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hi guys,

would appreciate if you could help me with an assignment. have to do a case study on a patient admitted to the emergency room with an acute asthma attack. must outline the key nursing interventions and have an in-depth analysis of 3 nursing priorities.

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Specializes in MICU for 4 years, now PICU for 3 years!.

what do you have so far?? maybe if you let us know what track you were on, we could offer you some help.

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hi,

thanks for replying, i was thinking along the lines of

monitoring vital signs patient may have increased heart rate and increased resp rate and decreased o2 saturation, administering O2 and meds as perscribed to relieve dyspnoea and monitor the effectiveness of same, giving psychological support to the patient?????????

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Specializes in ED, Flight.

Don't forget to position your patient to ease their work of breathing/chest expansion.

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Why would you have a decreased O2 sat? You need to include that as well. And what can be done to increase it. How would you position your patient? How would you administer the oxygen?

What meds do you think that they may receive and then what would be the rationales behind them?

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

you posted in so many forums. i answered this on another forum already. this is the answer i gave you:

a case study is pretty much an essay form of a care plan. you begin by looking up information about asthma. start your presentation off with a discussion about what asthma is, it's cause, pathophysiology and signs and symptoms. then, following the steps of the nursing process you present your plan of care. (1) assessment - the signs and symptoms of a person having an asthma attack when they come into the er and what the doctor will order for them (2) the nursing problems (nursing diagnoses) (3) goals of nursing care and nursing interventions (4) putting the plan into action and (5) evaluation.

use the websites on this sticky to help you find information about asthma:
https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/medical-disease-information-258109.html
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medical disease information/treatment/procedures/test reference websites
particularly this one:

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