NURS 6521 WU Peoples Health and Hematologic Disorders Discussion

WOMEN’S AND MEN’S HEALTH, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, AND HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS

For this Discussion, you will be assigned a patient case study and will consider how to address the patient’s current drug therapy plans. You will then suggest recommendations on how to revise these drug therapy plans to ensure effective, safe, and quality patient care for positive patient health outcomes.

RESOURCES

Rosenthal, L. D., & Burchum, J. R. (2021). Lehne’s pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (2nd ed.) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

oChapter 46, “Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Drugs” (pp. 364–371)

oChapter 47, “Drugs for Deficiency Anemias” (pp. 389–396)

oChapter 50, “Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications” (pp. 425–436)

oChapter 51, “Birth Control” (pp. 437–446)

oChapter 52, “Androgens” (pp. 447–453)

oChapter 53, “Male Sexual Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia” (pp. 454–466)

oChapter 70, “Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy” (pp. 651–661)

oChapter 71, “Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins” (pp. 662–668)

oChapter 75, “Sulfonamides Antibiotics and Trimethoprim” (pp. 688–694)

oChapter 76, “Drug Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections” (pp. 695–699)

oChapter 78, “Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs” (pp. 711–714)

oChapter 79, “Antifungal Agents” (pp. 715–722)

oChapter 80, “Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections” (pp. 723–743)

oChapter 82, “Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases” (pp. 763–770)

Roberts, H., & Hickey, M. (2016). Managing the menopause: An updateLinks to an external site.. Maturitas, 86(2016), 53–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.01.007

This article provides an update on treatments on Vasomotor symptoms (VMS), genito-urinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), sleep disturbance, sexual dysfunction, and mood disturbance that are common during the menopause transition.

To Prepare:

Review the Resources for this module and reflect on the different health needs and body systems presented.

Your Instructor will assign you a complex case study to focus on for this Discussion.

Consider how you will practice critical decision making for prescribing appropriate drugs and treatment to address the complex patient health needs in the patient case study you selected.

Case Study 

A 46-year-old, 230lb woman with a family history of breast cancer. She is up to date on yearly mammograms. She has a history of HTN. She complains of hot flushing, night sweats, and genitourinary symptoms. She had felt well until 1 month ago, and she presented to her gynecologist for her annual gyn examination and to discuss her symptoms. She has a history of ASCUS about 5 years ago on her pap; other than that, Pap smears have been normal. Home medications are Norvasc 10mg qd and HCTZ 25mg qd. Her BP today is 150/90. She has regular monthly menstrual cycles. Her LMP was 1 month ago.

Post a brief description of your patient’s health needs from the patient case study you assigned. Be specific. Then, explain the type of treatment regimen you would recommend for treating your patient, including the choice or pharmacotherapeutics you would recommend and explain why. Be sure to justify your response. Explain a patient education strategy you might recommend for assisting your patient with the management of their health needs. Be specific and provide examples.