Clinical Manifestations 1. The nurse anticipates that Loren will describe her diarrhea as: A) Bloody. Feedback: CORRECT Clients with ulcerative colitis may experience as many as 10-20 liquid‚ bloody stools per day. B) Green and frothy. Feedback: INCORRECT This description is not associated with the diarrhea of ulcerative colitis. C) Gray with observable fat. Feedback: INCORRECT This describes stool often seen in pancreatitis. D) Clay-colored. Feedback: INCORRECT Clay-colored
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease/ Crohn’s Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of chronic disorders that cause inflammation or ulceration in the small and large intestines. Most often IBD is classified as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease but may be referred to as colitis‚ enteritis‚ ileitis‚ and proctitis. Ulcerative colitis causes ulceration and inflammation of the inner lining of a couple of really bad places‚ while Crohn’s disease is an inflammation that extends into the deeper
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nflammatory bowel disease (IBD) encompasses two illnesses - Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) - that are characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation. The disease progression of IBD is heterogeneous‚ as is the response of individual patients to different treatments. Typically IBD and the resultant inflammation cause a combination of abdominal pain‚ diarrhea‚ intestinal bleeding‚ weight loss‚ malabsorption and nutritional deficiencies. The onset of IBD is greatest in early adulthood
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i) What causes PID and what happens to the body when someone gets it? Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) occurs when an infection of the cervix‚ or to a lesser extent the vagina progresses into the upper genital tract‚ PRODIGY (2005). Warell (2003) defines an infection as an invasion of the body by harmful organisms (or pathogens) such as bacteria‚ fungi‚ protozoa or viruses. In the case of PID the two most common causes of the initial infection are the bacterium Chlamydia Trachomatis or Neisseria
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PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE DESCRIPTION Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases (PID) is an infection of the female reproductive organs. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease is one of the most serious complications of a sexually transmitted disease in women. This disease can lead to irreversible damage to the uterus‚ ovaries‚ fallopian tubes or other parts of the female reproductive system‚ and it is consider the primary preventable cause of infertility in women. CAUSES PID is a complication often caused by some STDs
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Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that can develop as a complication of insufficient treatment of strep throat or scarlet fever. Strep throat and scarlet fever are caused by an infection with group A streptococcus bacteria. Rheumatic fever is most prevalent in children ages 5- to 15-year-old‚ although it can develop in younger children and adults. Although strep throat is common‚ rheumatic fever is rare in the United States and other developed countries. Nevertheless‚ rheumatic
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Data Base and Nursing Care Plan Student Name: Date: Pathophysiology (Include Normal Physiology‚ identify the Physiological Alteration‚ identify sings and symptoms). M.P. is a 56 year old African American male‚ with a history of progressive multiple sclerosis with multiple contractures‚ chronic decubitus ulcers‚ chronic indwelling urinary catheter and known osteomyelitis (infection of the bone). Mr. P. was admitted on October 25th with sepsis‚ a systemic response to infection.
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Artery Disease Tabatha Turner Practicum I Arkansas Tech University Coronary Artery Disease “Acute coronary syndromes represent a spectrum of clinical conditions that are associated with acute myocardial ischemia” (Gulanick & Myers‚ 2011). Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of these clinical conditions that affect approximately 13 million people (Rimmerman‚ 2011). Because coronary diseases are the leading cause of death in men and women‚ nurses need to be involved in the care and education
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Describe the inflammatory response initiated by an infection. The body is designed to defend itself against invading bacteria‚ and infection. The skin and mucous membranes are the first line of defence‚ the invasion of foreign bacteria can pass this first line of defence and immediately triggers the second line of defence. The second line of defence is the inflammatory response (McCance & Huether‚ 2009). The mechanism of the inflammatory response is to protect the injured site by killing the
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Cognitive Impaired | Discharge Planning/Self-Care Needs: Discharged to hospice. Self-care deficit. | Admission Date: | 3/31/13 | Time: 0500 | | Admitted From: (Home‚ ECF or ?) | Nursing Home | Admission DX: | Aspiration related pneumonia | Chief Complaint (“patient’s own words” – PUT IN QUOTES): patient unresponsive due to cognitive impairment. | Medical HX: COPD‚ anxiety‚ atrial fibrillation‚ dementia‚ dysphagia‚ hypertension‚ heart disease‚ hyperlipidemia‚ Parkinsonism‚ and urinary incontinence
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