Homeostasis Imbalances: A Case Study
Ashlee Shields
Unit 1 Assignment 1: Homeostasis Imbalances
GE 258
ITT Technical Institute-Youngstown
March 22, 2014
April 5, 2014
Explaining hypertension to a 63 year old male that has only completed the eighth grade you want to make sure that you can make it so that he understands what is wrong with him and how to handle it. So instead of tell him that hypertension “is a condition that increases the risk for heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, coronary heart disease, and other serious health problems” (Krucik, 2013) and leave it at that, you will need to go more in depth with the explanation for him. As the nurse we need to make sure that he knows about every side effect because we do not …show more content…
Make sure he knows how to measure his blood pressure on his own, let him know that a healthy blood pressure is 150/90. Make sure the patient knows that he is going to need to change his lifestyles. This could include any of the following; losing weight, quit smoking, eating healthy, reducing sodium, regular exercise, and limit alcohol intake (Web MD, 2014). It is always a good thing to give the patient some statistics for instance I found some from Web MD it states that the averages of strokes are between 35%-40%, heart attack 20%-25%, and for heart failure it is more than 50% (Web MD, 2014). For people that are diagnosed with hypertension, they should be following up with their doctors at least once a month to make sure that everything is staying on track and nothing is getting worse. Before you send the patient home make sure that they know when to check their blood pressure and …show more content…
Since she was just diagnosed with diabetes you want to make sure that she knows the side effects of type one and type two and the differences between them as well. With type one you will have to take a shot and with type two you will be taking pills. Type two diabetes is known to be over looked because the symptoms do not seem serious enough to have them looked at, or there are no symptoms. For type one diabetes, some of the common symptoms are excessive thirst and appetite, increased urination, unusual weight loss or weight gain, fatigue, nausea, blurred vision, for women they could have frequent vaginal infections or yeast infections, dry mouth, slow-healing sores or cuts, and itching skin (Web MD, 2014). Type one occurs when the body destroys the insulin producing cells called beta cells and those cells are located in the pancreas (Med MD, 2014). People with type two diabetes; their body still make insulin but it does not make enough for the entire body (Web MD, 2014). People with type two diabetes, have different problems than people that have type one. Type two can do damage to the body, causes dehydration and diabetic coma (Web MD, 2014). The fact that anyone can get type two diabetes it is found more in people that are over the age of 45, are overweight, have family members with it, do not exercise, have high blood pressure, and are certain races
Unit 1 Assignment 1: Homeostasis Imbalances
GE 258
ITT Technical Institute-Youngstown
March 22, 2014
April 5, 2014
Explaining hypertension to a 63 year old male that has only completed the eighth grade you want to make sure that you can make it so that he understands what is wrong with him and how to handle it. So instead of tell him that hypertension “is a condition that increases the risk for heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, coronary heart disease, and other serious health problems” (Krucik, 2013) and leave it at that, you will need to go more in depth with the explanation for him. As the nurse we need to make sure that he knows about every side effect because we do not …show more content…
Make sure he knows how to measure his blood pressure on his own, let him know that a healthy blood pressure is 150/90. Make sure the patient knows that he is going to need to change his lifestyles. This could include any of the following; losing weight, quit smoking, eating healthy, reducing sodium, regular exercise, and limit alcohol intake (Web MD, 2014). It is always a good thing to give the patient some statistics for instance I found some from Web MD it states that the averages of strokes are between 35%-40%, heart attack 20%-25%, and for heart failure it is more than 50% (Web MD, 2014). For people that are diagnosed with hypertension, they should be following up with their doctors at least once a month to make sure that everything is staying on track and nothing is getting worse. Before you send the patient home make sure that they know when to check their blood pressure and …show more content…
Since she was just diagnosed with diabetes you want to make sure that she knows the side effects of type one and type two and the differences between them as well. With type one you will have to take a shot and with type two you will be taking pills. Type two diabetes is known to be over looked because the symptoms do not seem serious enough to have them looked at, or there are no symptoms. For type one diabetes, some of the common symptoms are excessive thirst and appetite, increased urination, unusual weight loss or weight gain, fatigue, nausea, blurred vision, for women they could have frequent vaginal infections or yeast infections, dry mouth, slow-healing sores or cuts, and itching skin (Web MD, 2014). Type one occurs when the body destroys the insulin producing cells called beta cells and those cells are located in the pancreas (Med MD, 2014). People with type two diabetes; their body still make insulin but it does not make enough for the entire body (Web MD, 2014). People with type two diabetes, have different problems than people that have type one. Type two can do damage to the body, causes dehydration and diabetic coma (Web MD, 2014). The fact that anyone can get type two diabetes it is found more in people that are over the age of 45, are overweight, have family members with it, do not exercise, have high blood pressure, and are certain races