Background information summary Mr. B is 72 years old Caucasian male who came to hospital on January 25, 2018. On his admission assessment, Mr. B stated that “he had a chest pain, cough, shortness of breath, light headedness, and dizziness”. His past medical history includes Rheumatoid arthritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with hiatal hernia, benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH), and erectile dysfunction (ED). His family health history shows the brother has a heart disease. He was never a smoker. He drinks alcohol 4-6 beers on weekends. Admitted medical diagnosis indicates cardiac arrhythmia and pneumonia. When we did the beginning shift assessment, the patient was alert and oriented, ambulating, afebrile, he is NPO, and he had temporary pacemaker placed on. I was able to identify abnormal lung sound …show more content…
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