A patient experiencing respiratory distress at home from pneumonia is brought to the hospital and upon
presentation requires intubation. How would the nurse classify this type of pneumonia? pg. 587 -
Community-acquired pneumonia
Rationale: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is pneumonia occurrin...
Medical Case: Kenneth Bronson A patient experiencing respiratory distress at home from pneumonia is brought to the hospital and upon presentation requires intubation. How would the nurse classify this type of pneumonia? pg. 587 - Community -acquired pneumonia Rationale: Community -acquired pneumonia (CAP) is pneumonia occurring in the community or within less than 48 hours of hospital admission. Health care -associated pneumonia (HCAP) occurs in a nonhospitalized patient with extensive health care contact. Hospit al-acquired pneumonia (HAP) occurs 48 hours or more after hospital admission. Ventilator -associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of HAP that develops 48 hours or more after intubation. Epinephrine is administered for Kenneth Bronson's acute anaphylactic reaction. Which of the following does the nurse know is a possible side effect of this drug? - Tachycardia Rationale: Tachycardia is one possible cardiovascular adverse effect of epinephrine. Once the patient is stabilized after an anaphylactic reaction, what information would be most essential for the nurse to include with patient and family follow -up teaching? pg. 1066 - What caused the event and how to prevent an anaphylactic reaction Rationale: It will be important for the patient and family to know what caused the anaphylactic reaction and how to prevent it from happening in the future. They should also receive instruction on the proper use of a preloaded epinephrine syringe. The nurse administering diphenhydramine understands that the medication falls under which of the following categories for the treatment of an anaphylactic reaction? pg. 319 - Antihistamine Rationale: Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) is an antihistamine used to block the histamine released in the immune response with anaphylaxis. The nurse is assessing the lungs of a patient diagnosed with pneumonia. Which of the following would be expected upon auscultation? pg. 499 - Bronchial breath sounds
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