Hospital Asthma Care

History of Present Illness: Ms. Dahlberg is a very pleasant 69-year-old woman who suffers from poorly controlled asthma. She has a recent exacerbation requiring hospitalization at Anna Jaques Hospital in June. Since discharge, she states that she has done well. She has stable dyspnea on exertion. She does feel that perhaps it might be slightly worse given the heat and humidity. She is not complaining of any cough. She is compliant with her bronchodilator regimen.

Task analysis is the process of obtaining information about a job by determining the duties, tasks, and activities involved and the knowledge, skills, and abilities required in performing each task. There can be broken down into six

Also, when an asthma attack is occurring an individual would need paramedics to be equip and be trained to know how to help the individual recover from their asthma because it is a serious situation, and the paramedic would give an individual supplemental oxygen and give the individual a breathing treatment with drugs that opens their airways and a paramedic would transfer the individual to hospital as soon as possible. But with diabetes, the paramedics do not need to be equip as much than they would for asthma because diabetes is a slow process and is able to treat the treatment in time without rushing or needing to panic and fix the problem straight away, also diabetes attack are less frequent then asthma attacks.

Ten wonderful years whizzed by. They were happy times, indeed. The quaint Asthma's Store went on to be one of those most cherished landmarks in town. Ronnie's childhood was divided between home, school, and his association with Asthma's. This is where he grew up and turned into the man he was to become. Play, fun, work, education, imagination, discipline, and vision all developed stemming from these influences, and yet his nature was far from serious. He even did his school homework under Luda and the clan's tutelage and always at the top of his class. Ronnie's parents knew where he was. He was a great son and always did as he was told, although his story-telling continued to perplex them all the way through his teen years. As far as his

In this section of the report the support available for Asthma and Influenza are discussed. There are many different people with different roles who provide support to patients who suffer from these diseases. Support is about providing the right care, treatments and assistance for those people who are experiencing your chosen diseases (classroom notes, 2015). Both individuals who were interviewed stated that they got some statutory support this was more the case in the individual with asthma, but the main support for both cases was informal support from their families (Detail of this interview is available in appendices).

Discuss the prevalence of asthma in certain patient populations that you might see in primary care. Asthma is chronic airway inflammation disorder that is characterized by persistent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and non-productive cough, mainly at night and in the early morning. The inflammation of the airway results from physical, chemical, and pharmacologic stimulus, which causes bronchial hyper-responsiveness, constriction of the airways, edema of airway wall, and chronic airway remodeling (Cash, 2014). Asthma occurs at all ages, with about 50% of all cases developing during childhood and another 30% before age 40. In the United States, it is estimated that 25 million people have asthma and the prevalence continues to increase (McCance, & Huether, 2014). Previously, asthma was considered

“Sarah is at Children's Hospital, in the ICU”. Those are the words that changed my life. Sarah is extremely sick and it's making me want to be smart, strong, and kind. My sister, Sarah had lung failure when she was in 7th grade, she was hospitalized and stayed at Children’s Hospital in the ICU for around a week. Nearly a year later they found out what was wrong with her, she has Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia and Severe Asthma. When I saw her get sick I saw her being strong, nice, and keeping up on school work she made me want to have these qualities as well.

In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS), a publicly funded healthcare system for England, provides the majority of healthcare, including primary care, in-patient care, long-term healthcare, ophthalmology, and dentistry. The issues associated with access to healthcare include availability, quality, costs and information about the services available. According to healthknowledge.org, “the availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served… The quality of services offered to patients may vary between population groups, the health care services may impose costs (financial or otherwise) which vary between population groups and the health care organizations may fail to ensure that all population groups are equally aware of the services available” (Steinbach, 2009).

In the United States, not every individual has the privilege of affording the necessary medical attention. Socioeconomic status has an impact on the health outcomes of individuals, as a result, many people who are uninsured go through their daily lives without assisting to a yearly physical or a primary care visit when they feel ill. This leads to an increase in emergency room visits, which increases healthcare costs. The increased healthcare expenses are greatly related to the decreased availability of primary care services, and the excessive emergency room visits. This paper will explore the benefits of allowing nurse practitioners to provide primary healthcare by delving into

Thank you for referring your patient Yusif Mohamed to the Putting on AIRS program. Enclosed you’ll find the summary of a home visit we made on March 15, 2016.

The Australian health care system is founded on the concept of equity of access. Discuss this statement with relation to the concepts of effectiveness and efficiency and any interrelationships that may exist.

Child asthma hospitalization rates and air pollution for Chicago’s community areas are very correlated to one another. Research has found that children are more susceptible to asthma attacks than adults. Also, children that don’t have asthma and are exposited to air pollution can actually develop it. In the ArcMap exercise, we analyze child asthma hospitalization rates and the relationship it has with air pollution in Cook County, Illinois. Cook County has been has lower ozone standards than normal air standards. This is a direct result of Chicago being a very industrialized city. The amount of Emission Tonnage by Facility in 2002 shows how there are more child asthma hospitalization rates when there is greater emission tonnage. The poorest

In an article by morbidity and mortality weekly, it states that, “Guidelines issued by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) specify essential components of asthma management, including patient education, objective monitoring of symptoms, and avoiding asthma triggers.” (MMWR, 2007). People with asthma should have proper management to prevent further damage to their bodies. Asthma management plan should be a person’s first priority and it is also a best management plan to prevent symptoms. Making a management plan can be done by yourself just keeping your triggers in mind. An effective plan should allow you to live an active life without having asthma symptoms, exercise without complications, a good sleep at night, attend

Asthma prevention which includes patients’ education on the disease process and ways to adhere and control it. Step by step written instructions plan must be made for patients specific and their families. All asthma medications must be taken as prescribed per clinician. Asthma triggers must be avoided to prevent an asthma attack. The intense physical activity also must be avoided due to its tendency to trigger asthma exacerbation (Kruijssen, 2015) Patients must adapt the less intense physical activity to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Patients should keep records with exacerbation and reoccurrences symptoms. Patients should be educated on the importance of regular checkups and follow-up appointments. The clinician

Primarily, one of the nurse roles is to educate our community about their health risks. Teaching about ways to self-manage their asthma at home is the best way to decrease hospitalization. In addition, educating the residents in the community about what asthma is, and what the symptoms are, are very important raise the awareness of asthma. Because air pollution is very concerning for the residents of the community, teaching the resident of ways to reduce the exposure of the polluted air by wearing protective gear, such as a surgical mask. This can ultimately inhibit the transmission of fine particles from entering the lungs. Thus, reducing the risk for asthma.