QUESTION
In this first submission of your Course Project, you will be completing the background information on the client you selected from your clinical experience. Be sure you select a client for this project who is NOT in a terminal phase of illness/condition. This first written assignment should be no more than 3 -4 pages. Include the following:
Selection of Client and Background Information
The client’s age, illness or condition, and general information about their family/significant others. Also include their gender, religion, and ethnic origin
Medications being taken and possible side or adverse effects
SELECTED CLIENT.
Ms. Sato is a 75-year-old Japanese American who speaks Japanese as a primary language but is proficient in reading/writing English. She recently moved to a long-term care facility as she was unable to adequately take care of herself at home. Ms. Sato is divorced and was a housewife and caregiver for a son diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes at a young age. Her two daughters live nearby and visit each week. Her past medical history includes colon CA, colostomy, Helicobacter pylori infection, depression, hypertension, and osteoporosis. She wears glasses for reading.
Orders include:
Full resuscitation
Regular diet
Ambulate with gait belt and 1 standby assist
PT/OT daily
Change ostomy appliance PRN
Psychiatry consult
Medications Include:
Sertraline 50 mg PO daily
Alendronate 10 mg PO daily
Cholecalciferol 1 capsule (5,000 IU) daily
Metoprolol ER 100 mg PO daily
Clonidine 0.1 mg PO TID
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