Reference no: EM133656348

Questions

1. You are assessing a client aged 28 who complains of feeling a sharp pain in the lower right abdomen. The client has undergone an appendectomy and has been recovering in your ward for the past 14 hours. when checking on the client, you note client is febrile and is tachypnoea. you notify the nurse in charge who says the client needs to be checked for sepsis immediately.

What is sepsis?

Why does the client need to checked so urgently? provide two reasons.

2. You are assessing a client aged 28 who complains of feeling a sharp pain in the lower right abdomen. Later the client had an appendectomy and has been recovering in your ward for the past 14 hours. when checking on the client, you note client is febrile and is tachypnoea. you notify the nurse in charge who says the client needs to be checked for sepsis immediately.

You have been asked to collect a blood specimen from the client. you have locate dthe vein, conducted hand hygeine and donned gloves.

Briefly describe the steps you will take to collect blood specimens from the client using venepuncture? These steps must include all legal requirements regarding specicem collection, e.g, the correct labelling of blood test tubes.

3. A client aged 66 has been admitted to the hospital complaining of chest pain, which began after completing a daily jog. The client has bee diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome with exacerbation of angina.

Describe in simple terms the pathophysiology of this condition?

What are the signs and symptoms of angina?

4. A client aged 66 has been admitted to the hospital complaining of chest pain, which began after completing a daily jog. The client has bee diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome with exacerbation of angina.

You are caring for this patient, and you have undertaken a set of vital signs as the client's chest pain worsening. The vital signs indicate an Adult Deterioration Dectection (ADDS)

What actions would you undertake with an ADDS of 5?