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  • Risk for Injury related to Cirrhosis



    Nursing Diagnosis for Cirrhosis :
    Risk for Injury related to portal hypertension, changes in clotting mechanisms and disruption in the process of drug detoxification.
    Goal : Reducing the risk of injury.

    Nursing Interventions, Rational and Outcome criteria – Risk for Injury related to Cirrhosis:
    1. Notice any feces excreted to check the color, consistency and amount.
    Rational : Allows detection of bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract.
    2. Be aware of the symptoms of anxiety, a feeling of fullness in the epigastrium, weakness and restlessness.
    Rational : Can show early signs of bleeding and shock.
    3. Check each stool and vomit to detect occult blood.
    Rational : detecting early signs that prove the bleeding.
    4. Observe hemorrhagic manifestations: ecchymosis, epistaxis, petechiae and bleeding gums.
    Rational : Shows the changes in the blood clotting mechanism.
    5. Record vital signs at regular intervals.
    Rational : Provide the basis and evidence of hypovolemia and shock.
    6. Keep the patient calm and restrict activity.
    Rational : Minimizing the risk of bleeding and straining.
    7. Observations conducted during blood transfusion.
    Rational : Allows detection of transfusion reactions (risk will increase with the implementation of more than one transfusion is needed to address the active bleeding from esophageal varices).
    8. Measure and record the nature, timing and amount of vomit.
    Rational : Help evaluate the extent of bleeding and blood loss.
    9. Keep the patient in a state of fasting if needed.
    Rational : Reduce the risk of aspiration of gastric contents and minimize the risk of further injury to the esophagus and stomach.
    10. Give vitamin K as prescribed.
    Rational : Improve freezing by providing fat-soluble vitamins are necessary for blood clotting mechanism.
    11. Accompany patients continuously for bleeding episodes.
    Rational : Calming anxious patients and enable monitoring and detection of subsequent patient needs.
    12. Offer a cold drink by mouth when bleeding is resolved (if instructed).
    Rational : Reduce the risk of further bleeding by vasoconstriction of blood vessels increases the esophagus and stomach.
    13. Take action to prevent injury:
    a. Maintaining a safe environment.
    Rational : Reducing the risk of trauma and bleeding to avoid injuries, falls, cuts, etc..
    b. Encourage patient to blow his nose slowly.
    Rational : Reduce the risk of epistaxis secondary to trauma and decrease blood clotting.
    c. Provides a soft toothbrush and avoid using toothpicks.
    Rational : Preventing trauma to the oral mucosa while good oral hygiene improved.
    d. Encourage consumption of foods with a high vitamin C content.
    Rational : Preventing trauma to the oral mucosa while good oral hygiene improved.
    e. Perform a cold compress if necessary.
    Rational : Reduce bleeding into the tissues by increasing local vasoconstriction.
    f. Take note of the location where the bleeding.
    Rational : Allows detection of new and bleeding where monitoring of previous bleeding.
    g. Using a smaller needle when injecting.
    Rational : Minimizing blood loss due to seepage and injecting many times.
    14. Give drug with caution; monitor adverse drug delivery.
    Rational : Reduce the risk of side effects that occur secondary to the inability of the damaged liver to detoxify (metabolize) the drug normally.

    Outcome criteria :
    • Show no significant bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract.
    • Show no anxiety, a feeling of fullness in the epigastrium and other indicators that show hemorrhage and shock.
    • Shows the results of the examination were negative for occult gastrointestinal bleeding.
    • Free from areas that experienced ecchymosis or hematoma formation.
    • Showed vital signs were normal.
    • Maintaining a break in a state of calm when there is active bleeding.
    • Recognizing the rationale for a blood transfusion and action to overcome the bleeding.
    • Take action to prevent the trauma (eg, use a soft toothbrush, blow slowly, avoid knock and drop, avoid straining during defecation).
    • Did not experience the side effects of drug delivery.
    • Use all medications as prescribed.
    • Recognizing rational to perform maintenance actions using all drugs.

    Nursing Care Plan for Postpartum Infections



    Definition
    Infection is associated with the proliferation of microorganisms in the human body, along with the body’s reaction to it.
    Postpartum infections (puerperal sepsis or fever after childbirth) is a clinical infection in the genital tract that occurs within 28 days after abortion or childbirth (Bobak, 2004).

    Etiology
    This infection occurs after childbirth, the bacteria enter the body at the time of the birth process. Among them, when membranes rupture before, or during labor is to become a bridge entry of germs in the body through the uterus.
    Infection can occur due to bacteria that are often found in the vagina (endogenous) or due to exposure to pathogenic agents from outside the vagina (exogenous) (Bobak, 2004). However, this infection usually does not cause disease in labor, birth or postpartum. Nearly 30 bacteria have been identified under the canals genital (vulva, vagina and cervix) at any time (Faro 1990). While some of it, including some of the fungus, are considered non pathogenic under most environments, and are at least 20, including E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus mirabilis and Klebsiella pneumoniae, are pathogenic (Tietjen, L; Bossemeyer, D, & McIntosh, N , 2004).

    Clinical Manifestations
    Rubor (redness), calor (local fever) caused vasodilation and tumor (swelling) due to exudation. Nerve endings will feel stimulated by inflammation so that there are pain (dolor). Pain and swelling will lead to physiological disorders, and common reactions include headache, fever and increased heart rate (Sjamsuhidajat, R. 1997).

    Pathophysiology
    The reaction of the body can be a local reaction and may also be the general reaction. In infections with common reaction would involve neurological and metabolic reactions occur at that light-reticular limpo throughout the body, such as the proliferation of phagocytic cells and antibody producing cell (B lymphocyte). Then the local reaction is called an acute inflammatory reaction was continued during a process of tissue destruction by trauma. When the cause of destruction of tissue can be eradicated, then the rest of the damaged tissue called debris, will be in phagocytosis and removed by the body until there is a resolution and healing. When excessive trauma, corrections phagocytic cells sometimes excessively so excessive debris collects in a cavity or abscess formation gathered in other body tissues form flegman (extensive inflammation of connective tissue).

    Prevention and Treatment
    Reduce or prevent the predisposing factors such as anemia, malnutrition and weakness and treat the illnesses suffered by the mother.
    Coitus in late pregnancy should be avoided or minimized and do be careful as it can cause rupture of the membranes. If this happens infection will easily fit in the birth canal. Avoid too long parturition and rupture length / take care that no protracted labor.
    Resolving labor with little trauma as possible.
    Injury to the vaginal birth for both action and periabdominal, cleaned, stitched as well as possible and maintain sterility.
    Prevent bleeding a lot, if there is blood loss should be replaced by a blood transfusion.
    All officers in the delivery room should cover the nose and mouth with a mask; suffering from respiratory infections are not allowed into the delivery room.
    These tools and fabrics used in childbirth, should be disinfected.
    Avoid repeated examination, do when there is a good indication to sterilization, especially if the membranes have ruptured.

    Nursing Diagnosis for Postpartum Infections
    1. Acute comfortable related to the inflammatory process.
    2. Altered Body Temperature related to an increase in the metabolic rate.
    3. Anxiety related to change in health status.

    NCP for Delusions – Risk for self-mutilation Diagnosis


    Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for self-mutilation, others and the environment related to delusions.
    General purpose:
    Clients do not injure themselves, others, and the environment.
    Specific purpose:
    1. Clients can build a trusting relationship with the nurse.
    Rationale: The relationship of trust is fundamental to facilitate the interaction.
    Nursing Interventions:
    • Construct a trusting relationship: therapeutic greetings, introduce yourself, explain the purpose of the interaction, create a quiet environment, create a clear contract (subject, time, place).
    • Do not argue and support the client’s delusions: tell the nurse receives client confidence “I accept your beliefs” with expressions received, say nurses do not support, accompanied by expressions of doubt and empathy, did not discuss the content of delusions clients.
    • Ensure clients are safe and secure: tell the nurse will accompany the client and the client is in a safe place, use the openness and honesty do not leave the client alone.
    • Observation is delusional disrupt daily activities and self-care.
    2. Clients can identify capabilities.
    Rationale: By knowing the capabilities of the client, it will allow nurses to direct the activities that are beneficial to the client rather than just thinking about it.
    Nursing Interventions:
    • Give compliments on the appearance and capabilities of clients are realistic.
    • Discuss with clients the capabilities of past and present realistic.
    • Ask the client, what is usually done, and encourage clients to do it now (linked with daily activities and self-care).
    • If the client is always talking about delusions, listen to the needs of suspicion does not exist. Show the client that the client is essential.
    3. Clients can identify unmet needs.
    Rationale: By knowing the needs of clients who have not met the nurse, can plan to meet them and pay more attention to the needs of the client, so the client feels comfortable and safe.
    Nursing Interventions:
    • Observation of daily client needs.
    • Discuss the client’s needs are not being met, either for at home or in the hospital (pain, anxiety, anger).
    • Connect the unmet needs and the emergence of delusions.
    • Increase activities that can meet the needs of clients and require time and effort (for the schedule if possible).
    • Set the circumstances that the client does not have time to use the delusions.
    4. Clients can relate to reality.
    Rationale: In reality, the client can open his mind, that the reality is more true, than on what he thinks the client, so the client can eliminate the existing delusions.
    Nursing Interventions:
    • Speaking with clients in the context of reality (self, other people, places and times).
    • Include the client in group activity therapy: reality orientation.
    • Give praise to the positive activities undertaken by the client.
    5. Clients can use the drug properly.
    Rationale: The use of medications regularly and properly, will affect the healing process and the effects and side effects of drugs.
    Nursing Interventions:
    • Discuss with the client about drug name, dosage, frequency, effects and side effects of medication.
    • Help clients use the drug with the principle of true 5 (patient name, drugs, dose, method and time).
    • Encourage clients to talk about the effects and side effects of the drug are felt.
    • Give reinforcement when the client is taking the correct medication.
    6. Clients have the support of the family.
    Rationale: Support and care of the family in caring for clients will be helping with the healing process of clients.
    Nursing Interventions:
    • Discuss with the client’s family, through family meetings about: symptoms of delusions, how to care for the client, the family and follow-up drug.
    • Give reinforcement on family involvement.


    Assessment – Nursing Care of Chest Pain


    Definition
    Chest pain comes in many varieties, ranging from a sharp stab to a dull ache. Some types of chest pain can be described as crushing or burning. In certain cases, the pain travels up the neck, pierces through to the back or radiates down one or both arms.
    Deciding the cause of chest pain is sometimes very difficult and may require blood tests, X-rays, CT scans and other tests to sort out the diagnosis. Often though, a careful history taken by the health care professional may be all that is needed to find the answer.
    Assessment conducted in nursing care of chest pain include two things, namely the primary assessment and secondary assessment.
    In the primary assessment as well as on the stage that the CPR would ABC is Airway, Breathing, Circulation. Although cardiopulmonary resuscitation phase is different when we examine a patient with chest pain. ABC is also included in assessment of primary studies are:
    Airway
    That we examine as a nurse, at this stage how the airway is among the sufferers airway clearance, if there is a blockage / buildup of secretions in the airway of patients, and how to breath sounds. Are there additional breath sounds, in these patients.

    Breathing
    That we examine in this case is: how breathing pattern of the patient, the frequency of respiratory rhythm as well as the depth and breath of the patient. Do people also use a respirator muscles, is there an additional breath sounds anyway?

    Circulation
    Which we examine in the circulation of patients with chest pain such as: vital signs which will include blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, heart rate. Moreover studied were peripheral arteries and the carotid arteries of the quality (content and voltage), Then we also examine capillary refill, if there acral Coldness, cyanosis or oliguria. And also we examine whether there is a decrease in consciousness happens.
    Secondary assessment on nursing care of chest pain. In this secondary assessment that we need to examine such as:
    Chest Pain Location
    Assessment of the location of pain may help in the diagnosis of chest pain whether it comes from the heart whether from other organs. Where to start, spreading (typical coronary chest pain: Chest pain started from sternal spread to the neck, chin or shoulder to left ulna).

    Typical of Chest Pain
    Typical chest pain from the heart such as: a feeling of fullness, heaviness such as seizures, squeezing, stabbing, choking / burning sensation. The sensation of chest pain will be felt differently in each patient’s coronary chest pain.

    Characteristics of Chest Pain
    Assessment in this section is the degree of pain, duration of pain, how often arise within a certain timeframe. This will help in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease.

    Chronology of Chest Pain
    The beginning there is pain, and the development sequence. The emergence of the current activity or whether at rest or sleeping.

    The situation at the time of the attack
    Are arise at times / conditions. Almost the same as mentioned above about the conditions at the time of chest pain attacks occurred.
    Factors that reinforce / relieve pain such as posture / body position, movement, pressure. Is chest pain relieved with rest or not?

    NCP – Bladder Cancer Nursing Care Plan


    DEFINITION
    Bladder cancer is a cancer that starts in the bladder. The bladder is the body part that holds and releases urine. It is in the center of the lower belly area.
    The World Health Organization, In 2004, developed a new grading system for bladder cancer. This system divides bladder cancers into the following groups.
    • Urothelial papilloma – noncancerous (benign) tumor
    • Papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential (PUNLMP) – slow growing and unlikely to spread
    • Low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma – slow growing and unlikely to spread
    • High-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma – more quickly growing and more likely to spread
    Symptoms include
    • Blood in your urine
    • A frequent urge to urinate
    • Pain when you urinate
    • Low back pain
    ASSESSMENT
    • Ask clients about changes in urination, note the color change, the frequency and amount of urine.
    • Hematuria with pain is the first sign of cancer blader, usually intermittent which often leads to barriers in the search for diagnostic services.
    • Due to disease progression, clients experience iritable bladder, with dysuria. Finally gross hematuria, obstruction or vistula encourage clients to seek treatment.
    NURSING DIAGNOSIS AND INTERVENTION
    1. Risk for injury related to radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
    Expected outcomes:
    • Clients do not develop problems associated with radiation therapy and chemotherapy
    Characterized by the absence of hemorrhagic cystitis.
    Intervention:
    • Giving anti-spasmodic.
    • Increased fluid intake.
    • Provision for cystitis urinary tract antiseptic.
    • Clients with proctitis, requires a low-fiber diet and agents to reduce intestinal motility.
    2. Knowledge Deficit related to diagnostic tests, surgery and urinary diversion.
    Expected outcomes:
    • Clients understand the diagnostic, surgical and treatment of urinary diversion.
    Characterized by client statement and demonstration of the ability to maintain.
    Intervention:
    • Prepare preoperatively, clients who experience urinary diversion.
    • Education about urinary diversion.
    • Encourage acceptance of the facts and results of urinary elimination through the skin of the rectum or stoma special.
    • Prepare general physical and emotional.
    • Note the gastrointestinal tract: non residue diet for a few days, intestinal sterilization, enema.
    • Advise clients to prevent skin contact with urine, to prevent skin irritation due to urinary diversion.
    • Clean the stoma with soap and water and then dried at any urine bag replacement.
    3. Impaired Urinary Elimination (dysuria) related to the tumor.
    Expected outcomes:
    • Clients will be diagnosed early to eliminate dysuria.
    Intervention:
    • Installation of indwelling catheters.
    • CBI to prevent blood clot
    • Intervention in TUR – P (input fluids, analgesics and antispasmodics as needed)
    4. Impaired Skin Integrity related to peristomal irritation.
    Expected outcomes:
    • Clients will not thrive on disruption of skin integrity, or peristomal irritation.
    Characterized by skin intact and clean
    Intervention:
    • Check the pH of the urine
    • Check the bag of urine to leak and whether the skin sensitive to the material.
    • Change bags for not leaking (too often replaced cause irritation).
    • During replaced bags allow contact with air as possible.
    • Give nystatin at around stoma.

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