\n Mr. and Mrs. Brady Bunch (Brady 8-12-35 and Betty 7-4-32) have recently moved\u00a0into the long-term care center where you are attending clinical. They have six\u00a0children, two in the immediate area, and 14 grandchildren.\n <\/p>\n
\n Brady has always been a very proud man, raised in the post WWII generation,\u00a0asking for very little assistance and stoic with his emotions-unless it involves his wife\u00a0of 67 years. His occupation was construction architect, and he was named Father of\u00a0the Year following an essay by his daughter, Marcia. He has been followed by his\u00a0general practitioner for COPD, he was a smoker for 60 years, and for BPH. He does\u00a0present with pre-diabetes, controlled with diet. Height 5\u20197\u201d Weight 143 lbs. Allergies:\u00a0NKA (no known allergies) MD: Dr. Zhivago.\n <\/p>\n
\n His medications include1. :1. Tamsulosin (generic) Flomax (brand) 0.4mg po (by mouth) once daily,\u00a030 minutes after am meal. (he does note min dizziness-a common side effect\u00a0of Flomax)2.\u00a02. Acetaminophen 325 mg 1-2 tablets as needed for pain, every 4 hours.3. Albuterol (ProAir-brand) inhaler every morning and evening and every 4 hours\u00a0as needed for SOB, dyspnea.\n <\/p>\n
\n Betty is a different story and she is the reason that they have moved into the\u00a0couple\u2019s units at the LTC facility. She is a very sweet lady, who was a stay-at-home mother, who was very involved in her Lutheran church. She has been\u00a0diagnosed with early dementia, congestive heart failure (following many years of\u00a0HTN), and hypothyroidism. She experiences lower extremity edema with mild\n <\/p>\n
\n pain secondary to her decreased vascular circulation, and CHF. Her height is\u00a05\u20191\u201d, Weight 145 lbs. and she is Allergic to: PCN. MD: Dr. Zhivago.\n <\/p>\n
\n Her medications include:1. Synthroid 75 mcg po every morning (without food)2. Acetaminophen 325 mg 1-2 tablets as needed for pain every 6 hours.3. HCTZ 25 mg po every morning (hold if systolic blood pressure < 100 or\u00a0diastolic < 60 and notify MD)4.\u00a04. Digoxin (generic) Lanoxin (brand) .125 mg po every morning (hold if apical\u00a0pulse rate < 60 and notify MD)\n <\/p>\n
\n Please come up with three nursing diagnosis, one problem oriented and one at\u00a0risk for, for each of the Brady\u2019s. Write your nursing Dx. out in the preferred\u00a0format. Choose one medication for each of them and research it. Tell me the\u00a0class, mechanism of action, reason for taking, and nursing concerns for that\u00a0medication.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mr. and Mrs. Brady Bunch (Brady 8-12-35 and Betty 7-4-32) have recently moved\u00a0into the long-term care center where you are attending clinical. They have six\u00a0children, two in the immediate area, and 14 grandchildren. Brady has always been a very proud man, raised in the post WWII generation,\u00a0asking for very little assistance and stoic with his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251599,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247931\/revisions\/251599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}