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Instructed to don't stop taking your medication or change dosage without talking to your health-care provider, even if you're feeling better.
Instructed to use Biohazardous waste/sharps containers provided by Home Health Agency.
Instructed patient not to use more than 50 feet of tubing between the oxygen source and the patient. Do not place oxygen tanks within 1/2 feet of windows/doors or items.
Instructed patient to avoid cutting corn or calluses.
Patient was instructed on shortness of breath that make people feel like they can't take enough air, the chest feel tight. Sometimes the feeling is worse when active or lying down flat. If experiencing other symptoms like cough, chest pain or a fever tell the nurse or doctor.
Instructed on the importance of having safety measures implemented (e.g., passageways uncluttered, good illumination, rugs removed, surfaces dried) in order to reduce the risk of accidents/injuries.
Taught that avoiding
Instructed patient have many factors can affect blood pressure, including: How much water and salt you have in your body the condition of your kidneys, nervous system, or blood vessels, your hormone levels, heart damage.
Instructed caregiver vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy is intended to manage the environment of surgical incisions that continue to drain following sutured or stapled closure by maintaining a closed environment and removing exudates via the application of negative pressure wound therapy
SN instructed patient / caregiver that the stroke occurs when a clot or a torn blood vessel in the brain stops blood from reaching a part of the brain. Damage to that part of the brain from lack of blood and oxygen can cause various signs and symptoms of stroke, such as facial drooping, numbness and paralysis. Although anyone can have a stroke, your risk increases if you're male, over age 65, or have one of these conditions: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, or diabetes. Being overweight, smoking, abusing drugs or alcohol, and taking birth control pills increase risk, too. African - Americans, people who are Hispanic or Asian, and those with a close relative who's had a stroke are also at higher risk.