Nursing Case Study

Scenario:

As a community health nurse, you are working in an outpatient clinic in a community that serves mainly elderly clients.

This
year, you noted that 85 percent of the visits resulting in
hospitalization resulted from bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, and
influenza as compared to last year. At that time; the visits weredue to
colds, sore throats, influenza, bronchitis, and pneumonia, in order of
frequency.

Maria
Perez, a 73-year-old Cuban American woman has been referred for
community health nursing services following her discharge from the
hospital. She smokes two packs of cigarettes per day. She was recently
hospitalized as a result of a severe shortness of breath due to an
asthma attack. The primary care provider prescribed respiratory
treatments using Albuterol via jet nebulizer every 4-6 hours as needed.
Mrs. Perez lives alone and has three cats to take care of.