The following questions relates to the patient within the first 24 hours since admission to the emergency department (ED):
- Outline the causes, incidence and risk factors of the identified condition and how it can impact on the patient and family (400 words)
- List five (5) common signs and symptoms of the identified condition; for each provide a link to the underlying pathophysiology (350 words)
- This can be done in the form of a table – each point needs to be appropriately referenced
- Describe two (2) common classes of drugs used for patients with the identified condition including physiological effect of each class on the body (350 words)
- This does not mean specific drugs but rather the class that these drugs belong to.
- Identify and explain, in order of priority the nursing care strategies you, as the registered nurse, should use within the first 24 hours post admission for this patient (500 words).