Mrs. Matthews is a 78 year old resident of a long-term care…
Question Answered step-by-step Mrs. Matthews is a 78 year old resident of a long-term care… Mrs. Matthews is a 78 year old resident of a long-term care facility. She shares a private room with her husband of 50 years who also resides at the facility. Her husband is receiving hospice care and has a medical diagnosis of advanced dementia. Mrs. Matthews has a past medical history of vascular dementia, dysphagia, and CVA. She is considered obese and has a current stage III pressure ulcer to her sacrum. She has right sided weakness following the stroke. She transfers using a Hoyer lift. Lately, she has a poor appetite and is refusing to get out of bed. you will be completing a health history, physical assessment and client interview and determining their nursing diagnoses. This written assignment should include the following: Describe the medical diagnoses of your assigned client (you need to research it). Include the admitting diagnosis as number one and then four other medical diagnoses (for a total of 5). The admitting diagnosis is reason for being in the facility. If post-surgical, include surgery and reason for surgery. The secondary diagnoses include a history of pre-existing medical diagnoses). You need to include 4 secondary diagnoses. For each diagnosis, provide at least a 5-sentence explanation of the pathophysiology of the condition/problem. MAKE SURE YOU CITE YOUR SOURCES. Write a detailed physical assessment and interview on your case study client. You will have to know what to expect in your client by using the information from #1 above and your case study. You will have to be creative.5 Nursing diagnoses (only the NDx, you will complete the careplan for week 10). Make sure they are in the correct format. If you give me only the label you will not get any points for nursing diagnoses. Health Science Science Nursing NUR 2115 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
