This assignment is a focused exam with a patient who presents with COPD. You will conduct an interview Debbie O’Connor using therapeutic communication to determine the appropriate pharmacological therapy for her condition. After the exam, you will select the most appropriate medication for Ms. O’Connor and educate her on her medication and disease management. If applicable, you will write a prescription for the selected medication. On average, this assignment will take 75 minutes to complete. This assignment includes subjective data collection around sensitive topics such as miscarriage.

In this question, we are not given specific information about the patient, Debbie O'Connor. The only thing that we know about her is that she presents COPD. Therefore, what we can do is focus on this and talk about the most common treatment for this condition.

COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This is a chronic inflammatory lung disease which can cause obstructed airflow from the lungs. Some of the symptoms include difficulty breathing, cough, mucus production and wheezing. This disease is strongly associated with smokers.

Treatment centers on quitting smoking. This usually brings significant relief to patients. However, certain medications can also be used. Doctors will use medications such as bronchodilators, inhaled steroids, combination inhalers, oral steroids, phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors, theophylline and various antibiotics.

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

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