See instructions attached The Assignment In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following ·

See instructions attached

The Assignment

In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following

· The pulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms.

· Any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning.

· How these processes interact to affect the patient.

Scenario:
A 16-year-old black female presents with her mother to the emergency room with complaints of dyspnea and wheezing without relief after using her albuterol inhaler.  The patient was diagnosed with COVID 6 days ago and started noticing that her breathing effort was getting harder in the last 2 days.  She reports a fever of 101F originally but has not had a fever in the last 24 hours.  She denies any chest pain but is having some increased dyspnea when she is walking around.  The patient has a 5-year history of intermittent asthma which has been controlled with her current medication.  The patient is currently using loratadine 10mg po daily, singular 10mg at bedtime, and albuterol 2 puffs via inhalation every 6 hrs. as needed.  She reports that she had to use multiple doses in the last 24 hours because her symptoms were worsening.  VS:  BP 132/88, pulse 120, respirations 28, O2 sat 94%, and temp 99.4F.  Upon exam the patient has diffuse wheezing bilaterally on expiration and minimal upon inspiration.  Breath sounds are diminished bilaterally.  Chest x-ray reveals hyperinflation with no infiltrates.

Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. 

Share This Post

Email
WhatsApp
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Reddit

Order a Similar Paper and get 15% Discount on your First Order

Related Questions

  Questions Discussion Board: Instructions Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you the complexity of quantitative statistical

  Questions Discussion Board: Instructions Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you the complexity of quantitative statistical analysis. Instructions: For this discussion, please complete the following: Review the assigned chapters in Polit and Beck (2017): i.e., chapters 18-20. Identify five different facts or pieces of information that

follow instuuctions attached  Comprehensive Psychotherapy Evaluation 1 1. Compose a written comprehensive psychiatric evaluation of a patient you

follow instuuctions attached  Comprehensive Psychotherapy Evaluation 1 1. Compose a written comprehensive psychiatric evaluation of a patient you have seen in the clinic. 2. OAP is an acronym that stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.   S =  Subjective data: Patient’s Chief Complaint (CC); History of the Present Illness (HPI)/

***CASE STUDIES ATTACHED*** You should respond to both discussions separately–with constructive literature material- extending, refuting/correcting, or

***CASE STUDIES ATTACHED*** You should respond to both discussions separately–with constructive literature material- extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts.  Minimum 150 words each reply with references under each reply.  Incorporate a minimum of 2 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal