Cocaine Toxicity Patient Profile N.C. is a 34-year-old man who was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain tachycardia, dizziness, nausea, and severe migraine-like headache. Subjective Data . • He thinks he is having a heart attack. Admits he was at a party earlier in the evening drinking alcohol, smoking pot, and snorting cocaine. States he became irritable and restless. States he has experienced an increased need for cocaine in the past few months. Objective Data . . CASE STUDY ♥ . Appears extremely nervous and irritable Appears pale and diaphoretic Has tremors BP 210/110, HR 100 bpm, RR 30 5. Priority Decision: What are the priority nursing interventions?
Cocaine Toxicity Patient Profile N.C. is a 34-year-old man who was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain tachycardia, dizziness, nausea, and severe migraine-like headache. Subjective Data . • He thinks he is having a heart attack. Admits he was at a party earlier in the evening drinking alcohol, smoking pot, and snorting cocaine. States he became irritable and restless. States he has experienced an increased need for cocaine in the past few months. Objective Data . . CASE STUDY ♥ . Appears extremely nervous and irritable Appears pale and diaphoretic Has tremors BP 210/110, HR 100 bpm, RR 30 5. Priority Decision: What are the priority nursing interventions?
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Patient Profile
N.C. is a 34-year-old man who was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain
tachycardia, dizziness, nausea, and severe migraine-like headache.
Subjective Data
.
He thinks he is having a heart attack.
Admits he was at a party earlier in the evening drinking alcohol, smoking pot, and snorting
cocaine.
• States he became irritable and restless.
States he has experienced an increased need for cocaine in the past few months.
Objective Data
.
• Appears extremely nervous and irritable
.
.
• Appears pale and diaphoretic
.
• Has tremors
CASE STUDY
.
BP 210/110, HR 100 bpm, RR 30
5. Priority Decision: What are the priority nursing interventions?
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