LSSC MOD 5 Patient Education & Providing Nursing Care Discussion
Help me study for my Nursing class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.
S-Z: Consider the following case study and then answer the 5 questions that follow it: Ms. Kelly Silber, age 24 years, was admitted to the orthopedic unit for a femur fracture from a skiing accident. She develops sudden dyspnea and pain in her left chest that worsens when she tries to breath. The nurse assessment shows tachypnea, tachycardia, and crackles in the lower left lung lobe. Spiral CT arteriography confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.
1. How did Ms. Silber develop a pulmonary embolism?
2. What is a V/Q mismatch and how can a pulmonary embolism cause it?
3. Discuss two interdependent nursing interventions (an order from another provider is needed for the nurse to carry out the order) that would be part of Ms. Silber’s care.
4. Discuss three independent nursing interventions (no order is needed; actions are 100% within the R.N’s scope of practice) that would be part of Ms. Silber’s care.
5. What would you say to Ms. Silber when she asks, “What does my broken leg have to do with this breathing problem?” (Respond as if speaking directly to Ms. Silber.)
