Introduction Tuberculosis refers to a bacterial infection that affects the lungs, and its mode of transmission is via air droplets released during coughing, spitting, sneezing, or talking. Dormant TB germs affect one out of every three in a population worldwide and when the bacteria are active that is when we...
Asthma is a chronic condition that affects airways and results in difficulty breathing. In patients with asthma, the disease causes the inflammation of air passages that is followed by the significant narrowing of airways. In the United States of America, bronchial asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases...
Introduction When dealing with a particular clinical issue, patient education is a crucial step that healthcare providers have to take in order to help individuals become successful in controlling their health. This has been shown to be important for patients diagnosed with asthma due to the variability of symptoms associated...
Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a widespread inflammatory lung disease that includes conditions such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It is the third leading cause of death in the United States (American Lung Association, n.d.). COPD is preventable and treatable with proper management and lifestyle changes. This literature...
Background of Study The clinical problem that led to this study is the disproportionate effects of asthma on children around the world. According to the authors, most children struggle with asthma, especially in cases where the condition exacerbates due to failure to adhere to treatment regimens. The reasons for such...
Introduction Brad is 45 years old and has been working as a coal cutter in a mine for the last 25 years. He likes the job because it pays well and the same mine had employed his father. Like many of his colleagues, Brad has had problems with a chronic...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung ailment that is typified by breathing difficulties, in addition to poor airflow. The chief symptoms of the disease encompass breathing problems and cough with phlegm. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a progressive illness, which signifies that it characteristically gets worse with time....
Introduction The propensity to respiratory diseases may be caused by various factors, including not a sufficiently high level of ecology. In the case of a 55-year-old client who works in a building over 100 years old, there are some nuances that suggest a predisposition to specific health problems. In particular,...
Introduction Asthma is a severe condition that affects many people, both children, and adults in the US. The commonly used treatment plan involves medication; however, it is essential for patients to be aware of the importance of adherence to medication, inhaler use techniques, and other aspects that can help mitigate...
Chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD) is a serious chronic condition among millions of Americans that is characterized by airflow blockage and various breathing-related problems. In the majority of cases, patients who are diagnosed with COPD have to be hospitalized in order to receive appropriate treatment and management of the disease...
Identification of Risk Factors The patient is a male of 23 years old. He experiences breathing problems after physical exercises. He plays soccer. He participates in the game twice a week. There are other negative factors. Smoking negatively influences the patient’s state. Alcohol usage is also negative. Physical exercises have...
Introduction: Children with Asthma. Patient Education Asthma poses a massive threat to a patient’s well-being since it obstructs lungs and causes breathing issues. The management of asthma is especially problematic for children and ethnic minorities due to communication concerns (Singh et al., 2017). Therefore, innovative teaching sessions for helping patients...
Introduction Locating health issues at early stages is critical to the further successful management thereof. In the case under analysis, a holistic assessment of a patient with rapidly developing respiratory issues is considered. In order to reduce the probability of aggravation of the patient’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), changes...
Introduction According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) and National Health Interview Survey, asthma is a disease equally prevalent among children and adults in the United States (8.3% in each group). Still, there are gender and racial/ethnic disparities. For example, women are more affected by asthma than...
Currently, asthma is considered the leading chronic disease in the United States. Its prevalence is increasing, causing a significant health burden and influencing both morbidity and mortality rates (Loftus & Wise, 2016). Even though both children and adults can experience this condition, recent evidence suggests that it disproportionately affects children...
Introduction Asthma is one of the chronic diseases, which cause much discomfort throughout life. The education of patients with this syndrome may be an effective method of reducing the negative impact of asthma on the body. As a target group, African American children with a diagnosed disease will be examined....
Implementation Steps The first step in the implementation of this project will be organizing a multicenter follow-up program in several hospitals. This program will include patients from 4 to 11 years who are checking out of the hospitals after admission, emergency admission, or readmission related to asthma. The age limitation...
Introduction Despite the significant advancement of the healthcare system concerning preventable diseases, many illnesses are still the urgent problem of modern medicine. In this regard, there is a need to find a way of dealing with such ailments to improve statistics on public health. One of such illnesses is a...
There are various types of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Despite the fact that, at the first glance, those diseases can look similar, they differ on various levels in terms of a detailed prognosis. In the case of chronic bronchitis, the illness is not only chronic...
Background Patient Initials _A. B._____ Subjective Data: The patient suffers from shortness of breath and the associated respiratory issues (wheezing). Chief Complaint: “severe wheezing, shortness of breath and coughing at least once daily.” History of Present Illness: The patient has been experiencing regular asthma attacks over the past few months...
Patient Initials: N/A (65-year-old Caucasian female) Subjective Data Chief Complaint: “severe wheezing, shortness of breath and coughing at least once daily”. History of Present Illness: A motor vehicle accident was the reason for hospitalization several weeks ago. Ten weeks ago, the patient was discharged from the hospital. Post-traumatic seizures occurred...
Dianne Steinberg is a 69-year-old female whose past medical history includes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hypertension. The patient’s complaints are productive cough, fever, and breathing difficulties, which are known as dyspnea. It is essential to provide the list of differential diagnoses for the patient, determine the final diagnosis,...
The learning plan will be associated with developing a framework of educational lessons targeted at teaching how to overcome the burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The plan will incorporate three groups of learners: patients, family members, and the healthcare staff. Each group will be able to contribute to...
Executive Summary Child asthma remains one of the most common causes of death among children, which can be explained by the difficulties regarding the promotion of patient education to the target demographic. Therefore, parents or legal guardians of patients, as well as their family members, need to receive education about...
Conceptual Model Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered to be one of the main leading causes of death in the USA, causing over 3 million deaths every year since 2011 (Kenneth et al., 2017). Two major forms of COPD include chronic bronchitis and emphysema, both of which cause long-term...
Article Title “Retrospective review of the impact of a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) comprehensive case program on hospital readmission rates” (Alshabanat, Rampel, Burns, Sin, & FitzGerald, 2015). Is This a Quantitative or Qualitative Research Article? In their attempt at studying the effects of a Comprehensive Care Management Program (CCMP)...
Introduction: Etiology of the Diagnosis Pneumonia is a highly prevalent disease that can be caused by different pathogens. The most common potential cause might be Streptococcus pneumonia or any type of Gram-positive bacteria that can be acquired from the hospital environment or community (Cilloniz, Martin-Loeches, Garcia-Vidal, Jose, & Torres, 2016)....
Home health care is a patient practice frequently used at many facilities in the United States. It is important not to confuse home health care with home care because the former is performed by non-clinical caregivers who should be trained and informed about all nuances of care, and the latter...
Introduction The problem under consideration is the prevention of hospital readmission rates for acute exacerbations in children with chronic respiratory illnesses. The potential solution to this issue is providing additional education for patients and their parents with the aim of their better awareness of potential complications (Banks, 2013). The nursing...
Introduction Empirical evidence indicates that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and diabetes are connected because they are both associated with inflammation. Also, the hyperglycemia that is related to diabetes may be worsened by medications indicated for COPD (Gooneratne, Patel, & Corcoran, 2010). Therefore, the nursing interventions that are applied in...
Introduction Even though clinicians spend much time to cope with such problems and conditions as adult respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury in the most efficient manner, there are still high rates of deaths that are caused by using ineffective therapies to improve ventilation in lungs (Gattinoni, Pesenti, &...
Acute bronchitis and pneumonia are diseases of the respiratory system. The diseases share many symptoms, and some persons with acute bronchitis often contract pneumonia. Elderly people are prone to these diseases because of co-morbid conditions like heart disease – and therefore, they cannot endure the infection as young people do...
Medicine is a field that is continuously changing. New approaches to the management of diseases as well as other changes are being discovered almost on a daily basis. In this respect, respiratory therapy has not been left behind. An article published by PubMed states that the term respiratory therapy contains...
