Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and
homelessness
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and homelessness
Answer the following questions in three well-developed
paragraphs (450–500 words) using APA formatting, integrating
two evidence-based resources to include clinical practice
guidelines as well as the course textbook.
RR is 48-year-old Hispanic woman who comes to see you at the V.
A. homeless clinic. The major complaint is a six-day history of
worsening cough, productive of green sputum. There have been
fever and chills with complaints of pain in the right mid-back with
deep breathing or coughing. Further history reveals a history of
tobacco use of one pack of cigarettes a day for 30 years. There is
an incontainent health history as a result of Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD) and homelessness. On examination, the skin is
warm and clammy, pale; RR appears to not feel well; the
temperature is 100.5° F; respiratory rate is 24 breaths per minute;
pulse is 98 beats per minute; blood pressure is 120/75 mm Hg;
and saturation of oxygen is 96 percent on room air by pulse
oximetry.
Auscultation of the lungs reveals rales in the right lower-posterior
lung field. The remainder of the examination is within normal
limits

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