Nursing 4400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Skin Infection, Shingles, Chest Pain
18 Dec 2017
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First level of care, usually first point of contact with health system. Very clinical, driven by provider, based in dx, tx, focused on individual. 5 core principles: active public participation, accessibility, health promo and chronic disease prevention and management, tech and innovation, cooperation and collab. Middle age: chronic disease (hypertension, diabetes, lifestyle, client ed. Elderly: prevention of falls, osteoporosis, bp, chronic diseases associated with aging. Symptoms: no running nose, cough (worse than cold, non-productive b/c bacteria are more likely to produce gunk), severe aches and pains, week or 2 long (not able to go to work), bad headache. Severity: can be fatal in elderly pop, can end up in hospital. First half of 20th century projected that it would be eliminated as rates declined as a result of: living conditions, access to healthcare, infrastructure, public health, treatments. Route of transmission: airborne (different than pneumonia that way tb is airborne) Risk: crowded conditions, homeless, hiv/aids, aboriginal, immunocompromised, immigrant population, healthcare workers.
