Provide nursing care to a client with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Compare the symptoms of a client with PD as described in the Parkinson’s disease section of Chapter 40, Caring for Clients with Brain...

Provide nursing care to a client with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Compare the symptoms of a client with PD as described in the Parkinson’s disease section of Chapter 40, Caring for Clients with

Brain Disorders, to the client to whom you gave care.

A. What were your client’s symptoms?

B. Were they the same or different than those described in the textbook?

C. What is your client’s history of treatments?

D. What treatments is your client presently receiving?

E. What medications is your client taking and what are the actions and side effects of these medications? Is your client exhibiting any of these side effects?

F. How are your client and his family coping with the disease?

G. Are there any community organizations or other resources to which you could refer your client and his family?