Your patient was recently diagnosed with congestive heart failure and the physician will order a potassium...
Your patient was recently diagnosed with congestive heart failure and the physician will order a potassium wasting diuretic, either furosemide or hydrochlorothiazide. Answer the following questions regarding these drugs. What is the action of these drugs? What can they be used on? What side effects could we expect to see? How will these two drugs excrete and retain electrolytes? What are the interactions of the potassium wasting diuretics? What teaching will be included for the patient taking either of these...
Your patient was recently diagnosed with congestive heart failure and the physician will order a potassium wasting diuretic, either furosemide or hydrochlorothiazide. Answer the following questions regarding these drugs. What is the action of these drugs? What can they be used on? What side effects could we expect to see? How will these two drugs excrete and retain electrolytes? What are the interactions of the potassium wasting diuretics? What teaching will be included for the patient taking either of these...
Your patient was recently diagnosed with congestive heart failure and the physician will order a potassium wasting diuretic, either furosemide or hydrochlorothiazide. Answer the following questions regarding these drugs. 1. What is the action of these drugs? 2. What can they be used on? 3. What side effects could we expect to see? 4. How will these two drugs excrete and retain electrolytes? 5. What are the interactions of the potassium wasting diuretics? 6. What teaching will be included for...
You are a home health nurse caring for a patient who has recently been diagnosed with heart failure and started on Po furosemide (Lasix) daily. The patient tells you she is not taking the medication as prescribed because she was having to get up so much at night and urinate. She is also concerned that she has been having terrible leg cramps, especially at night, since starting the diuretic. What are two key nursing interventions for this patient you are...
PN 105 Fundamentals of Nursing I Case Study: Hypertension/Hydrochlorothiazide Joe Quan is a 58-year-old patient, recently diagnosed with hypertension. His resting bloc pressure is 158/92. He is prescribed hydrochlorothiazide 50mg/day and told to eat foodrich potassium 1. How does hydrochlorothiazide differ from furosemide (Lasix)? What are there similarities and their differences? 2. Why is it necessary for Joe to eat food rich in potassium when taking hydrochlorothiazide? Explain your answer 3. What are the nursing interventions that should be considered...
PN 105 Fundamentals of Nursing I Case Study: Hypertension/Hydrochlorothiazide Joe Quan is a 58-year-old patient, recently diagnosed with hypertension. His resting blood pressure is 158/92. He is prescribed hydrochlorothiazide 50mg/day and told to eat food rich in potassium. 1. How does hydrochlorothiazide differ from furosemide (Lasix)? What are there similarities and their differences? 2. Why is it necessary for Joe to eat food rich in potassium when taking hydrochlorothiazide? Explain your answer 3. What are the nursing interventions that should...
PN 105 Fundamentals of Nursing I Case Study: Hypertension/Hydrochlorothiazide Joe Quan is a 58-year-old patient, recently diagnosed with hypertension. His resting blood pressure is 58/92. He is prescribed hydrochlorothiazide 50mg/day and told to eat food rich in potassium. 1. How does hydrochlorothiazide differ from furosemide (Lasix)? What are there similarities and their differences? 2. Why is it necessary for Joe to eat food rich in potassium when taking hydrochlorothiazide? Explain your answer 3. What are the nursing interventions that should...
undamentalS of Nursing II Case Study – Hypertension/Heart Failure Greg George, a 72-year-old African-American patient, has heart failure and diabetes. His vital signs are blood pressure 176/94, pulse 92, and respirations 30. His medications include hydrochlorothiazide 50mg/day, atenolol 50mg/day and digoxin 0,25mg/day. 1. Why was the hydrochlorothiazide prescribed for Mr. George? Explain the effects of hydrochlorothiazide on the blood pressure. 2. Abnormal electrolytes and other laboratory test results may occur when taking hydrochlorothiazide. Would the following serum electrolytes and laboratory...
1.A client has been diagnosed with renal failure and is surprised to learn of the large volume of blood that is filtered by the kidneys. The client asks, “If that much blood gets filtered, why don't people produce more urine than they do?” In response, the nurse should describe what phenomenon? A. A very large majority of filtrate is returned to circulation. B. Electrolytes draw the water from urine back into circulation. C. Most of the substances that are removed...
PN 105 Fundamentals of Nursing I Case Study: Hypertension/Hydrochlorothiazide Joe Quan is a 58-year-old patient, recently diagnosed with hypertension. His resting blood pressure is 15892. He is prescribed hydrochlorothiazide 50mg/day and told to cat food rich in potassium. 1. How does hydrochlorothiazide differ from furosemide (Lasix)? What are there similarities and their differences? Why is it necessary for Joe to eat food rich in potassium when taking 2 hydrochlorothiazide? Explain your answer 3. What are the nursing interventions that should...