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    NR 304 SIM-Cohen

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    Mary Cohen is a patient with cholecystitis, which is the inflammation of the gallbladder caused by obstruction of the cystic duct. Common signs and symptoms include pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, pain increasing after fatty or spicy meals, tenderness over the abdomen, vomiting, and nausea. Nursing education should provide the patient with information about cholecystitis, its symptoms, treatment options including surgery, and aftercare. Medications used to treat cholecystitis include antiemetics to alleviate nausea and vomiting, analgesics for pain other than morphine, and antibiotics depending on the severity of the infection.

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    Mary Cohen is a patient with cholecystitis, which is the inflammation of the gallbladder caused by obstruction of the cystic duct. Common signs and symptoms include pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, pain increasing after fatty or spicy meals, tenderness over the abdomen, vomiting, and nausea. Nursing education should provide the patient with information about cholecystitis, its symptoms, treatment options including surgery, and aftercare. Medications used to treat cholecystitis include antiemetics to alleviate nausea and vomiting, analgesics for pain other than morphine, and antibiotics depending on the severity of the infection.

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    Mary Cohen is a patient with cholecystitis, which is the inflammation of the gallbladder caused by obstruction of the cystic duct. Common signs and symptoms include pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, pain increasing after fatty or spicy meals, tenderness over the abdomen, vomiting, and nausea. Nursing education should provide the patient with information about cholecystitis, its symptoms, treatment options including surgery, and aftercare. Medications used to treat cholecystitis include antiemetics to alleviate nausea and vomiting, analgesics for pain other than morphine, and antibiotics depending on the severity of the infection.

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    NR 304 SIM-Cohen

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    Mary Cohen is a patient with cholecystitis, which is the inflammation of the gallbladder caused by obstruction of the cystic duct. Common signs and symptoms include pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, pain increasing after fatty or spicy meals, tenderness over the abdomen, vomiting, and nausea. Nursing education should provide the patient with information about cholecystitis, its symptoms, treatment options including surgery, and aftercare. Medications used to treat cholecystitis include antiemetics to alleviate nausea and vomiting, analgesics for pain other than morphine, and antibiotics depending on the severity of the infection.

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    Patient: Mary Cohen

    1) What is Cholecystitis and the common signs and symptoms associated with it?
    a. Cholecystitis is the inflammation of the gallbladder due to obstruction at the
    cystic duct lasting several hours.
    b. Common Signs and Symptoms
     Pain in RUQ
     Pain increasing after a fatty meal/alcohol/caffeine
     Tenderness over Abdomen
     Vomiting
     Nausea
     Fever

    2) Describe nursing education that should accompany a patient with Cholecystitis.


    a. Giving the patient information about Cholecystitis and their current condition
     Definition
     The common symptoms
     Treatments
     Prevention and aftercare if surgery is recommended

    3) What medications can be used to treat and/or alleviate Cholecystitis?


    a. Antiemetic’s (nausea and vomiting)
     can help make the patient more comfortable and can prevent fluid and
    electrolyte abnormalities.
    b. Analgesics: pain
     help with pain/discomfort; not morphine due to affecting the sphincter of
    Oddi
    c. Antibiotics: possible bacterial infections
     depending the severity of Cholecystitis (life-threating verses nonlife-
    threatening) different combinations of antibiotics

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