Assignment on Nursing Process
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Assignment on Nursing Process
Added on 2021-01-01
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................11. Describe the patient's present problem focusing on the pathophysiological issues................12. Explain the pharma co kinetics of the prescribed medications and their indications.............23. Discuss the nursing management appropriate for the patient including management ofadverse effects of medications....................................................................................................34. Describe the information that should be share with the patient and how to educate thepatient about their interaction and long term effects of the medications prescribed in theemergency department................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERANCES................................................................................................................................5.........................................................................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTION Nursing process deals with overall scientific methods and techniques that is used bynurses and other care taker to ensure the quality of patient care for their well-being. The mainnursing assessment is to deliver quality care to the patients under proper hygiene conditions. Inthis given case study, Mr Ferguson whose age is 76 age is suffering from breathing issues andchest heaviness. He has self administered himself with x2 sprays of glyceryl trinitrate pumpspray of 800mcg for minimal relief. It was found that while arrival on emergency department MrFerguson was suffering from short of breath, diaphorectic problems and body was appearingpale. This report is totally concerned about health issues that is faced by Mr Ferguson along withexplanation of the pharma co kinetics of the prescribed medications and their indications. It alsocovers the nursing management practices that is appropriate for patient including management ofthe adverse effects of the medications. This report also emphasis on the information that shouldbe shared with patient and educate about the interaction and long term effects of the medication.1. Describe the patient's present problem focusing on the pathophysiological issues.Pathophysiological or physiopathology issues deals with the convergence of pathologyalong with physiology. Pathology is that medical discipline that describes the undesiredcondition of patient health along with the abnormalities. The condition of patient is typicallyobserved during the disease state. According to the given scenario, Mr Ferguson is sufferingfrom Angina, Non ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction, Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia.Angina deals to chest pain that is caused due to reduction of blood flow to heart muscles. This isnot refereed as life threatening but it act as warning sign and symptoms that patient may sufferthe risk of heart stoke or attack in the coming time. Mr Ferguson is suffering from non-STEMIwhich is generally caused when the arteries of the heart is severally narrowed but it is notcompleting blocked and it is diagnosed by an electrocardiogram (Khoujah and Mattu, 2016).Mr Ferguson is suffering with the pain of coronary artery disease which leads him to facethe issues of chest pain, discomfort, heart heaviness, aching, burning and short of breath. As he ishaving the problem of Angina due to which he is facing the problem like shortness of breath,diaphoresis issues and nausea and all this are associated symptoms of Angina. Mr Ferguson isfacing the discomfort of angina that causes heavy pain and tightening in the chest due to whichhis body was appearing pale along with diaphoresis issues which leads to sweating. Moreover,Mr Ferguson was already suffering from the hypercholesterolemia which means high cholesterol
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