I really need help..

What we were required to do was put it in a format similar to this:

Disease: discuss what the disease is etc.

Etiology: What causes the disorder.

medical tx: What is done medically.

Nursing interventions: what you as a nurse will do for the patient.

Then finally we discuss what is currently being done for our patient, and what we will do or continue to do fo them.

Hope this helps

You're awesome, ma'am.:urck:

In looking at Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children by Kathryn L. McCance and Sue E. Heuther and Pathophysiology: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses by Springhouse, both books present pathophysiologies of a disease or condition as a step by step process that occurs--a cascade of events. So, for any pathological condition, you should be able to list in 1-2-3 fashion what happens. That will be the proper pattern to use. With each step, or happening, there is often, although not always, a physical manifestation that a health practitioner can pick up as a sign or symptom during their examination of the patient.

Eclampsia is also known as HELLP syndrome.

• http://www.manbit.com/oa/c39.htm
  
• http://www.aafp.org/afp/990901ap/829.html
  
• http://www.emedicine.com/med/byname/hypertension-and-pregnancy.htm
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellp_syndrome
  
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000890.htm
  
• http://www.hellpsyndrome.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=40426&PID=493919
  • http://www.hellpsyndrome.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=40426&PID=493920 - weblinks

we are taught in our school that you have to start with the risk factors then highlight the ones that are applicable to your patient. then integrate the different signs and symptoms and then again highlight those seen in your patient.then you can now show the different consequence if the signs and symptoms are not managed with our independent nursing roles, and medically as well.