The Understanding Of Health Assessment

According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects the airways, which is comprised of tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. People who experience difficulties breathing have inflamed airways. The inflammation causes the tubes to swell and become sensitive, especially when inhaling strong substances. As a result, the airways tighten and the muscles around the tubes become swollen and narrower. In addition, cells in the airways might produce more mucus. This sticky and thick mucus makes it even more difficult for air to pass into the lungs.

After completing the self-health assessment with my health partner, it was obvious that nutrition was where he needed the most improvement. My health partner is a 20-year-old male, he is a construction worker and typically works 10-12 hour shifts 5 times a week. Most of the time his job sites are not local, he often stays out of town causing him to eat out at least 6-10 times a week if not more. Due to working long hours five days in a row many weeks it is not uncommon that he drinks at least 3 energy drinks a day. Working out of town and not having access to a stove or a place to keep groceries refrigerated all the time can make it hard to eat healthy every day. One of the biggest changes that he could make in his diet is too make healthier

Asthma, is a lung disease that causes distressed and labored breathing. In your lungs there are airways; and in an asthma attack (also called a flare-up), your airways become inflamed and the lining gets thick

Asthma is capable of affecting the respiratory system directly as the Asthma causes a spasm and tightening of the bronchial passage and the swelling and the aggravation of their mucous lining, the body’s reaction also may cause harm as is triggers the defense cells in the immune system which consequently causes the airways to swell and the muscles surrounding the airways to contract.

Asthma is the exaggerated hyperresponsiveness of the airway to a stimuli or allergen resulting in inflammation. The migration of inflammatory cells to the damaged bronchial epithelium contributes to the congestion

Assessment did not reveal any significant areas of concern or need for immediate physician visit.

the squeezing of muscles, inflammation of the muscles along with mucus in the lower airways. This causes the airways to become narrow, making it harder to breathe. During an asthma attack, the physical effects tend to worsen. Thick mucus congest the airways, while the airways are inflating on the inside, they are being compressed on the outside.

Asthma can lead to some dangerous occurrences. For example, asthma attacks are a result of everyday asthma. An asthma attack happens in the lungs, making the airways swell and shrink. The airways clog up with air pushing out and mucus, making it feel like it’s difficult to breathe. During an asthma attack, coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and trouble with breathing occurs.

Most of the Asthma attacks are related to allergens or aeroallergens and the body reacts by activating its immune system. There will be a series and complicated immunohistopathological changes that will occur in the respiratory system resulting to airway narrowing and reduction of airflow. Thereby, thereby reducing the amount of intake of oxygen from the environment and the

Asthma is a very common disease as stated by many researchers (Beasley et al., 2015). Asthma affects the lungs directly. It causes the airways for breathing to be narrowed and inflamed which causes less air to flow into the lungs for proper breathing. It can cause wheezing, chest tightness or pressure, coughing, and shortness of breath. It is usually detected with a lung function

Airways are tubes that carry air in and out of one’s lungs. These airways become swollen because of Asthma, making less air flow inside the body.

Hello Brigitte, I totally agree, nurses should have the ability to perform comprehensive, evidence-based health assessments regardless of their cultural background. Some of the barriers to communication which appear to have hindered Kimberly from obtaining a true health history of the patient include differences in language, use of science jargon by the nurse, and failure by the nurse to understand the cultural background of the patient’s community (especially the community’s spiritual beliefs) (Smith et al., 2013). Kimberly should keep an open mind, in order to avert a future misunderstanding with the patients of different cultures. She should further make a point of learning about the culture of the local community where she decides to practice

Asthma is a respiratory condition characterized by coughing and wheezing, mainly caused by the inflammatory response and narrowing of the bronchioles.

Breathing is an activity of living that is essential in order for other activities of living to be achieved with ease. Individuals are not usually aware that they are breathing, and it should be effortless. When breathing becomes difficult, an assessment must be undertaken by a nurse in order to make a nursing diagnoses. Once the assessment is completed, interventions are put in place in order for the health issue to be corrected, and an evaluation is done to examine whether or not the interventions were successful. If unsuccessful, the assessment process is repeated. This essay will discuss the information that should be gathered during an assessment, and the possible interventions that may be put in place to correct the issue.

Asthma is a disease involving the respiratory system causing obstruction to the airways. During an acute attack of asthma, the circular muscles surrounding the breathing tubes that form our airways( called the bronchi) go into spasm impending especially the passage of air starvation. One is surrounded by so much air , the patient finds it difficult to get enough. Also at this same time, there is increased secretion of mucous by the inner lining of the bronchial tubes adding to the obstruction of the