Explain how the professional nurse utilizes the nursing process in the nurse-client relationship:
Mr. Samuel Lawson is a 79-year-old African American retired maintenance worker, with a 10-year history of COPD and HTN. He was admitted to a medical-surgical unit via ambulance from his home in Bowie, MD with a diagnosis of Pneumonia. His three grown children who live out of state are gainfully employed and are the pride of his life. His wife died a year ago and his Christianity beliefs and the loving support of his children are his coping strategies. On admission, he states that he hasn’t been feeling well for 3-4 days, complained of dyspnea, generalized body pain, fatigue, and a productive cough of yellow colored sputum. He has not slept in 2 nights, is agitated, anxious about his health and reported feeling weak. Mr. Lawson has little appetite and is mostly eating soup even though the doctor ordered a regular diet. He is alert and oriented x 4, continent of bowel and bladder and on bed rest due to weakness and unsteady gait. Physical assessment reveals B/P 168/90; pulse 104; respirations 26; temperature 98.9 F; oxygen saturation 93% on o2 2L via NC with diminished breath sounds bilateral and expiratory wheezing on auscultation. Bowel sounds are present on all four quadrants, heart sounds are regular and his skin is intact. I.V. antibiotics are ordered and started.
Question: Explain what evaluation means. What specific evaluation questions will you ask the patient to enable you to determine if your expected goal/outcomes were met?
Answer: Evaluation means assessing all the symptoms, treatment as well circumstances of the diseased conditions, it helps us to know about the progress of the work. The response from the patient will define the progress of the work done that is the level of the care, treatment provided to the patient. The health condition of the patient shows improvements that means he is recovering from the diseased state. The level of comfort the patient is feeling at present as compared to when he was admitted. Normal blood pressure, as well as body temprature, may indicate the progress of patient health as well as the evaluation of the outcome. Does the patient is able to breathe properly, and able to take his diet properly? These question can help to determine if expected goal/outcomes were met or not.
Explain how the professional nurse utilizes the nursing process in the nurse-client relationship: Mr. Samuel Lawson is a...
Explain how the professional nurse utilizes the nursing process in the nurse-client relationship: Mr. Samuel Lawson is a 79-year-old African American retired maintenance worker, with a 10-year history of COPD and HTN. He was admitted to a medical-surgical unit via ambulance from his home in Bowie, MD with a diagnosis of Pneumonia. His three grown children who live out of state are gainfully employed and are the pride of his life. His wife died a year ago and his Christianity...
Scenario Mr. Samuel Lawson is a 79-year-old African American retired maintenance worker, with a 10-year history of COPD and HTN. He was admitted to a medical-surgical unit via ambulance from his home in Bowie, MD with a diagnosis of Pneumonia. His three grown children who live out of state are gainfully employed and are the pride of his life. His wife died a year ago and his Christianity beliefs and the loving support of his children are his coping strategies....
Mr. Samuel Lawson is a 79-year-old African American retired maintenance worker, with a 10-year history of COPD and HTN. He was admitted to a medical-surgical unit via ambulance from his home in Bowie, MD with a diagnosis of Pneumonia. His three grown children who live out of state are gainfully employed, and are the pride of his life. His wife died a year ago and his Christianity beliefs and the loving support of his children are his coping strategies. On...
Scenario Mr. Samuel Lawson is a 79-year-old African American retired maintenance worker, with a 10-year history of COPD and HTN. He was admitted to a medical-surgical unit via ambulance from his home in Bowie, MD with a diagnosis of Pneumonia. His three grown children who live out of state are gainfully employed and are the pride of his life. His wife died a year ago and his Christianity beliefs and the loving support of his children are his coping strategies....
Mr. S.L is a 79-year-old African American retired maintenance worker, with a 10-year history of COPD and HTN. He was admitted to a medical-surgical unit via ambulance from his home in Bowie, MD with a diagnosis of Pneumonia. His three grown children who live out of state are gainfully employed and are the pride of his life. His wife died a year ago and his Christianity beliefs and the loving support of his children are his coping strategies. On admission,...
To start, thank you to whoever can help me clear this up a little better! I have a simulation to prepare for in Nursing in which I care for this hypothetical patient and I wanted to make sure I have all my priorities straight. I was given a hypothetical patient with the below characteristics, and my question is what are my priorities with this patient as a senior nursing student and challenges might I expect to be thrown at me...