{"id":26760,"date":"2024-05-25T17:40:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T17:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/this-assignment-is-answering-questions-about-a-sick-patient-and-how-one-would-care-for-them\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T17:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T17:40:56","slug":"this-assignment-is-answering-questions-about-a-sick-patient-and-how-one-would-care-for-them","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/this-assignment-is-answering-questions-about-a-sick-patient-and-how-one-would-care-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"This assignment is answering questions about a sick patient and how one would care for them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCENARIO OVERVIEW:<br \/>\nCharles Peterson (he\/ his\/ him) is a client admitted for a fall and suspected closed head injury. The client has a history of Parkinson\u2019s Disease and reports losing their balance while walking. The client reports hitting their head on the floor and denies loss of consciousness. Client is a retired farmer and lives with their wife on the family farm. The wife reports changes in Charles\u2019 ability to complete activities of daily living. The scenario starts as the patient arrives to the unit from the Emergency Department.<\/p>\n<p>1. What neurological assessment findings would you anticipate for a patient who has Parkinson\u2019s Disease? What safety precautions would you anticipate for this patient? <\/p>\n<p>2. Your patient is a 72-year-old male, who has Parkinson\u2019s Disease and was admitted for a fall and possible closed head injury. <\/p>\n<p>Home Medications:<br \/>\nCarbidopa\/Levodopa 25\/100 mg PO TID <\/p>\n<p>For each medication, describe the following:<br \/>\n\u2022 Mechanism of action<br \/>\n\u2022 Safe dose range<br \/>\n\u2022 Expected half-life<br \/>\n\u2022 Side effects<\/p>\n<p>3. What safety precautions would you anticipate for a high-risk fall patient?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCENARIO OVERVIEW: Charles Peterson (he\/ his\/ him) is a client admitted for a fall and suspected closed head injury. The client has a history of Parkinson\u2019s Disease and reports losing their balance while walking. The client reports hitting their head on the floor and denies loss of consciousness. Client is a retired farmer and lives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[13],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/26760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/26760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=26760"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=26760"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=26760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}