Jamie Johanson _ iHuman patient_2020 | NR 442 iHuman patient Jamie Johanson

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iHuman patient Jamie Johanson Prework A 19 year-old female who is admitted to behavioral health for the intervention of her anorexia nervosa following failure in outpatient management. 1. What ... are your primary concerns for this patient and what assessments and interventions would be associated with your concerns? Why? One of my concerns would be to assess this patient pattern of weight loss and see whether it happened within only a few months. Labs would be ordered to determine the levels of electrolyte (basic metabolic panel) as well as levels of hemoglobin and hematocrit (CBC). Assessment would be focus on physical aspect by determining blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, because these rates slow. Thyroid activity also decreases so thyroid function tests should be check as well. skin turgor, capillary refill checks are important to determine proper perfusion and oxygenation (Nies & McEwen, 2018). Complications, focus assessment, make sure she doesn’t have any dehydration, electrolyte imbalance. Get social history, psychological history. Intervention: reestablish nutrition, assess mental health to see if she is depressed, provide some types of medications. 2. What do you anticipate the patient’s home medications prior to admission might be? Why? - - - - - - - Continued [Show More]

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