For the pathophysiology they want you to explain what is happening in the body specifically to create this condition...
For example the pathophys of congestive heart failure:
congestive heart failure is the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet tissue requirements for oxygen, resulting in a decreased cardiac output and decreased tissue perfusion.
Now look up and think about what is happening in the body that causes nausea and vomiting.
It can be hard sometimes, pathos often trip me up as well, but after you begin to understand what exactly youre looking for, it becomes easier. And knowing whats going on in your pts body is important when it comes to knowing how the meds youre giving are affecting the patient and their disease process..
Hope that helped somewhat?
So.... How does this sound:
Nausea is a result of conditions that increase tension on the walls of the stomach, duodenum, or lower end of the esophagus. Unpleasant stimuli, distention, gastritis and carcinoma of the stomach can produce nausea. Vomiting may follow nausea or occur without it. Vomiting is caused bu stimulation of the emetic center.
ckh23 said:Your instructor may also be looking for the pathophys as to why to patient is vomiting. For instance, the pathophys behind nausea and vomiting in someone with a small bowel obstruction.
Exactly. My instructors would want us to be specific about our patient. So if they had n/v due to gastritis, we wouldn't put the other disease processes that could cause n/v, only gastritis. Since this assignment is not about a specific patient, i think what you have is great.
Texasstudentnurse
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I am a new nursing student. Our teacher is vague to put it lightly. We are doing a plan of care on nausea and vomiting and it asks for the Definition, which I got out of Mosby's, but it also wants the pathophysiology. I am not sure what to write there. I know the definition of pathophysiology, I just don't know how to write what she wants... If you ask her she will just say LOOK IN THE TEXT BOOK, but as a new student with NO experiencing in nursing, duh. I have no idea what the words on a plan of care should be yet. I enjoy learning, but I am convinced they think it is fun to stump the hell out of us with no help
So any idea what I might should write under pathophysiology of nausea and vomiting... Any of you use Harkreader? Would it be in there, because I am not finding it.