{"id":243,"date":"2018-01-02T00:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T00:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/chapter\/case-study-4-older-adult-client\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T11:57:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:57:32","slug":"case-study-4-older-adult-client","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/chapter\/case-study-4-older-adult-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study 4: Older Adult Client"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Initial Assessment Data<\/h2><ul><li><strong>Biographical data:<\/strong> Older adult client<\/li><li><strong>Reason for seeking care:<\/strong> Assess blood pressure at a blood pressure clinic<\/li><li><strong>History of health\/illness:<\/strong> Healthy<\/li><li><strong>Past history:<\/strong> No medications, no illnesses<\/li><\/ul>&nbsp;\n\n<h2><strong>Vital Sign Measurements&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2><h4>1050 hrs, September 7, 2018<\/h4><ul><li>Sitting BP: 160\/94 mm Hg right arm<\/li><li>Pulse: 72 bpm (radial), 2+, regular rhythm<\/li><\/ul>&nbsp;\n\nThink about the client data and try to answer the following questions. <em>Write your answers on a piece of paper.<\/em>\n\n<ol><li>Which findings are considered abnormal for this adult client? What medical terminology is used to define\/label these findings?<\/li><li>What factors might cause the blood pressure reading to be higher than normal in this adult client?<\/li><li>What is the healthcare provider\u2019s next action based on the findings of this adult client?<\/li><\/ol><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&nbsp;<\/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":1,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-243","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":212,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/243\/revisions\/244"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/212"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/243\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}