NUR MISC

Initial Triage Assessment in ED Present Problem: John Taylor is a 68-year-old African-American male with a history of type II diabetes and hypertension who came to the emergency department (ED) triage window because he felt crummy; complaining of a headache, runny nose, feeling more weak, “achy all over” and hot to the touch and sweaty the past two days. When he woke up this morning, he no longer felt hot but began to develop a persistent “nagging cough” that continued to worsen thr...

Initial Triage Assessment in ED Present Problem: John Taylor is a 68-year-old African-American male with a history of type II diabetes and hypertension who came to the emergency department (ED) triage window because he felt crummy; complaining of a headache, runny nose, feeling more weak, “achy all over” and hot to the touch and sweaty the past two days. When he woke up this morning, he no longer felt hot but began to develop a persistent “nagging cough” that continued to worsen thr...

Part I: Recognizing RELEVANT Clinical Data History of Present Problem: Dana Myers is a 40-year-old woman, G-3 P-2 who is 34 weeks gestation. Her health care provider has been monitoring her weekly because her blood pressure has been increasing the past month and is currently 146/88. Last week she had 1+ non-pitting edema of both lower extremities (BLE) and her urine was negative for protein. Today during her clinic visit, Dana’s BP was 168/90. She had 2+ proteinuria and 3+ pitting edema B...