Question

Case Studies, Chapter 14, Assessing 1. You are a nurse admitting a patient to the hospital from the emergency department (ED) with shortness of breath and recent weight loss. After receiving a report from the ED nurse, you ready the patient's room according to unit specifications and collect the necessary equipment and forms. When the patient arrives, she is using oxygen via a nasal cannula and seems to be comfortable. As you begin your admission activities and paperwork, you note that her shortness of breath slightly increases as she answers your questions. a. What data in the scenario are pertinent? b. What type of nursing assessment would you expect to complete and why? c. Why would you need to establish assessment priorities? d. What patient factors would assist in identifying and prioritizing data? e. What challenges might the nurse encounter during data collection?

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Answer 1

ANSWERS :

a. The data in the case scenario is the patient is admitted to the hospital with the complaints of shortness of breath and weight loss. And the patient is shifted from a emergency department to the hospital by an emergency department nurse.

b. Nursing assessment is very important to obtain the detailed health information of the patient especially the present and past medical history of patient, and based upon the information effective treatment regimen can be provided . Emergency nursing assessment to be established in this condition to stabilize the patient condition to normal.