35943 Topic: Assignment: Asthma Number of Pages: 2 (Double Spaced) Number of sources: 3 Writing Style: APA Type of document: Coursework Academic Level:Master Category: Nursing Language Style: English (U.S.) Order Instructions: Attached Please, the mind maps must be originals as well as the paperwork! avoid plagiarism, professors are very exigent regarding this. Thank you! To Prepare Review “Asthma” in Chapter 27 of the Huether and McCance text. Identify the pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic asthma and acute asthma exacerbation. Consider how these disorders are similar and different. Select a patient factor different from the one you selected in this week’s Discussion: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, or behavior. Think about how the factor you selected might impact the pathophysiology of both disorders. Reflect on how you would diagnose and prescribe treatment of these disorders for a patient based on the factor you selected. Review the “Mind maps—Dementia, Endocarditis, and Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)” media in the Week 2 Learning Resources. Use the examples in the media as a guide to constructing two mind maps—one for chronic asthma and one for acute asthma exacerbation. Consider the epidemiology and clinical presentation of both chronic asthma and acute asthma exacerbation. o Complete Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following: Describe the pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic asthma and acute asthma exacerbation. Be sure to explain the changes in the arterial blood gas patterns during an exacerbation. Explain how the factor you selected might impact the pathophysiology of both disorders. Describe how you would diagnose and prescribe treatment for a patient based on the factor you selected. Construct two mind maps—one for chronic asthma and one for acute asthma exacerbation. Include the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation, as well as the diagnosis and treatment you explained in your paper. Required Readings Huether, S. E., & McCance, K. L. (2017). Understanding pathophysiology (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Chapter 26, “Structure and Function of the Pulmonary System” This chapter provides information relating to the structure and function of the pulmonary system to illustrate normal pulmonary function. It focuses on gas transport to build the foundation for examining alterations of pulmonary function. Chapter 27, “Alterations of Pulmonary Function” This chapter examines clinical manifestations of pulmonary alterations and disorders of the chest wall and pleura. It covers the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, evaluation, and treatment of obstructive lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Chapter 28, “Alterations of Pulmonary Function in Children” This chapter focuses on alterations of pulmonary function that affect children. These alterations include disorders of the .

1. 35943 Topic: Assignment: Asthma
Number of Pages: 2 (Double Spaced)
Number of sources: 3
Writing Style: APA
Type of document: Coursework
Academic Level:Master
Category: Nursing
Language Style: English (U.S.)
Order Instructions: Attached
Please, the mind maps must be originals as well as the
paperwork! avoid plagiarism, professors are very exigent
regarding this. Thank you!
To Prepare
Review “Asthma” in Chapter 27 of the Huether and McCance
text. Identify the pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic
asthma and acute asthma exacerbation. Consider how these
disorders are similar and different.

2. Select a patient factor different from the one you selected in
this week’s Discussion: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, or
behavior. Think about how the factor you selected might impact
the pathophysiology of both disorders. Reflect on how you
would diagnose and prescribe treatment of these disorders for a
patient based on the factor you selected.
Review the “Mind maps—Dementia, Endocarditis, and Gastro-
oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)” media in the Week 2
Learning Resources. Use the examples in the media as a guide
to constructing two mind maps—one for chronic asthma and one
for acute asthma exacerbation. Consider the epidemiology and
clinical presentation of both chronic asthma and acute asthma
exacerbation.
o Complete
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
Describe the pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic asthma
and acute asthma exacerbation. Be sure to explain the changes
in the arterial blood gas patterns during an exacerbation.
Explain how the factor you selected might impact the
pathophysiology of both disorders. Describe how you would
diagnose and prescribe treatment for a patient based on the
factor you selected.
Construct two mind maps—one for chronic asthma and one for
acute asthma exacerbation. Include the epidemiology,
pathophysiology, and clinical presentation, as well as the
diagnosis and treatment you explained in your paper.
Required Readings

3. Huether, S. E., & McCance, K. L. (2017). Understanding
pathophysiology (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Chapter 26, “Structure and Function of the Pulmonary System”
This chapter provides information relating to the structure and
function of the pulmonary system to illustrate normal
pulmonary function. It focuses on gas transport to build the
foundation for examining alterations of pulmonary function.
Chapter 27, “Alterations of Pulmonary Function”
This chapter examines clinical manifestations of pulmonary
alterations and disorders of the chest wall and pleura. It covers
the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, evaluation, and
treatment of obstructive lung diseases such as asthma, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, and
emphysema.
Chapter 28, “Alterations of Pulmonary Function in Children”
This chapter focuses on alterations of pulmonary function that
affect children. These alterations include disorders of the upper
and lower airways.
Hammer, G. G. , & McPhee, S. (2014). Pathophysiology of
disease: An introduction to clinical medicine. (7th ed.) New
York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
Chapter 9, “Pulmonary Disease”
This chapter begins with an overview of normal structure and
function of the lungs to provide a foundation for examining
various lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD).

4. Required Media
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012e). Mid-
course review. Baltimore, MD: Author.
This media is an interactive mid-course review covering course
content.
Responses to Discussions for Week 6 Discussions
Discussion: Policy Proposals
In your reading for this week, you meet Jose and Iris, two
individuals who are in situations that require assistance and
guidance from a professional social worker and policy advocate.
Respond by Day 5 to a colleague with another approach to
address the problem they identified. What is the responsibility
of the social workers working with Jose and/or Iris to advocate
for a change in the social policy? The 2 colleagues discussions
are below. Each response should be in APA format and include
intext citations and references to support your information.
Discussion #1 to respond to
Celette Marshall
RE: Discussion - Week 6
Top of Form
The Case of Jose
In the case of Jose. Jose has been charged for vagrancy three
times in the last 2 months and has also been arrested six other
times over the past 10 years for various minor offenses
(Plummer, Makris, Brocksen, 2014).
Policy Proposal
Incarceration has been a stratgey to address the issues of
substance use. A examination of in 15 states found that one-
quarter of individuals released returned to prison within 3 years

5. for technical violations that included, among other things,
testing positive for drug use” (Chandler, Fletcher, & Volkow,
2009). On release from prison or jail, addicted persons will
experience challenges to their sobriety through multiple
stressors that increase their risk of relapsing to drug use
(Chandler, Fletcher, & Volkow). These challenges can include,
just like in the case of Jose, the issue to secure employment and
facing homelessness when released from prison; which can lead
to returning to substance use.
Trade-off
I believe that there should be an increased funding to continue
supporting community based substance use treatment programs
and propose that these programs also have a bridge from
treatment to community. Bridge from treatment-to-community
goals to offer supportive services for applicants to reduce
stressors that increase the risk of relapse when entering back
into the community. These services include: community support
(church), job training programs, partnerships with local
companies to create jobs, housing, continuum and access to care
(physical health/mental health), including access to support
groups (AA/NA) can assist in combating recidivism related to
substance use.
Trade-off refers to assessing the comparative advantages of
policy options (Jansson, 2018). The pros of the policy are that
they are community based programs that would be able to reach
people who would possibly not use services before and are
directed to reduce substance use (Jansson). The cons that it
narrows the focus to only assisting people who have been
incarcerated or have been released from prison; and can
possibly exclude others who have a substance use issues that
could benefit from the bridge treatment-to-community services.
Chandler, R. K., Fletcher, B. W., & Volkow, N. D. (2009).
Treating Drug Abuse and Addiction in the Criminal Justice
System: Improving Public Health and Safety. JAMA : The
Journal of the American Medical Association, 301(2), 183–

6. 190. http://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2008.976
Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate:
From policy practice to social justice (8th ed.). Pacific Grove,
CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series.
Plummer, S.-B, Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Social
work case studies: Concentration year.Baltimore, MD: Laureate
International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].
Discussion #2 to respond to
Bottom of Form
Case Description
Jose is a 42 year Latino male (Plummer, Makris, Brocksen,
2014). He is currently struggling with alcoholism and substance
abuse. Over the past ten years, Jose has been arrested six times
for various minor offenses that include trespassing, public
drunkenness and disorderly conduct (Plummer, Makris,
Brocksen, 2014). Additionally, Jose is homeless and does not
have family support.
Policy proposal
In the case of Jose, he was arrested six times before the court's
system ordered him to services. However, instead of arresting
him, the court system should have addressed his substance
abuse. The policy proposal that I am proposing states that the
court system will court order someone to services after being
arrested twice for substance abuse. Along with engaging in
services, if the person completed the program their criminal
record that is related to their substance abuse will be dropped.
Trade-offs
Trade-offs is the process of making systematic
comparison of policy option (Jansson, 2018). Moreover, one
positive trade-off from the proposal is the fact that it will allow
individuals to have less criminal charges and have less trouble

7. with finding jobs. A negative trade-off is the fact that some
individuals are not going to like being court order to services.
References
Plummer, S.-B, Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014). Social
work case studies: Concentration year.Baltimore, MD: Laureate
International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].
"Working with Clients with Addictions: The Case of Jose" (pp.
65–68)
Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate:
From policy practice to social justice (8th ed.). Pacific Grove,
CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series.
Chapter 8, "Placing Policy Proposals in Policy Briefs in the
Second, Third, and Fourth Steps of Policy Analysis” (pp. 246-
283)