CASE STUDY
A 35-year-old man presented to an urgent care clinic in Washington with a 4-day history of cough and subjective fever. On checking into the clinic, the patient put on a mask in the waiting room. After waiting approximately 20 minutes, he was taken into an examination room and underwent evaluation by a provider. He disclosed that he had returned to Washington State on January 15 after traveling to visit family in Wuhan, China. The patient stated that he had seen a health alert from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the novel coronavirus outbreak in China and, because of his symptoms and recent travel, decided to see a health care provider.
Based on the case study presented, please answer the following questions:
1) What is the primary problem your client is most likely presenting?
2) What nursing priorities will guide your plan of care?
3) What interventions will you initiate based on this priority?
4) What educational/discharge priorities will be needed to develop a teaching plan for this client, family and community?
5) How can you expand your priorities/education and teaching to the community to prevent or reduce fear?
INSTRUCTION
Answer the questions above. Let your response be well represented with definitions, explanations, and/or examples. Please give a concise discussion to your response. Your answers to the questions above must be substantive, concise, and relevant to the questions above. Write 300-350 words using APA 6th edition format for this paper and write the reference page in APA format. Cite all sources of information. Support your answer using two journal articles that are related to the questions above. The two journal articles should be within 5 years that is from 2015 to 2020 (most recent articles).
NOTE: You can make use of the class recommended textbook below or any related textbook/Journal Articles.
Recommended Textbook: Community & Public Health Nursing 9th Edition by Cherie Rector.
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