HTN-stroke Teaching 320
Instructed patient about the damage that high blood pressure can cause to the vessels walls. Fat and cholesterol collect in the damage spots forming a...
Diseases Process
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HTN-stroke Teaching 319
Instructed patient on how when blood presses against a vessel wall with too much force, muscles in the wall lose their stretch. This causes the wall t...
HTN-stroke Teaching 318
Instructed patient about how a stroke can result from the damage that ongoing high blood pressure causes in the body vessels. If the affected vessel s...
Diarrhea Teaching 317
Instructed patient about dehydration. Common symptoms are: dry mouth, poor skin tugor, dry, flushed skin, decreased urine output, sunken eyes and weak...
Pacemaker Teaching 316
Instructed patient on how an internal or permanent pacemaker is implanted in the chest wall to control the heartbeat for years.
Osteoarthritis Teaching 315
Instructed patient on how resting often, sleeping on a firm mattress, staying warm and applying heat to the affected joint can help ease symptoms. Ade...
Osteoarthritis Teaching 314
Instructed patient on how the severe and persistent pain caused by osteoarthritis may be treated with prescription painkillers. Corticosteriod medicat...
Osteoarthritis Teaching 313
Instructed patient about how in many cases this condition produces some amount of short-lived discomfort that disappears within a year. Limited and mi...
Osteoarthritis Teaching 312
Instructed patient about how when suffering from osteoarthritis the weight-bearing larger joints, including those of the hips, knees, neck and lower s...
Osteoarthritis Teaching 311
Instructed patient about S/S of osteoarthritis, such as, aching pain which increases with activity and is usually relieved with rest, stiffness upon r...