During assessment of a patient with newly diagnosed hyperten…
During assessment of a patient with newly diagnosed hypertension, the nurse finds that the patient uses a lot of salt on foods and is 30 pounds overweight. The patient states, “I thought high blood pressure was caused by stress, but I do not feel stressed at all.” An appropriate nursing diagnosis for this patient is
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Miss HD attends a GP appointment to get the results of her recent blood tests back. Current medication: Levothyroxine 25 micrograms daily Test Results: TSH 23 mu/L (0.5 – 5 mu/L) T4 30 mmol/L (70 – 140 mmol/L) Based on the test results which of the symptoms listed below is Miss HD likely to be experiencing?
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Mrs EP is 68 years old and presents to A&E with a cough and green sputum. Tests and observations are carried out and come back as shown below. Observations Blood Pressure: 95/63 mmHg Respiratory Rate: 32 Heart Rate 109 Temperature 37.5oC Mini Mental State Examination: 28 Blood Results: Ur 8.3 (2.5 – 7.1 mmol/L) SrCr: 172 (60 – 120 micromol/L) Baseline SrCr: 106 WCC: 14.4 (4 – 11 x109/L) After the reported chest x-ray comes back a diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is made. What is the patient’s CURB-65 score?
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