CASE STUDY: HH is a 68-year-old male who has been admitted to the medical ward with community-acquired pneumonia for the past 3 days. His Past Medical History(PMH) is significant for COPD, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. He remains on empiric antibiotics, which include ceftriaxone 1g IV every day ( for 3 days) and azithromycin 500 mg IV every day ( for 3 days). Since admission, his clinical status has improved, with decreased oxygen requirements. He is not tolerating a diet at this time with complaints of nausea and vomiting. Height: 5ft 8inch, Weight: 195.8 lbs. Allergies: Penicillin (rash)
To prepare:(a) Review and reflect on the different health needs and body systems presented.
(b) Consider how you will practice critical decision-making making for prescribing appropriate drugs and treatment to address the complex patient health needs in the case study above.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS ARE:
(1) Write a brief description of the patient’s health needs from the patient case study above. Be specific.
(2) Then, explain the type of treatment regimen you would recommend for treating this patient, including the choice or Pharmacotherapeutics you would recommend, and explain why in detail. Be sure to justify your response.
(3) Explain a patient education strategy you might recommend for assisting your patient with the management of their health needs. Be specific and provide examples. Provide at least three references in APA format.
(4) Respond to two classmates’ posts and provide two references each for the two classmate posts. NOTE: I will send the classmate’s post for your response when available, asap.
(5) Please answer all parts of the discussion questions clearly and concisely with no grammar or spelling errors to current APA manually writing rules and style with reflective critical analysis.
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