Question

This is a respiratory case study.

Patient Profile:

Gladys Young is a 68 year old female that resides in an Independent Living facility with her husband. She presents to her primary care physicians office with complaints of fever, chills, nausea and vomiting. She also states that she has had some mild hemoptysis occasionally with her persistent coughing. She has recently completed treatment with Chemotherapy for Breast cancer and is concerned that she may have an infection. You are the nurse caring for her.

You complete the following assessment:

Subjective Data:

She is able to complete a sentence in its entirety, but she is persistently coughing during the history. She is a former smoker, she smoked ½ pack of cigarettes per day for 30 years and quit when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 6 months ago. She denies shortness of breath or chest tightness. She has not yet gotten her influenza vaccine, but did receive the Pneumovax vaccine last year. She has had problems with persistent coughing at night which has prevented her from getting a good night’s sleep for the past two weeks. She also states that she has been waking up soaked in sweat in the morning.

Objective Data:

 Temp – 38.6 C; HR – 132 beats/min; RR—28; BP – 168/87; O2 sat – 90% on Room Air

 Auscultation: Lungs with faint crackles at bases bilaterally. No wheezing present.

 Patient is flushed and warm to touch.

The patient diagnosis is Tuberculosis. Please answer the following question.

What additional questions would you like to ask this patient?

Answer 1

Additional questions to ask this patient-

1. What do you know about Tuberculosis?

2. Do you have any cases of tuberculosis running inside your family?

3. Does your husband/children show any kind of shortness of breathe or breathelessness?

4. Would you dine togethr with your family?

5. Are you aware of tuberculosis drugs side effects?

6. Do you cough often even after receiving Tb(Tuberculosis) drugs?

7. Would you like to screen your family members for Tb?

8. Is there any medical notes indicating high risk of Tb?

9. Have you been in close contact with someone who has Tb?

10. Have you had an organ transplant?

11. Did you quit smoking?

12. Do you feel any irritation after taking Tb drugs?

13. Do you know the diet to follow along with the treatment?