NSE11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Atropine, Abdominal Pain, Mediastinum
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Fall week 1: discuss application of nursing process to patients with compromised oxygenation. Assessment: assessing pt cardiopulmonary function includes in depth health history. Pain chest pain needs to be evaluated with regard to location, duration, radiation, and frequency. Fatigue rate fatigue on a scale of 1-10. Dyspnea determine circumstances under which it has occurred (exertion, stress, respiratory tract infection) Cough determine frequency, and if it is productive or non-productive (productive produces sputum, able to clear it from lungs, either swallowed back or spat out). If it is spat out, inspect for colour, consistency, odour and amount. Wheezing determine if there are any precipitating factors like respiratory infection, allergens, exercise, or stress. Environmental or geographical exposures carbon monoxide poisoning, cigarette smoke, radon (gas that can cause lung tissue damage) obtain an employment history to determine exposure to substances such as chemical inhalants, asbestos, coal, cotton fibres, fumes.
