Nursing Problem
A low-income, 67-year-old Asian American gentleman who has been a light smoker of a quarter pack of cigarettes per day for 30 years presents to your local community health clinic for his routine annual physician examination.
Prompt: In your short paper, address the following:
o What are the possible cellular changes that have occurred within the patient's body related to his history of smoking? For example, how can the cellular changes affect the cardiovascular system?
o What are the pathophysiology issues that must be addressed due to changes at the cellular level?
o If this individual quit smoking today, what physiologic process would occur at the cellular level?
o How do ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status influence the development of cardiovascular disease?
o How do ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status increase the risk of this gentleman developing chronic disease?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.