Pt is a 81 y.o female with history of schizoaffective disorder, tardive dyskinesia, CAD, oxygen independent, COPD, HTN that presents with sustaining a fall at home. Her fall occurred as she was transferring from bed to commode. She denies any loss of consciousness or head trauma. Patient sustained multiple falls over the last 2 weeks. She continues to experience auditory and visual hallucinations and reportedly sleeps with a knife under her pillow. She is primarily wheelchair bound and dependent on her caretakers for ADLs. Hypertension, Fall risks, DNR, stage 2 coccyx wound, Acid reflux, dsylipidemia, Aspiration precautions, she has a thrush, did not have any bowel movement, Asthma, dysphasia, greenish marks on both hands, incontinence, oxygen 3L, pain level 4 neck, head, and coccyx. Anemia, suicidal risks. Type 2 diabetes/ neuropathy. Base the patient nursing report, medications, and labs please do the questions below. 1. What is causing the abnormal lab values in YOUR PATIENT? 2. Are the abnormal lab values at the patient's baseline, or worse? 3. What labs that were drawn specifically correlate to your patient's medical diagnoses? 4. Trend labs, note which ones are getting better and why and which ones are getting worse and why. 5. What nursing interventions do you expect to complete to correct the abnormal lab value (s) in THIS patient?
Pt is a 81 y.o female with history of schizoaffective disorder, tardive dyskinesia, CAD, oxygen independent, COPD, HTN that presents with sustaining a fall at home. Her fall occurred as she was transferring from bed to commode. She denies any loss of consciousness or head trauma. Patient sustained multiple falls over the last 2 weeks. She continues to experience auditory and visual hallucinations and reportedly sleeps with a knife under her pillow. She is primarily wheelchair bound and dependent on her caretakers for ADLs. Hypertension, Fall risks, DNR, stage 2 coccyx wound, Acid reflux, dsylipidemia, Aspiration precautions, she has a thrush, did not have any bowel movement, Asthma, dysphasia, greenish marks on both hands, incontinence, oxygen 3L, pain level 4 neck, head, and coccyx. Anemia, suicidal risks. Type 2 diabetes/ neuropathy. Base the patient nursing report, medications, and labs please do the questions below. 1. What is causing the abnormal lab values in YOUR PATIENT? 2. Are the abnormal lab values at the patient's baseline, or worse? 3. What labs that were drawn specifically correlate to your patient's medical diagnoses? 4. Trend labs, note which ones are getting better and why and which ones are getting worse and why. 5. What nursing interventions do you expect to complete to correct the abnormal lab value (s) in THIS patient?
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Pt is a 81 y.o female with history of schizoaffective disorder, tardive dyskinesia, CAD, oxygen independent, COPD, HTN that presents with sustaining a fall at home. Her fall occurred as she was transferring from bed to commode. She denies any loss of consciousness or head trauma. Patient sustained multiple falls over the last 2 weeks. She continues to experience auditory and visual hallucinations and reportedly sleeps with a knife under her pillow. She is primarily wheelchair bound and dependent on her caretakers for ADLs.
Hypertension, Fall risks, DNR, stage 2 coccyx wound, Acid reflux, dsylipidemia, Aspiration precautions, she has a thrush, did not have any bowel movement, Asthma, dysphasia, greenish marks on both hands, incontinence, oxygen 3L, pain level 4 neck, head, and coccyx. Anemia, suicidal risks. Type 2 diabetes/ neuropathy.
Base the patient nursing report, medications, and labs please do the questions below.
1. What is causing the abnormal lab values in YOUR PATIENT?
2. Are the abnormal lab values at the patient's baseline, or worse?
3. What labs that were drawn specifically correlate to your patient's medical diagnoses?
4. Trend labs, note which ones are getting better and why and which ones are getting worse and why.
5. What nursing interventions do you expect to complete to correct the abnormal lab value (s) in
THIS patient?
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