NURSING 341 vsim Vernon Watkins

DESCRIBE DISEASE PROCESS AFFECTING PATIENT (INCLUDE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DISEASE PROCESS) DIAGNOSTIC TESTS (REASON FOR TEST AND RESULTS) PATIENT INFORMATION ANTICIPATED PHYSICAL FINDINGS + ANTICIPATED NURSING INTERVENTIONS Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is the blockage of one or more pulmonary arteries by a thrombus, fat or air embolus, or tumor tissue. These clots do not stop moving until they lodge at a narrowed part of the circulatory system. A pulmonary embolus consists of material that ...

NURSING 341 vsim Vernon Watkins Austin Community College Vernon Russel is a 55-year-old male admitted to the hospital 2 weeks ago for a stroke with mild left hemiplegia