Respiratory Issues Complicated by Economic Disadvantage

A mother brings her 8-year-old child to the clinic, stating the child “just isn’t breathing right, doesn’t want to play, just lies on the couch — this happens all the time.”

The appearance of both mother and child is disheveled. The child’s wheezing can be heard across the room. When asked if the child is better at any certain time of the day, the mother responds, “It’s like this all the time and has been for the past year — we saw a doctor last year who diagnosed asthma but we don’t have any money for drugs or to come back to the clinic.” Identify the resources currently available in your state to support this family in the care of this child, including assistance programs for costs of health care follow-up and pharmaceutical treatment agents.
Create a communication plan for mother and child for both prescriptive and non-prescriptive drug therapies. For this assignment, you will decide on a specific diagnosis for the patient using current sources. You will create a treatment plan for pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic intervention. For any medications you would use, you must provide rational for your choice including discussion of kinetics and dynamics of the drugs. You will create a communication plan to determine how the family will participate in their care and how you will determine their communication needs. Finally, you will assess the needs of the family and provide community resources (using your own community) for their assistance.

The assignment is to written as a scholarly paper, not as a provider addressing a patient. Do not provide dialogue as though you are speaking to a patient.

The assignment will be a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of 5 excluding face page and reference page. Assignments submitted with less than the minimum or more than the maximum will receive a grade of “0”. Correct APA formatting will applied. Citation must support your diagnosis and treatment plan.