Case NR 341 CASE STUDY Ventilatory Assistance & Acute Respiratory Failure 1 Mr. R is a 66-year-old man who has smoked 1.5 packs of cigarettes a day for 40 years. He is admitted with an acute exacerbation of COPD. His baseline ABGs drawn in the ER showed: pH, 7.36; PaCO2, 55mmHg; PaO2, 69mmHg; Bicarbonate, 30 mEq/L; SaO2, 92% on 4Lvia NC. In the critical care unit, Mr. R has course crackles in his left lower lung base and a mild expiratory wheeze bilaterally. His cough is productive of thick ye...

Case NR 341 CASE STUDY~ Hemodynamic Monitoring 1 CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING NR 341 Complex Adult Health Nursing CASE STUDY EXERCISE Hemodynamic Monitoring 1 CASE STUDY: Hemodynamic Monitoring 1 Mr J. is a 44 year-old man with no previous medical history who presents to the emergency department with a chief complaint of severe abdominal pain, fever, and chills. He is subsequently admitted to the critical care unit after an open exploratory laparotomy where it was found that he had a perfora...

NR 341 Complex Adult Health: Clinical Reflection Week 1.