NSG 3370- Week 7 part 2 Patho discussion -complete -2024-2025.docx, Exams of Nursing

Download NSG 3370- Week 7 part 2 Patho discussion -complete -2024-2025.docx and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! NSG 3370- Week 7 part 2 Patho discussion - complete -2024-2025 Your patient is a 77-year-old woman who has been more socially withdrawn lately and told her daughter she had not been feeling well. Her daughter has noticed a stepwise decline. While shopping for groceries with her daughter she became separated from daughter in the aisles. She became confused and angry when store employees and others tried to assist her. Her current medications are Hydrochlorothiazide, Lisinopril and Atorvastatin. • What is your differential diagnosis based on the information you now have? • What other questions would you like to ask her now? (Questions can be asked of patient first, and then of reliable historian separately.) • How would you treat this patient and discuss why you give each medication or therapy you give? Hydrochlorothiazide: Diuretic, used to treat blood pressure, and treat fluid retention (edema). To make sure hydrochlorothiazide is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have: • kidney disease; • liver disease; • gout; • glaucoma; • low levels of potassium or sodium in your blood; • high levels of calcium in your blood; • a parathyroid gland disorder; • diabetes; or • an allergy to sulfa drugs or penicillin. Call your doctor at once if you have: • a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out; • eye pain, vision problems; • jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes); • pale skin, easy bruising, unusual bleeding (nose, mouth, vagina, or rectum); • shortness of breath, wheezing, cough with foamy mucus, chest pain;