Question Final Exam AssignmentFor each listed disease pathology, please provide the following information:What would you see if you were examining a patient with this condition? What are the significant signs and symptoms you would look for in this disease? What causes this disorder (pathology)? Are there any threats to life risks associated with this disease that you should watch out for, and why? (Not all terms will have life-threatening conditions associated with them)What types of lab work or diagnostic testing (ECG, X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, etc.) would you typically see ordered with this disease?What would you expect to see in the lab or diagnostic results? What are the most common treatments?Which treatments would be the most important or take priority? (This question is not considered in the scoring. It just helps give me an idea of where your ability to prioritize is currently)Example:HypothyroidismFatigue, weakness, weight gain, dry skin, brittle hair, nailsLow levels of thyroid hormone that results in low metabolism; myxedema-life threat, uncontrolled hypothyroidism, respiratory depression, cardiovascular collapse, high mortalitySerum T3, T4, and TSH labsLow serum T3&T4 and high serum TSHMedication-LevothyroxineGiving Levothyroxine and monitoring labsAnswer for those lists like the above example:Parkinson’s diseaseCystitisAcute glomerulonephritisAcute kidney injuryChronic kidney diseaseBenign Prostatic HyperplasiaProstate cancerTesticular cancerIncontinence UrgeFunctionalStressUrine retention Health Science Science Nursing NURS 110 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
Question Final Exam AssignmentFor each listed disease pathology, please provide the following information:What would you see if you were examining a patient with this condition? What are the significant signs and symptoms you would look for in this disease? What causes this disorder (pathology)? Are there any threats to life risks associated with this disease that you should watch out for, and why? (Not all terms will have life-threatening conditions associated with them)What types of lab work or diagnostic testing (ECG, X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, etc.) would you typically see ordered with this disease?What would you expect to see in the lab or diagnostic results? What are the most common treatments?Which treatments would be the most important or take priority? (This question is not considered in the scoring. It just helps give me an idea of where your ability to prioritize is currently)Example:HypothyroidismFatigue, weakness, weight gain, dry skin, brittle hair, nailsLow levels of thyroid hormone that results in low metabolism; myxedema-life threat, uncontrolled hypothyroidism, respiratory depression, cardiovascular collapse, high mortalitySerum T3, T4, and TSH labsLow serum T3&T4 and high serum TSHMedication-LevothyroxineGiving Levothyroxine and monitoring labsAnswer for those lists like the above example:Parkinson’s diseaseCystitisAcute glomerulonephritisAcute kidney injuryChronic kidney diseaseBenign Prostatic HyperplasiaProstate cancerTesticular cancerIncontinence UrgeFunctionalStressUrine retention Health Science Science Nursing NURS 110 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)


