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MN533 Assignment 4 Unit 4 – Respiratory Issues Complicated by Economic Disadvantage
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A mother brings her 8-year-old child to the clinic, stating the child “just isn’t breathing right, doesn’t want to play, just lies on the couch — this happens all the time.”
The appearance of both mother and child is disheveled. The child’s wheezing can be heard across the room. When asked if the child is better at any certain time of the day, the mother responds, “It’s like this all the time and has been for the past year — we saw a doctor last year who diagnosed asthma but we don’t have any money for drugs or to come back to the clinic.”
Directions:
*****This Assignment may be submitted in a PowerPoint presentation with at least 10 slides or as an APA formatted paper of no more than five (5) pages excluding title page and references.
- Identify the resources currently available in your state (Kansas) to support this family in the care of this child, including assistance programs for costs of health care follow-up and pharmaceutical treatment agents.
- Create a communication plan for mother and child for both prescriptive and non-prescriptive drug therapies.
Utilize your textbook ( Pharmacotherapeutics for NP Prescribers textbook) to answer the above questions. Research resources available in your area to assist this family.
I attached some material on asthma which may be useful
• Asthma is a chronic obstructive disease that involves inflammation of the airway commonly associated with IgE-related reaction caused primarily by par influenza virus or RSV (Grossman & Porth, 2013 ) . • It is the leading cause of chronic illnesses in children and is responsible for an increase amount of school days lost. • It is the most frequently occurring admitting diagnosis in children’s hospitals (Huether, 2010). • May have an onset at any age with only 30% of children being symptomatic by 1 year of age (Asthma & Alergy Foundation of America, 2016). • 80 to 90% are symptomatic by age 4 to 5 years old ( Grossman & Porth, 2013) .
Signs & Symptoms, Treatment & Prevention S&S include: • 1. mild-coughing, wheezing, SOB, rapid breathing, chest tightness lasting a few minutes • 2. severe or asthma attack- fast breathing, wheezing, chest retractions, cyanosis (blue or pale coloring in face, lips, nail beds), etc. lasting hours or days (aafa, 2016). The 8 yr old child is displaying manifestations of moderate to severe persistent asthma. This needs to be confirmed by a spirometry, and peak airflow test. A trigger test should also be performed to determine causative age
MN533 Assignment 4 Unit 4
