{"id":530,"date":"2018-01-02T00:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T00:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/vitalsign\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=530"},"modified":"2018-02-07T14:22:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:22:37","slug":"case-study-4-older-adult-client","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/chapter\/case-study-4-older-adult-client\/","title":{"raw":"Case Study 4: Older Adult Client","rendered":"Case Study 4: Older Adult Client"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Initial Assessment Data<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Biographical data:<\/strong> Older adult client<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Reason for seeking care:<\/strong> Assess blood pressure at a blood pressure clinic<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>History of health\/illness:<\/strong> Healthy<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Past history:<\/strong> No medications, no illnesses<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2><strong>Vital Sign Measurements\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<h4>1050 hrs, September 7, 2018<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Sitting BP: 160\/94 mm Hg right arm<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Pulse: 72 bpm (radial), 2+, regular rhythm<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThink about the client data and try to answer the following questions. <em>Write your answers on a piece of paper.<\/em>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Which findings are considered abnormal for this adult client? What medical terminology is used to define\/label these findings?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What factors might cause the blood pressure reading to be higher than normal in this adult client?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What is the healthcare provider\u2019s next action based on the findings of this adult client?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Go to the next page to check your answers.<\/div>","rendered":"<h2>Initial Assessment Data<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Biographical data:<\/strong> Older adult client<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reason for seeking care:<\/strong> Assess blood pressure at a blood pressure clinic<\/li>\n<li><strong>History of health\/illness:<\/strong> Healthy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past history:<\/strong> No medications, no illnesses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Vital Sign Measurements\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>1050 hrs, September 7, 2018<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Sitting BP: 160\/94 mm Hg right arm<\/li>\n<li>Pulse: 72 bpm (radial), 2+, regular rhythm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Think about the client data and try to answer the following questions. <em>Write your answers on a piece of paper.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Which findings are considered abnormal for this adult client? What medical terminology is used to define\/label these findings?<\/li>\n<li>What factors might cause the blood pressure reading to be higher than normal in this adult client?<\/li>\n<li>What is the healthcare provider\u2019s next action based on the findings of this adult client?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Go to the next page to check your answers.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"menu_order":15,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-530","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":487,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":911,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/530\/revisions\/911"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/487"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/530\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=530"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=530"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}