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The patient is experiencing a fluid volume deficit or dehydration due to diarrhoea.This diarrhoea is caused because of over dosage of the laxative.The patient has lost fluid which has lead to symptom like
An 82-year-old female client lives in a residential elder care home. Her family has noticed the...
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WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT # 1 Discussion Topics, Chapter 8, Disorders of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance Discussion Topics Learning Objective(s) 1. An 82-year-old female client lives in a residential 8, 9, 12 elder care home. Her family has noticed the following gradually occurring over the past week: headache, agitation, restlessness, and confusion; she complains of being thirsty all the time even after drinking. They have noticed that her urinary catheter bag does not have...
A home care nurse visits a 79-year-old female client recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. She takes her oral antidiabetic medication only sporadically, and is not following her new diet. 1. What action would you take first when exploring the client's noncompliance? 2. List three ways you would demonstrate caring to the client. 3. The client says, "I don't really think I have diabetes. I feel fine, except that I'm always thirsty." How would you deal with this belief? 4. The...
Millie Larsen is an 84-year old Caucasion female who lives alone in a small home. Her husband, Harold passed away a year ago and she has a cat, Snuggles, who is very important to her. Millie has one daughter, Diana Olsen, who is 50, that lives nearby, and Millie's major support system. Her current medical problems include: hyperyension, glaucoma, osteoarthritis of the knee, stress incontinence, osteoporosis and hypercholesterolemia. Millie is at the clinic for routine examination follow up. She is...
Millie Larsen is an 84-year-old Caucasian female who lives alone in a small home. Her husband, Harold, passed away a year ago and she has a cat, Snuggles, who is very important to her. Millie has one daughter, Dina Olsen, who is 50, that lives nearby, and is Millie's major support system. Her current medical problems include: hypertension, glaucoma, osteoarthritis of the knee, stress incontinence, osteoporosis, and hypercholesterolemia. Millie is at the clinic for routine examination and medication follow up....
In the ER, A mother has brought in her 20-year-old daughter, C.J., who has type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and has just returned from a trip to Mexico. She has had a 3-day fever and diarrhea with nausea and vomiting (N/V). She has been unable to eat and has tolerated only sips of fluid. Because she was unable to eat, she did not take her insulin. Because C.J. is unsteady, you bring her to the examining room in a wheelchair....
In the ER, A mother has brought in her 20-year-old daughter, C.J., who has type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and has just returned from a trip to Mexico. She has had a 3-day fever and diarrhea with nausea and vomiting (N/V). She has been unable to eat and has tolerated only sips of fluid. Because she was unable to eat, she did not take her insulin. Because C.J. is unsteady, you bring her to the examining room in a wheelchair....
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Postpartum Depression-Case Study The client is a 19-year-old woman who returned home from the hospital yesterday with her newborn baby boy who is now 2 days old. The baby weighed 7 lbs, I oz at birth. His Apgar scores were 8 and 10. The client had a 12-hour labor and an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. During her admission to the hospital. The client decided to breastfeed and did well with the support and encouragement from her nurses....
CLIENT PROFILE Jeraldine Yates is a 70-year-old woman originally from Alabama. She lives alone and is able to manage herself independently. She is active in her community and church. Mrs. Yates was admitted to the hospital two months ago with heart failure. Since her discharge, a visiting nurse visits every other week to assess for symptoms of heart failure and see that Mrs. Yates is continuing to manage well on her own. CASE STUDY The visiting nurse stops in to...
Client: Shiri Koradia is a 33-year-old, female. She moved with her husband from India 10 years ago and has since resided in Queens, New York. She has 2 children: a 6-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. Shiri is the primary caregiver for her family and does not work outside the home. She has a 3-month history of complaints of fatigue, exhaustion, and multiple episodes of choking because she did not have the strength to chew the food. Her health care...
Ms. Arthur is a 19 year old female who arrived at the emergency department urgent care, complaining of a yeast infection and an abscess on her left groin area. Identifying Information: 19 yr old female History of Present Illness: 19 yr old female presented to the ED c/o of a vaginal yeast infection and a furuncle to the left groin, She states that she has had multiple episodes of vaginal yeast infections & furuncles in various areas of the body...