What is your rationale for choosing disease

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Scenarios:

1. A 30-year-old female of Vietnamese background, with a strong family history of thyroid disease. Recently diagnosed with Graves' disease.

2. A 58-year-old female of Italian background with history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, diagnosed with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

3. A 69-year-old male of Australian background with a history of hypertension and is a current smoker (30 years), diagnosed with aortic stenosis.

4. A 35-year-old female of Irish background with a family history of multiple sclerosis (father). Newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Answer the following

Justification and epidemiology:
Identify the chosen disease. What is your rationale for choosing this disease? Provide an overview of epidemiological data for the chosen disease within the Australian context.

2. Pathophysiology and pharmacology

i. A comprehensive discussion of the pathophysiology of the chosen disease

ii. Identifications of one (1) drug commonly used to manage the chosen disease. You need to identify the drug class, describe the mechanism of action, indications and relevant considerations for the chosen drug, with reference to the patient. This needs to be linked back to the pathophysiological changes of the disease.

3. Impact of chronic disease:

Identify and discuss the impact of the chosen chronic disease on the patient.

4. Long term management and health promotion strategies:

Identify long term management strategies to promote health and independence for the patient with the chosen chronic disease. These should be linked to the identified factors impacting the patient in the previous section.

5. Nursing care plan for an acute exacerbation (infographic):

You are required to develop a nursing care plan that identifies two (2) acute issues, goals and interventions to manage the issues.
You will provide your discussion and justification for the identified issues and interventions outlined in your nursing care plan.

Reference no: EM133592154

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