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NURS1014 Study Guide - Final Guide: Erving Goffman, Masculinity, Big Data

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tealplatypus403
30 Oct 2018
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UNDA, NDA
Department
Nursing
Course
NURS1014
Professor
Lynch

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What is sociology for nurses: observes, examines, analyses, debates, critiques, theorizes . To convey the complex interrelationships of body, mind, and society in contexts of health and illness, and health care. Central tenets: social organization influences health and illness, and healthcare, the forces that shape health and illness patterns are set in motion by. In large part, illness, health, wellbeing and death are socially produced. human activities. Sociological theory: explanation of how things work and why things happen, answers to the how and why questions. Sociological theory and sociological concepts: an analogy: theory is like a map of a territory, does not display the full terrain, instead it picks out those parts that are important for its purpose . If its aim is to guide travellers, the map will highlight roads, if its purpose is to show landmarks, it will show rivers, mountains : each theory is a different map, highlighting particular elements , these elements are concepts.

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Mrs. Tom, a 79 year old female presents to the ER with complaints of a persistent productive cough, fatigue, fever and shortness of breath. Mrs. Tom reports that she has had a persistent cough and shortness of breath with activity for several months.  She was given a prescription for antibiotics for a presumed infection 4 weeks ago, with only slight improvement in symptoms.  Her past medical history includes stroke 6 months ago.  She also smokes 20 cigarettes per day.  On exam, she has a fever with decreased lung sounds bilaterally to auscultation with the right side slightly more obvious than the left.  She is obviously short of breath and presents with 4-word dyspnea.  Her vital signs are BP 110/70, HR 99, SP02 94% on 4 L of oxygen via nasal prongs, Temp 38.9

Mrs. Tom, a 79 year old female presents to the ER with complaints of a persistent productive cough, fatigue, fever and shortness of breath. Mrs. Tom reports that she has had a persistent cough and shortness of breath with activity for several months. She was given a prescription for antibiotics for a presumed infection 4 weeks ago, with only slight improvement in symptoms. Her past medical history includes stroke 6 months ago. She also smokes 20 cigarettes per day. On exam, she has a fever with decreased lung sounds bilaterally to auscultation with the right side slightly more obvious than the left. She is obviously short of breath and presents with 4-word dyspnea. Her vital signs are BP 110/70, HR 99, SP02 94% on 4 L of oxygen via nasal prongs, Temp 38.9.

 

  1. Identify the infection of inflammatory response that Mrs. Tom is experiencing? (2)

 

  1. Explain the pathology of how smoking affects the innate defense system of the lungs? (5)

 

  1. What diagnostic tools could you expect to be used in this case? (xray,CT,laboratory data etc). (2)

 

  1. Identify risk factors that Mrs. Tom has that are associated with the diagnosis? (3)

 

 

  1. Internal medicine assesses Mrs. Tom and orders a STAT lactate and arterial blood gasses. Based on the patient’s vital signs above, what would you expect to see in the results of these tests? (5)

 

 

 

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