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The document provides information about COVID-19 pneumonia including: - The pathophysiology which involves an acute upper respiratory tract infection causing fever, fatigue, myalgia, and nausea. - Risk factors include age, ethnicity, gender, medical conditions, medications, poverty, crowding, and certain occupations. - Expected findings from assessments include reduced lymphocytes, insufficient red blood cells, increased white blood cells, and reduced oxygen levels. - Safety considerations and preventative measures like proper PPE, isolation, vaccination, and smoking cessation are discussed.

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The document provides information about COVID-19 pneumonia including: - The pathophysiology which involves an acute upper respiratory tract infection causing fever, fatigue, myalgia, and nausea. - Risk factors include age, ethnicity, gender, medical conditions, medications, poverty, crowding, and certain occupations. - Expected findings from assessments include reduced lymphocytes, insufficient red blood cells, increased white blood cells, and reduced oxygen levels. - Safety considerations and preventative measures like proper PPE, isolation, vaccination, and smoking cessation are discussed.

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ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE: System Disorder

Tommie Waiters
STUDENT NAME______________________________________
COVID -19 Pneumonia
DISORDER/DISEASE PROCESS___________________________________________________________ REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER____________

Alterations in Pathophysiology Related Health Promotion and


Health (Diagnosis) to Client Problem Disease Prevention
COVID-19 Pneumonia Acute upper respiratory tract healthy choices can improve overall
health and reduce your risk for many
infection (fever, fatigue, chronic diseases, exercise and eating
myalgia, nausea, runny nose right

ASSESSMENT SAFETY
CONSIDERATIONS
Risk Factors Expected Findings - raise the head of
-reduced level of lymphocytes (one type of patient beds to between
Age-Race/ethnicity-Gender-Some 30 and 45 degrees to
medical conditions-Use of certain WBCs)-nsufficient normal-sized RBCs and a
normal platelet count-ncreased level of WBCs prevent inhalation of
medications-Pregnancy anything other than air.
(leukocytosis-mild increase in the number of
Poverty and crowding-Certain occupations - Always have on proper
monocytes (immune cells) and a reduced level
of lymphocytes- PPE
- Keep the patient
isolated per policy
- Patients, family
Laboratory Tests Diagnostic Procedures members and providers
should be vaccinated
Coronavirus 2019 Test SARS CoV-2 Test swab your nose or the back of your throat against the common
COVID-19 RT-PCR COVID-19 IgG, IgM aspirate fluid from your lower respiratory causes of bacterial
antibody test SARS CoV-2 antigen test tract pneumonia
- Smokers should
COVID-19 Ag test take a saliva or stool sample consider quitting, as
smoking significantly
raises risk of pneumonia.

PATIENT-CENTERED CARE Complications


Nursing Care Medications Client Education Acute Respiratory
Failure
Pneumonia

Therapeutic Procedures Interprofessional Care

ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATES

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