Epistaxis

History of Present Illness Mrs. H. 43 –year- old African American female, elementary school teacher, a single mother with two kids 5 and 8 years old girls with no significant past medical history admitted on emergency room at 4:35 p.m. Her appearance was tidy, stylish and scented. She was capable of provide information. She was able to speak clearly, conscious, and coherent also she was oriented to time, place and person. She complained of a cough with whitish mucus that sometimes it ends up vomiting

Social History: The patient widowed and lives in a house with her two daughters. Currently employed as a supervisor at Walmart and has health insurance through her work. Works full time and enjoy her work. She enjoys spending time with her family. She is sexually active. She is currently in an intimate relationship for the past one year after the death of her husband and used condoms occasionally when having sex. Highest level of education is bachelor’s degree Erikson’s Stage: Intimacy vs. Isolation

feeling of fullness below the ribs, painless lumps in the neck, underarm, stomach, or groin, an increase in infections, and recurrent minor infections. One of the most prevalent symptoms of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia is unexplained bleeding such as epistaxis, or nose bleeds, and petechiae, red pinpoint spots under the skin caused by bleeding. This happens because the bone marrow can no longer produce enough platelets to form a normal blood clot, a condition called thrombocytopenia. Easy bruising is also

Case Narrative for ER Admission of Adam Rudd Jennifer during her usual visits finds Rudd sitting in a chair looking very anxious. He says, “I am having throbbing headaches and blurry vision”. Jennifer call 911 immediately and the ambulance bring Rudd to the ER and Jennifer follows the ambulance in her car. Student Instructions: You are assigned to one of the beds in ER where Adam Rudd is admitted. You receive the following report from the triage RN: “The patient is Adam Rudd, a 78 y/o white male

Whooping cough is becoming more common in the community and primarily being spread through school systems. It is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection that is marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like a “whoop”, which is where the name comes from (Mayo, 2016). It is caused by the microbe bordatella pertussis which is a bacterium. These bacteria attach themselves to the cilia that line part of the respiratory tract. People with pertussis

Shaala D. Kirkby K. Burgan Medical Billing & Coding Specialist 12 September 2011 Pertussis Whooping cough, which is also known as, Pertussis, is caused by infection by the Bordetella Pertussis bacteria. A highly contagious bacterial disease affects the respiratory system and produces spasms of coughing that usually end in a high-pitched whooping sound. Pertussis spreads faster in Hispanics and Asians, then in Caucasians

any age, however it most often occurs first during the middle-age years. Hypertension is usually asymptomatic until complications develop in affected organs. Common effects of hypertension range from dizziness, flushed facies, headache, fatigue, epistaxis, to nervousness. Severe hypertension, a hypertensive crisis, can cause severe cardiovascular, neurologic, and renal. Aneurysms, abnormal bulges that forms in the wall of an artery, develop. They develop and grow for long periods of time, sometimes

aminocaproic acid. Tranexamic acid is used in multiple emergency medical conditions. The drug is used in prevention of postoperative bleeding disorders such as hemophilia. The drug proves to very useful in treating conditions such as menorrhagia, epistaxis, angioedema, and surface bleeding from tumors. In conditions such as DIC, tranexamic acid should not be used. The acid should not be used because it works against clots and hence activates

pump spray kit as 20,000 IU vial with 20mL diluent with spray pump and actuator, as a syringe spray kit as 5,000 IU vial with 5mL diluent including spray tip and syringe and 20,000 IU vial with 20mL diluent including spray tip and syringe, as and Epistaxis kit as 5,000 IU vial with 5mL diluent and nasal delivery device and

Culture is a realm of the human condition. In order to provide holistic care as a Nurse Practitioner (NP), it is essential to be culturally competent. There are several models for NPs to use to guide their competence. Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality is one of these models. According to Andrews and Boyle (2012), this theory addresses the various influences culture has on the human condition, including health, and the influences of other dynamics associated the human condition