Nursing Care Plan For Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

55yo family member with congenital hydrocephalus and a VP shunt since 1yo. Deteriorating slowly in cognitive and motor functioning over lifespan but in the past 12 months the decline has become quite rapid ... View answer

what symptoms occur when this type of shunt begins to fail. Thank you in advance for your time and ...I have a 15 year old female who was born at 25 weeks gestational, received a ventriculoperitoneal ... View answer

I am a nurse just writing a case study for one of my assistant living manager students. Are there any parameters I should add for the Toprol XL. She has to write a service plan similiar to a... View answer

I am a larygectomy patient do I qualify for long term care in nursing home feeding tube ... View answer

What are the steps in your old age, when you can no longer care for yourself? Is it first assisted living then a nursing home, and when are those needed? Is there anything after the nursing... View answer

I am an individual with Spina Bifida, hydrocephalus treated with a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, and Chiari Malformation Type 2. I recently had an MRI of my brain due to a possible shunt malfunction. The... View answer

my daughter is 16 has a vp shunt, she had a fever for 4 days that resolved on its own, bld test and ... ultrasound for neck is showing right cervical lymphadenopathy, reactive lymph nodes. could this... View answer

I m 43 I had a colloid cyst removed Nov 2013 6 days later I had vp shunt placed.April 2014 shunt disconnected it was repaired 4 days later back in hospital with staff 2 weeks later it was replaced and was ... View answer

After I had the vp shunt in things has just got worse for me I m at the hospital and the ct scan ... s really not a nice feeling the way I do can I remove to shunt to feel better I had hydro ... View answer

Can i use marijuana even if i have a vp shunt will it affect it in any negative way or will i be ok. I been somewhat using cbd and thc. And i seem to be okay. But is it dangerous in any way. And also ... View answer