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Nonpharmacological and pharmacological management are considered in treating the patient.... his paper discusses chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and its significance in the family and community settings, its socio-economic and cultural background, past medical history, differential diagnosis, and current guidelines relating to pharmacological and nonpharmacological patient management.... The analysis of psychosocial impact of COPD to the patient and her family as well as strategies for patient education, and the context of multidisciplinary care team are also will be discussed in the paper....
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Essay
igns and Symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseA patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with a long-standing cough, dyspnoea, phlegm formation, and easy fatigability.... This essay "Chronic Airway Disease" is about the epidemiology and prevalence of chronic further classified into obstructive and restrictive disorders....
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This admission essay "Erikson Development Stages" presents the elderly patient that continues to make sense of one's existence in the world.... The patient finds he is an important contributor to the community.... The patient despairs over some unaccomplished life objectives and goals.... The patient learned to trust his human contacts.... At a musculo-anal stage, the patient learns to be self-sufficient.... At a locomotor genital stage, the patient prefers adult activities over childish ones....
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Admission/Application Essay
Acute exacerbation of COPD represents an acute deteriorating of the patient's baseline condition mainly characterized by dyspnea and enhanced volume and purulence of sputum.... The core goal in treating acute exacerbations of COPD centres on restoring the patient's previous stable baseline and safeguarding against the possibility of recurrence (Roberts et al....
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I will also take into consideration the psychosocial impact/s of this disease to the patient and also about patient education for self-management initiative.... With the different cases that a nurse in the ER can encounter, it is imperative that he or she is knowledgeable about the different diseases, especially the symptoms particular to certain ones, as it will be helpful in contributing information to the medical team as a whole....
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ain is an important problem in critical care and accurate assessment of pain in the unresponsive patient is indeed a challenge.... Ideally, an objective tool for quantification of pain intensity capable of providing a quick feedback would be needed to provide comfort to the unresponsive patient (Gambrell, 2005).... The attending nurses are generally accountable for pain management in the patient.... Hence, nursing care decisions made at the end of life are crucial for the comfort of the patient....
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Soon after starting my shift, our first patient was wheeled to a bay by theatre staff.... I put on personal protective equipment and approached the patient.... I connected the patient to the monitoring and their airway to the central oxygen.... learnt from the anaesthetist that the patient Mrs Brown (not her real name) had hemiarthroplasty of her right hip operation under general, plus regional anaesthetic.... The patient had two Bellovac drains in situ that were unclamped and had started collecting in theatre, and the wound was dressed using a Mepilex dressing....
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As the paper "The Diagnosis of Right-Sided Pneumonia Leading to Acute Respiratory Failure" outlines, postoperative pneumonia is clinical signs of infection occurring 48 hours after surgical operation of the abdominal or chest injury due to pseudomonas aeruginosa.... ... ... ... Mr.... Ivmiesvich has diminished oxygen content in his blood, the partial pressure of oxygen was 58 mmHg (normal range 80-100mm Hg) and Partial pressure of carbon dioxide of 54 mmHg (normal range is 35-45 mmHg) and SaO2 of 89% (the normal range is 95%-100%) don't favor uptake of oxygen (Pruitt and Jacobs, 2004)....
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