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Answer 1

1.a.The data like his medical history, working history or social history ,current complaints are most pertinent data.

b.The patient's strength are

• Good family(spouce) support
• He is in Generativity vs stagnation stage of life and will try to cope up soon to be productive for his childrens
• Minimal financial security frommsife

The actual problem is to to treat his unknown abdominal pain which makes him at risk for various diagnostic test to rule out the cause

The potential problem is the risk for complications due to abdominal pain, further complications like asthma exacerabation because of work environment

c.The desired goal for this patient is to relieve abdominal pain

d.Some of the holistic approach to meet this patient's goal are

• Providing good psychological support to have hope and confidence to recover soon
• Provide patient health education on the preventive techniques to ne done in work place as a social support
• To encourage self care and self responsibility

e.The next goal will be to relieve his sleep apnea and to keep asthma under control