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A 4 page paper presenting the facts of a patient complaining of symptoms leading to the diagnosis of urinary tract infection, followed by research-based support for the diagnosis and determination to treat with fluoroquinolone. Ten days’ treatment may or may not be excessive for the immediate problem, but choosing that length of time increases the likelihood that the causative organism will be eradicated rather than only develop increased resistance to the antibiotic. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSnursDiagUTI.rtf
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discussion of diagnosis and treatment for a 56-year-old white female complaining of burning during urination and urinary urgency, and who seeks medical attention now because of the appearance of blood
staining that has been noticeable to her. Examination reveals no low back pain or tenderness in the kidney area, and the patient has a history of urinary tract infections
involving both the kidneys and bladder. She denies hypertension, multiple sclerosis and allergies. She has not been using antibiotics recently, and she is not sexually active. She
is mildly anemic regularly takes Glucophage, Ferrous sulfate, Ketorolac, Fibercon, Colace. Slight lower suprapubic tenderness noted. Midstream, clean-catch urinalysis reveals specific gravity
of 1.030; pH 4.5; protein +2. Additionally, testing is positive for nitrates, leukocyte and blood. The nurses diagnosis is urinary tract infection (UTI); treatment prescribed is Fluoroquinolone 160mg
every 12 hours for 10 days. Multisystem effects of the interaction of the diseases afflicting the patient This woman has a history of
UTI, which is not uncommon for those predisposed to UTI. They can occur in "batches," flaring up with irritating regularity over the course of several months only to finally
disappear and remain at bay for a long while. The symptoms that the patient exhibits as well as physical examination are consistent with UTI primarily involving the bladder, from
which eradication of causative organisms is more readily accomplished. One complicating factor is that the woman appears to be diabetic, surmised from the
fact that she regularly takes Glucophage, a drug treatment for Type II diabetes. The nurse needs to confirm this supposition with the patient, rather than only assume that the
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