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The worldwide prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity increased from 4.2% in 1990 to 6.7% in 2010. This trend is likely to continue and the prevalence is expected to reach 9.1%, or 60 million, in 2020 (Raj Manu, 2012). Additionally, it is known that childhood obesity is occurring at younger ages. Obesity in children can affect their health by potentially having to deal with hypertension, diabetes type 2, sleep apnea, Asthma and or heart and liver complications due to child obesity. These…

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), sleep apnea, Diabetes Mellitus (DM), and many more. The patients come from home, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), assisted living, board and care, and a locked down unit. The patients are monitored and oftentimes need nebulizer breathing treatments, postural drainage and percussion (PDP), and/or Bipap. Due to their respiratory condition, most of the patients are on oxygen to assist with their breathing. There are patients that are unable to ambulate due…

breath in. I find it difficult to take a breath in and out and feel like i cannot get enough air. Once on oxygen it is easier to breath and I am not as winded or short of breath. When my chest tightness becomes worse I then use my rescue inhaler or a nebulizer treatment. My symptoms then become worse with reactions but once I use epi my breathing is much easier and I can last a few days off of oxygen then my symptoms gradually worsen to the point of needing oxygen again. We have noticed that in…

Asthma Pathophysiology, Treatment & Management Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that may require several hospitalizations a year for those who neglect to maintain their prescribed treatments or who are exposed to an antigen that starts the inflammation process. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pathophysiology of chronic and acute asthma, the medications used to treat this disease, and develop a medication adherence plan for the child and adult who suffers from this condition…

A) As a student nurse, how did you contribute to the patient’s safety and high quality care within the health care team? As a student nurse, I was given the opportunity to help assess one of the patient’s that was fairly new to the floor. When I entered the room, the occupational therapist was in the bathroom with him getting ready to help with a shower and determining his independence for this activity. This gave me a chance to assess his skin integrity along with helping to identify his…

by law that all students must have up to date immunizations, otherwise, they are not allowed to attend school until all of the required vaccines are received. In similar like a clinical nurse, a school nurse is also responsible for proper use of nebulizers and insulin, feeding tubes, ventilators, administering medications to students with health conditions and other health issues as needed. The school is responsible to store all types of medication in her office and give them to students. In…

Genesh is diagnosed with reactive airway disease since he is too young to be diagnosed with asthma; he uses a nebulizer to address his ailment. Oma and Selina are attending Public School 161 and they are in second and third grade respectfully. There are no school concerns or school related services for the children at this time. The children are receiving therapy…

The long term medicine is to reduce airway inflammation and preventing asthma symptoms, whereas quick-relief provides immediate relief of asthma symptoms. Most commonly used as a quick-relief medicine is the inhaler(bronchodilators). Where it is a nebulizer with vaporized medication in a saline solution into a steady stream of foggy vapor that is inhaled by the patient. Which helps the tight muscles around the airways to quickly relax, allowing air to flow through them. The inhaler should be…

The attachment theory is well known to those in the field of psychology and child development. It was presented in the mid-to-late nineteen fifties by the world renown psychoanalyst John Bowlby, and later expanded upon with the help of psychologist Mary Ainsworth. The theory was considered revolutionary due to its shift in the focus of human development from intrapersonal conflicts to interpersonal relations to explain psychosocial health and behaviors. Bowlby focused most of his theory on the…

The social worker also explained how we are a team and we will make decisions together about caring for the client. In the session with the 51 year old, when we arrived he was having difficulty breathing and was attempting to control it with a nebulizer. We offered to call his nurse but he ensured us that he was fine after about a few minutes with treatment the coughing subsided. As the social worker and the client talked, the student social worker begin to made observation of the clients home,…