A 72-year-old male presents to the primary care office with shortness of breath, leg swelling, and fatigue. He reports that he stopped engaging in his daily walk with friends three weeks ago because of shortness of breath that became worse with activity. He decided to come to the office today because he is now propping […]
Routine medication check A 64 year old obese female presents for a routine medication check. Her diagnosis is hyperlipidemia with lab values: HDL 79 LDL 250 Triglycerides 210. Explain Poiseuille Law and Ohm’s Law. Is there an inverse relationship between HDL and atherosclerosis? Explain. Explain arteriosclerosis. What do the individual lab values represent?
Discussion: Women’s and Men’s Health, Infectious Disease, and Hematologic Disorders As an advanced practice nurse, you will likely experience patient encounters with complex comorbidities. For example, consider a female patient who is pregnant who also presents with hypertension, diabetes, and has a recent tuberculosis infection. How might the underlying pathophysiology of these conditions affect the […]
The husband of an elderly woman, who had become incoherent over the past day, called emergency medical services (EMS). When they arrived at the house and asked the woman’s husband for her history, he told them his wife had diabetes and hypertension for many years. Before calling EMS, he had checked her medicines and, based […]
