Herzing NU621 Unit 2 Discussion Latest 2020 March

NU621 Advanced Pathophysiology

Unit 2 Discussion

COPD

Read the following case study and answer the posed questions:

Mr. Les Brown has been diagnosed with COPD 10 years ago. He has been increasingly shortness of breath doing activities of daily living, needing to rest more frequently and feels he is coughing more often.

Explain the pathophysiology behind the signs and symptoms of COPD

What relationship do you see with Mr. Brown's vital signs – 26 RR, 91% oxygen saturation, temp: 37.8, HR: 93 BP: 150/70

Describe the goals of care for Mr Brown. Make sure to use the COPD gold standards of care( https://goldcopd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WMS-GOLD-2018-Feb-Final-to-print-v2.pdf (Links to an external site.)) for your plan.

How would you follow up on your proposed plan of care?

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts.  To ensure that your responses are substantive:

Post a response individually to each of them that expresses your advanced practice nursing role perspective of the data represented in their schemata.

Use scholarly resources relevant to your advanced practice nursing role to support the key elements of the peer discussions you construct. [For example - if you are a nurse educator (clinical or academic) what are your thoughts about their ability to follow task instructions for constructing the assignment, etc.?; if you a nurse leader what are your thoughts about the success of their application of a process improvement model, etc.?; if you are a nurse practitioner what are your observations about the non-conventional modality presented in the schemata, can you locate any evidence or the foundational basic sciences that support the modality, etc.?

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.