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Patient Profile<\/p>\n
Mr. Artuso is a 63-year-old electrician who came to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath, morning cough, and swelling in his lower extremities.<\/p>\n
Subjective Data<\/strong><\/p>\n Has smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for over 30 years<\/p>\n Has difficulty breathing when he walks<\/p>\n Has been sleeping in a recliner to make it easier to breathe<\/p>\n His shoes are tight at the end of the day<\/p>\n Objective Data<\/strong><\/p>\n Physical Examination<\/strong><\/p>\n Blood pressure 125\/90, pulse 90, temperature 98.4\u00b0 F, respirations 32<\/p>\n Increased anterior-posterior diameter<\/p>\n Breath sounds diminished with prolonged expiration<\/p>\n 2+ peripheral edema bilateral lower extremities<\/p>\n Thin with muscle wasting<\/p>\n Respirations labored<\/p>\n Diagnostic Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n Arterial blood gases: pH 7.32, SaO2 86%, PaCO2 55 mm Hg, PaO2 70 mm Hg<\/p>\n Chest x-ray shows hyperinflation of lungs<\/p>\n FEV1 65%<\/p>\n Question 1<\/strong><\/p>\n What in Mr. Artuso\u2019s history is commonly associated with pulmonary problems?<\/p>\n Question 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Interpret Mr. Artuso\u2019s arterial blood gases.<\/p>\n Question 3<\/strong><\/p>\n What is a likely medical diagnosis for Mr. Artuso?<\/p>\n Question 4<\/strong><\/p>\n What assessment data and diagnostic study results led you to this diagnosis?<\/p>\n Question 5<\/strong><\/p>\n What complication associated with this diagnosis does Mr. Artuso also have? What clinical manifestation led you to that and what is the cause of it?<\/p>\n Question 6<\/strong><\/p>\n What are the priority nursing diagnoses for Mr. Artuso at this time?<\/p>\n Question 7<\/strong><\/p>\n What interventions are indicated for Mr. Artuso and what outcome is expected for each intervention?<\/p>\n Question 8<\/strong><\/p>\n As part of patient teaching, is it \u201ctoo late\u201d to encourage Mr. Artuso to stop smoking? Why?<\/p>\n Question 9<\/strong><\/p>\n What other teaching needs would you review with Mr. Artuso while he is hospitalized?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Patient Profile Mr. Artuso is a 63-year-old electrician who came to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath, morning cough, and swelling in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10601,10596,10882,479,537,172,478,10597,10599,10595],"tags":[10524,10522,10890,10561,10883,10889,10515,10521,10696,10518,10888,10887,10886,10885,10884,10525],"class_list":["post-125166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assignment-help-by-uks-no-1-writing-service","category-assignment-writers-canada-university-cost","category-free-ai-english-assignment-writers-china","category-nursing-course-hero","category-nursing-essay-pro","category-nursing-study-bay","category-nursing-study-pool","category-professional-assignment-writers-usa","category-uae-1-cheap-assignment-writing-service","category-write-a-word-essay","tag-apa-citation-format-assignment","tag-assignment-writers-australia-college-student","tag-best-nursing-case-study-writing-services","tag-buy-essay-usa","tag-case-study-nursing-writing-services-for-care-plans","tag-free-nursing-case-study-writing-services","tag-help-write-a-page-assignment","tag-i-need-someone-to-do-my-assignment-within-hours","tag-need-assistance-completing-the-assignment","tag-need-to-write-an-essay","tag-nursing-case-studies-with-answers","tag-nursing-case-study-paper-example","tag-nursing-case-study-template-examples-of-case-studies-nursing","tag-pharmacology-case-study","tag-soap-note-case-study","tag-write-pages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}