The patient's temperature was 38.6°C. The nursing care plan aimed to decrease the patient's temperature to 37.5°C within 1 hour and return vital signs to normal range within 4 hours through interventions like tepid sponge baths, oral fluids, and antipyretics as needed.
The patient's temperature was 38.6°C. The nursing care plan aimed to decrease the patient's temperature to 37.5°C within 1 hour and return vital signs to normal range within 4 hours through interventions like tepid sponge baths, oral fluids, and antipyretics as needed.
The patient's temperature was 38.6°C. The nursing care plan aimed to decrease the patient's temperature to 37.5°C within 1 hour and return vital signs to normal range within 4 hours through interventions like tepid sponge baths, oral fluids, and antipyretics as needed.
The patient's temperature was 38.6°C. The nursing care plan aimed to decrease the patient's temperature to 37.5°C within 1 hour and return vital signs to normal range within 4 hours through interventions like tepid sponge baths, oral fluids, and antipyretics as needed.
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JH CERILLES STATE COLLEGE
in consortium with Western Mindanao State University West Capitol Road, Balangasan District, Pagadian City
PATIENT INITIALS : DATE :
STUDENT NURSE : AREA of ROTATION : YEAR LEVEL and BATCH : CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR :
NURSING CARE PLAN
ASSESSMENT DIAGNOSIS PLANNING INTERVENTION RATIONALE EVALUATION Subjective Short Term Independent Short Term ”Nurse, murag gihilantan After 1 hour of 1. Monitor vital signs. Vital signs provide After 1 hour of akong anak” as Elevated body appropriate nursing more accurate appropriate nursing verbalized by the temperature intervention the indication of core intervention the significant other. patient’s temperature temperature. patient’s temperature related to disease will decrease to decreases to 37.5oC. Objective process 37.5oC. 2. Provide tepid sponge TSB helps in Temperature: 38.6C bath. Do not use lowering the body Long Term RR: 26cycle per Long Term alcohol. temperature and After 4 hours of minute After 4 hours of alcohol cools the appropriate nursing appropriate nursing skin too rapidly, intervention the Hot, flushed skin intervention the causing shivering. patient’s vital signs Increased respiratory patient’s vital signs Shivering increases has returned to normal rate will return to normal metabolic rate and range; with a Diaphoresis range; with a body temperature temperature of 36.5- temperature of 36.5- 37.5oC,pulse rate of Warm to touch 37.5oC,pulse rate of 60-100bpm and 60-100bpm and 3. Remove excess These decrease respiratory rate of 12- respiratory rate of clothing and covers. warmth and increase 20 cycles per min. 12-20 cycles per evaporative cooling. min. 4. Promote a well- To promote clear ventilated area to flow of air in the patient. patient’s area. One way of promoting heat loss. 5. Advise patient to Additional fluids increase oral fluid help prevent elevated intake. temperature associated with dehydration.
6. Maintain bed rest. Reduce metabolic
demands/ oxygen consumption
7. Provide high-calorie To meet increased
diet. metabolic demands.
8. Educate and advise Teaching the
support system Support system the (relative) to do TSB right way to do TSB when patient feels will help in knowing hot. what to do in case - Luke warm water the patient’s only. temperature - Make sure that increases armpits and groins were included in doing TSB.
9. Monitored VS and To know the
recheck. effectiveness of nursing interventions done and to know the progress of patient’s condition. Dependent These drugs inhibit 10. Provide antipyretic the prostaglandin medications as that serve as indicated. mediators of pain and fever.