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Hyperglycemia Teaching 1730Diseases ProcessPatient was instructed If you eat more food than is balanced with your physical activity and, in some cases, diabetes medicines, your blood glucose level may rise above your goal range. Carbohydrate-containing foods directly affect your blood glucose level aft...General information Teaching 1718Diseases ProcessSN instructed patient on low salt diet. SN instructed patient on how to read nutritional labels on commercially prepared foods. Other salt alternatives such as Mrs. Dash was encouraged. SN explained how sodium affects blood pressure and water retention.Angina pectoris Teaching 1698Diseases ProcessSN instructed patient and caregiver about what angina pectoris is. Angina pectoris is chest pain that is caused by insufficient oxygen to meet demands of the heart. Lack of oxygen occurs when insufficient blood flows through the coronary arteries. Stable angin... Congestive Heart Failure Teaching 1680Diseases ProcessPatient instructed in congestive heart failure occurs when your heart is not able to pump enough blood to meet the needs of the rest of your body. If you have CHF, blood and extra fluid may back up into your lungs, making it difficult for you to breathe, swell...Coronary Artery Disease Teaching 1679Diseases ProcessPatient instructed in Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is when the heart vessels become narrow, which decreases the blood flow to the heart muscle. The narrowing of the heart vessels can be caused by plaque build-up from high cholesterol, fat, and calcium. The de...Parkinson Teaching 1678Diseases ProcessPatient instructed on how Levodopa and Carbidopa are used in combination to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Carbidopa prevents the breakdown of Levodopa in the bloodstream so more Levodopa can enter the brain. This can reduce some of Levodopa's side...Diarrhea Teaching 1677Diseases ProcessPatient also instructed on Clostridium difficile colitis (C. diff) and the increase risk due to the multiple ABT. Patient instructed that the most common symptoms of Clostridium difficile colitis (C. diff) infection include: watery diarrhea, fever, loss of app...Hypertension Teaching 1676Diseases ProcessInstructed patient and caregiver on Hypertensive urgency which is a situation where the blood pressure is severely elevated or higher for your diastolic pressure. That experiencing hypertensive urgency may or may not experience one or more of these symptoms: s...Acid reflux Teaching 1675Diseases ProcessInstructed patient to avoid foods which might increase acid reflux. Food that is very hot or very cold, fried foods, peppermint, coffee, drinks that contain caffeine, spicy, highly seasoned foods, tomato-based dishes, citrus fruits and juices, chocolate and ...Pulmonary Embolism Teaching 1668Diseases ProcessSN instructed patient on deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot in a vein deep in your body, such as the calf of your leg. The greatest danger is a clot that breaks off and travels to the lung(s). When this clot in the lung is called a pulmonary embolism (PE), a...

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