The patient had a fever of 38.8 C, increased heart rate, and weakness. The nurse provided tepid sponge baths, oral hydration, bed rest with a fan, and monitored vital signs to lower the patient's temperature and treat their infection. The patient's activity intolerance was addressed by encouraging light exercise, monitoring blood pressure, and administering medications to reduce hypertension as prescribed.
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NCP of Fever and Hypertension
The patient had a fever of 38.8 C, increased heart rate, and weakness. The nurse provided tepid sponge baths, oral hydration, bed rest with a fan, and monitored vital signs to lower the patient's temperature and treat their infection. The patient's activity intolerance was addressed by encouraging light exercise, monitoring blood pressure, and administering medications to reduce hypertension as prescribed.
Subjective: Altered body After 30 mins. Of Independent: - Enhances heat loss After 30 mins on “Pabalik- balik po yung temperature related to nursing intervention by evaporation and effective nursing lagnat niya” as diseases process as the client will maintain - Provide tepid sponge bath conduction intervention the client verbalized by the SO evidenced by core temperature - Assess fluid loss and facilitate - Increases metabolic was able to maintain temperature of within normal range of oral intake. rate and core temperature of patient is 38.8 C 37.0 C from 38.8 - Promote bed rest diaphoresis. 37.0 C Objective: - Provide cool circulating air - Reduces body heat - Warm to touch using a fan production. - Flushed skin - Assist patient in changing into - Dissipates heat by - Temp = 38.8 C dry clothing convection - Increase RR = 31 - Provide oral hygiene - Increases comfort - Monitor vital signs. - Prevents herpetic Dependent: lesions of the mouth - Maintain IV fluids as ordered - Notes progresses by the physician. and changes - Administer anti-pyretic as condition ordered. - Prevents - Administered antibiotic as dehydration ordered - Reduces fever Collaborative: - Treats underlying - Monitor hematologic test and cause other pertinent lab records. - Indicates presence - Discuss condition of the patient of infection and with others members of the dehydration health care team. - Ensures continuous intervention. ASSESSMENT NURSING DIAGNOSIS PLANNING NURSING INTERVENTIONS RATIONALE EVALUATION Subjective: Activity intolerance related The patient will be able to - Monitor the patients - This helps in The patient was able to “mataas ang presyon ko, to the disease process tolerate easy exercises vital signs especially getting the base tolerate exercises by the nanghihina pati ako”. As evidenced by the patient and will be able to know the blood pressure information of time they left the hospital verbalized by the patient. verbalizing that they get what exercises they able every two hours. how the patient tired easily when performing to do by the time they - encourage patient to is performing. relatively easy tasks. leave the hospital decrease intake of - May indicate caffeine, cola and cyanide toxicity Objective: chocolates from increasing - Weakness - Monitor for sudden intracranial - Pale in color onset of chest pain. pressure - skin cool to touch - May indicate - BP= 140/90 - Teach the patient dissecting aortic relatively easy aneurysm. exercises like - So that they stretching, walking. stopover - Refer the patient to straining their a physiotherapist so heart with heavy that they can exercises. continue to teach - So that they give the patient on what them more exercises they are assistance with able to do without the exercises. overstressing the - These drugs heart reduce the work Dependent: load of the heart. - Administer - This reduces the medications that anxiety of the reduce the patient so hypertension as reduces the prescribed by a stress. medical doctor. - Reassure the patient that they would improve.
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