NUR1 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Life Matters, Antihypertensive Drug, Social Learning Theory
15 Jun 2012
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During morning report, the nurse completing the night shift stated that nt"s bp was 199/ 105 and the patient refused to take the anti-hypertensive medication but he didn"t say why. You are assigned to this patient you know that nt is 43 years old, originally from rwanda and lives in montreal x 4 months. She was raped and her 2 brothers and in-laws were killed during the tutsi and hutu genocides in 1994. She is married x 17 years to bu, mother to 2 children ages 11 and 9. Bu immigrated first to canada in 2008- worked under the table and sponsored his family to come to canada . He is working as a volunteer at the ymca and will attend u of m social work program in the fall. Nt has strong faith, goes to church every sunday and is a homemaker while waiting for her work permit.
