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Allopuriniol Teaching 232

Instructed patient about new medication, Allopuriniol, and in S/E, such as drowsiness, fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, gastritis, rash, alopecia and others.

Hypoglycemia Teaching 788

Patient was instructed on hypoglycemia. If having hypoglycemia during the night, people may wake up tired or with a headache. And it

Angina pectoris Teaching 843

Taught that maintaining a quit environment is aimed to reducing/controlling an episode of Angina Pectoris.

Levothyroxine Teaching 888

Instructed on the importance of taking Levothyroxine as a single dose, preferably before breakfast, to prevent insomnia.

Hypertension Teaching 1187

Instructed on some potential complications of hypertension, such as: cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or stroke and kidney failure, among others.

Ruptured Disk Teaching 1513

The patient was instructed in ruptured disk in the use and request of the back brace, support, or belt. The patient was advised in the need for complete bed rest to reduction inflammatory answers and to reduce stress in the spine. The patient was advised to use a urinal, bedpan, or bedside commode during the period of bed rest to evade walking.

Chemotherapy Teaching 1594

The patient was instructed on the consequences of chemotherapy and how it affects your body, and that is not related to cancer, the side effects it produces. Some common side effects of chemotherapy are low white blood cell count, low red blood cell count, platelets account, nausea, vomiting, hair loss, fatigue, among others.

Energy conservation Teaching 1663

SN instructed patient in energy conservation techniques that are ways to modify activities to prevent exhaustion, also explain that using these strategies to do the things you have to do may help you to have energy left over to do the things you want to do.

General information Teaching 1773

SN educated caregiver on Hypertensive urgency which is a situation where the blood pressure is severely elevated or higher for your diastolic pressure an that experiencing hypertensive urgency may or may not experience one or more of these symptoms: severe headache, shortness of breath, nosebleeds, and severe anxiety, chest pain, back pain, numbness/weakness, change in vision, difficulty speaking do not wait to see if your pressure comes down on its own. SN advised caregiver to seek immediately medical assistance and/or call 9-1-1 if listed above occurs or worsen with patient. Caregiver verbalized understanding of all teachings during visit.

Hypertension Teaching 2004

SN instructed patient and caregiver on hypertensive urgency which is a situation where the blood pressure is severely elevated and that experiencing hypertensive urgency may or may not experience one or more of these symptoms: severe headache, shortness of breath, nosebleeds, and severe anxiety, chest or back pain, numbness or severe weakness, change in vision or difficulty speaking. Patient and caregiver were advised to seek immediately medical assistance and/or call 9-1-1 if any of these signs or symptoms appear. Patient and caregiver verbalized understanding. Family is independent with hypertension process.