Under Pressure: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension . . . A Mother’s Struggle

Weber, Christine; Silver, Michelle; Cromer, Dorcas; Kaminski, Stacy; Wirick, Tracy; Vallejo, Jeanine

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Nursing Grand Rounds| August 01 2011

Under Pressure: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension . . . A Mother’s Struggle

Christine Weber, RN, MSN;

Christine Weber, RN, MSN

Christine Weber is a clinical nurse specialist for the Intermediate Care Division at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Michelle Silver is a pulmonary and critical care clinical affiliate for Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists in Maumee, Ohio. Dorcas Cromer is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Stacy Kaminski is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Tracy Wirick is a clinical team leader in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Jeanine Vallejo is a care coordinator at Buckeye Community Health Plan in Toledo, Ohio.

Corresponding author: Christine Weber, rn, Intermediate Care Division, The Toledo Hospital, 2142 North Cove Blvd, Toledo, OH 43606 (e-mail: [email protected]).

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Michelle Silver, RN, CCRN;

Michelle Silver, RN, CCRN

Christine Weber is a clinical nurse specialist for the Intermediate Care Division at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Michelle Silver is a pulmonary and critical care clinical affiliate for Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists in Maumee, Ohio. Dorcas Cromer is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Stacy Kaminski is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Tracy Wirick is a clinical team leader in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Jeanine Vallejo is a care coordinator at Buckeye Community Health Plan in Toledo, Ohio.

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Dorcas Cromer, RN, BSN;

Dorcas Cromer, RN, BSN

Christine Weber is a clinical nurse specialist for the Intermediate Care Division at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Michelle Silver is a pulmonary and critical care clinical affiliate for Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists in Maumee, Ohio. Dorcas Cromer is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Stacy Kaminski is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Tracy Wirick is a clinical team leader in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Jeanine Vallejo is a care coordinator at Buckeye Community Health Plan in Toledo, Ohio.

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Stacy Kaminski, RN, BSN;

Stacy Kaminski, RN, BSN

Christine Weber is a clinical nurse specialist for the Intermediate Care Division at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Michelle Silver is a pulmonary and critical care clinical affiliate for Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists in Maumee, Ohio. Dorcas Cromer is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Stacy Kaminski is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Tracy Wirick is a clinical team leader in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Jeanine Vallejo is a care coordinator at Buckeye Community Health Plan in Toledo, Ohio.

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Tracy Wirick, RN, BSN;

Tracy Wirick, RN, BSN

Christine Weber is a clinical nurse specialist for the Intermediate Care Division at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Michelle Silver is a pulmonary and critical care clinical affiliate for Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists in Maumee, Ohio. Dorcas Cromer is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Stacy Kaminski is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Tracy Wirick is a clinical team leader in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Jeanine Vallejo is a care coordinator at Buckeye Community Health Plan in Toledo, Ohio.

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Jeanine Vallejo, RN, BSN

Christine Weber is a clinical nurse specialist for the Intermediate Care Division at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Michelle Silver is a pulmonary and critical care clinical affiliate for Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists in Maumee, Ohio. Dorcas Cromer is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Stacy Kaminski is a staff nurse in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Tracy Wirick is a clinical team leader in the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Jeanine Vallejo is a care coordinator at Buckeye Community Health Plan in Toledo, Ohio.

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Crit Care Nurse (2011) 31 (4): 87–94.

https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2011730

Nursing grand rounds is a way for staff nurses to present an interesting case through evidence-based practice. Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is an incurable syndrome that can devastate a patient. This article describes a patient’s experience with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and outlines the pathophysiology, treatment, psychosocial issues, and nursing implications that were presented in a nursing grand rounds presentation at a hospital.

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