Newly admitted 63 year old male. 10 year history of Type 2 diabetes, history of an open cholecystectomy in 1990, current smoker. Patient is 20 pounds overweight, has a sedentary occupation as a local insurance agent. Chief complaint: Bilateral +2 pitting edema of the lower extremities.
The patient is admitted with bilateral edema. Discuss the physiologic and assessment differences between lymphedema and edema. Use resources other than the text and power points to support your post .
Describe how you would conduct a focused subjective interview assessment for this new patient. Address all relevant data needed before addressing the Review of Systems. (Do not conduct the review of systems). Use resources other than the text and power points to support your post .
Addressing the patient in the case study, describe how you would conduct a subjective interview Review of Systems assessment Use resources other than the text and power points to support your post .
Describe how you would conduct a objective focused physical assessment for the patient in the case history. Include all relevant body system assessments based on the history and presentation. Use resources other than the text and power points to support your post .
You have just completed the full assessment for the patient in the case study. You are teaching a nursing student about the importance of family history in assessment related to the cardiac system. In your post share what you would tell this student about the family history assessments for this patient and why they are important. Use resources other than the text and power points to support your post .