1. Discuss the pathophysiology of asthma. The pathophysiology of Asthma includes inflammation of the airway. The way in which this works is from an irritant which can include dust, pollen, cedar, or cat hair. When a reaction occurs, the airways become inflamed and narrow. The narrowing occurs because once the inflammatory response is triggered by an irritant, histamines, immunoglobulin E antibodies, and leukotrienes are released. Because of this, mucous production occurs. Since the bronchioles are
which they interact (Allen, Vessey, Schapiro, 2010). For the purpose of this paper, focus will be on JD, a 10 year old African American male who was recently diagnosed with asthma after an acute exacerbation. He lives in a basement bedroom of his family’s home. His mother is single
Living with asthma requires significant participation by the patient with self-care and management of their chronic illness. The focus of this research is to educate and promote health in patients with asthma, with nursing interventions. Education is vital for a patient with asthma and involves a collaborative partnership between the nurse and the patient. Because of the chronic nature of asthma, nurses have a vital role in educating patients on how to recognize when asthma is worsening, and when
Review of Related Literature and Critical Appraisal Asthma is a chronic airway disease that can be difficult to manage, resulting in poor outcomes and high costs (Kuhn et al., 2015). It is characterized by episodes of expiratory airflow obstruction, which occurs in response to multiple stimuli or triggers. Asthma is a lifelong disease, and symptoms include wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. Attacks can be mild, moderate, severe, or even life threatening and limit a person’s
List specific goals of therapy for M. L. 1. Minimize and prevent asthma symptoms, including nocturnal and those induced by exercise. 2. Prevent acute episodes. 3. Prevention of physiological and psychological morbidity. 4. Improve his quality of life maintaining normal levels of activities for his age. 5. Secure a healthy and according to age’s lifestyle. 6. Avoid and or decrease the need for urgent care or hospitalizations. 7. Normalize pulmonary function test results if altered. 8. Decrease
rationale for branding; third to analyse how pharma’s existing branding strategies differ versus current best practise in the FMCG area e.g. in the choice of brand name strategies, global branding, brand extension, co-branding and brand portfolio management and then finally to recommend actions that could make a difference resulting from the lessons learned from successful FMCG branding. The current branding situation in the pharmaceutical industry Brand definition Traditionally when a pharmaceutical
Nursing in 3D: Diversity, Disparities, and Social Determinants The Social Determinants of Health: It’s Time to Consider the Causes of the Causes Paula Braveman, MD, MPHa Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPHb ABSTRACT During the past two decades, the public health community’s attention has been drawn increasingly to the social determinants of health (SDH)—the factors apart from medical care that can be influenced by social policies and shape health in powerful ways. We use “medical care” rather