Women’s and Men’s Health, Infectious Disease, and Hematologic Disorders

Women’s and Men’s Health, Infectious Disease, and Hematologic

Disorders

 

 

As an advanced practice nurse, you will likely experience patient encounters with complex comorbidities.

For example, consider a

female patient who is pregnant who also presents with hypertension, diabetes,

and has a recent tuberculosis infection. How might the underlying pathophysiology of these conditions

affect the pharmacotherapeutics you might recommend to help address your pat

ient’s health needs?

What education strategies might you recommend for ensuring positive patient health outcomes?

 

 

For this

week

, you will be assigned a patient case study and will consider how to address the patient’s

current drug therapy plans. You

will then suggest recommendations on how to revise these drug therapy

plans to ensure effective, safe, and quality patient care for

 

positive patient health outcomes.

 

 

Case

 

Study

 

1

 

 

HH is a 68 y

ear

–

o

ld

 

M who has been admitted to the medical ward with community

–

acquired

 

pneumonia for the past 3 days. His PMH is significant for COPD, HTN,

 

hyperlipidemia,

 

and

diabetes. He remains on empiric antibiotics, which include

 

ceftriaxone

 

1 g IV

 

qday

 

(d

ay 3)

and

 

azithromycin

 

500 mg IV

 

qday

 

(day 3). Since admission, his clinical status

 

has improved, with

decreased oxygen requirements. He is not tolerating a diet at this

 

time with complaints of nausea and

vomiting.

 

Ht: 5’8” Wt: 89 kg

 

Allergies: Penicillin

(rash)

 

 

In

structions:

 

 

1.

 

Post

 

a brief description of your patient’s health

 

needs from the patient case study

(see above)

. Be

specific.

 

 

2.

 

Consider how you will practice critical decision making for prescribing appropriate drugs and

treatment to address the complex patient health needs in the patient case study

.

 

 

 

3.

 

E

xplain the type of treatment regimen you would recommend for treating your patient, including

the choice or pharmacotherapeutics you would recommend and explain why.

Be sure to justify

yo

ur response.

 

 

 

4.

 

Explain a patient education strategy you might recommend for assisting your patient with the

management of their health needs. Be specific and provide examples.

 

 

5.

 

APA 7

 

 

6.

 

At least 5 references

 

 

Women’s and Men’s Health, Infectious Disease, and Hematologic

Disorders

 

As an advanced practice nurse, you will likely experience patient encounters with complex comorbidities.

For example, consider a female patient who is pregnant who also presents with hypertension, diabetes,

and has a recent tuberculosis infection. How might the underlying pathophysiology of these conditions

affect the pharmacotherapeutics you might recommend to help address your patient’s health needs?

What education strategies might you recommend for ensuring positive patient health outcomes?

 

For this week, you will be assigned a patient case study and will consider how to address the patient’s

current drug therapy plans. You will then suggest recommendations on how to revise these drug therapy

plans to ensure effective, safe, and quality patient care for

positive patient health outcomes.

 

Case Study 1

 

HH is a 68 year-old M who has been admitted to the medical ward with community-

acquired pneumonia for the past 3 days. His PMH is significant for COPD, HTN, hyperlipidemia, and

diabetes. He remains on empiric antibiotics, which include ceftriaxone 1 g IV qday (day 3)

and azithromycin 500 mg IV qday (day 3). Since admission, his clinical status has improved, with

decreased oxygen requirements. He is not tolerating a diet at this time with complaints of nausea and

vomiting.

Ht: 5’8” Wt: 89 kg

Allergies: Penicillin (rash)

 

Instructions:

 

1. Post a brief description of your patient’s health needs from the patient case study (see above). Be

specific.

 

2. Consider how you will practice critical decision making for prescribing appropriate drugs and

treatment to address the complex patient health needs in the patient case study.

 

3. Explain the type of treatment regimen you would recommend for treating your patient, including

the choice or pharmacotherapeutics you would recommend and explain why. Be sure to justify

your response.

 

4. Explain a patient education strategy you might recommend for assisting your patient with the

management of their health needs. Be specific and provide examples.

 

5. APA 7

 

6. At least 5 references