falls asleep easily even with stimuli. Pt is oriented times 4 though. Patient exhibited dyspnea on ambulation from stretcher to bed. Pt family member tells you that the patient has been sleepin...
correct answer ✔✔Avoiding exposure to either very hot or very cold The nurse in a medical unit is caring for a client with heart failure. The client suddenly develops extreme dyspnea, tachycardia, and lung crackles, and the nurse suspects pulmonary edema. The nurse immediately notifies the...
Analysis or diagnosis (formulate a nursing diagnosis by using clinical judgment; what is wrong with the patient) Planning (develop a care plan which incorporates goals, potential outcomes, interventions) Implementation (perform the task or intervention) ...
Which should the nurse identify as the priority outcome in the client's plan of care? Maintenance of normal lipid levels without the use of pharmacotherapy. The nurse has completed nutritional teaching for a client with a high low density lipoprotein (LDL) level. Which menu choice ...