Assignment task:
Mrs. Jameson is an 80-year-old woman with Left-Sided Congestive Heart Failure. She is getting ready for discharge from the subacute unit and states she is feeling very "weak" this am and is slow to mobilize. she has a colostomy bag due to colon cancer. You must teach Mrs. Jameson how to care for her colostomy bag I.e. assess, emptv, change etc.. she also has a dressing on her left heel that is due to be changed.
Mrs. jameson is eager to learn how to care for colostomv. but at times targets some steps. Her left ankle is noted to be edematous, and skin is dry/cracked. Vitals: BP 134/62, Heart Rate 72/min regular and strong, 02 saturations 95% on room air. Temperature 36.8C oral.
Medications:
Captopril 25mg poTID
Minitran transdermal patch 0.2mg/hr apply for 12
Furosemide 20mg po OD
Acetaminophen 650mg po, TID
Sennosides 24mg po at HS
Multivitamins 1 tab po, OD
Question 1: Find research on anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, nursing management, treatment, and drug study of left sided CHF.
Use APA references too.
Question 2: Find Nursing Care Plan with the following-
Assessment -
2 Assessment findings. include 5 items for each assessment subjective and objective data.
Nursing Diagnoses - write two Nursing Diagnoses for each assessment)
2 planning for each diagnosis
3 Implementation for each assessment
3 nursing interventions for each assessment
Question 3: Select 2 drugs from above mentioned scenario and find their classification, mechanism of action, indication and contradictions, side effects and nursing considerations.