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Does anyone have a good nursing dx for a pt who has uncontrollable diarrhea with C. difficile?

I was thinking something about self esteem or body image related to loss of control of normal body function?

Any ideas

Thanks,

Melanie

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Specializes in Inpatient Acute Rehab.

What about ...

Dehydration, potential for related to diarrhea secondary to c.diff?

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What about:

Deficient Fluid Volume or

Risk for Impaired Skin Integity or

Imbalanced Nutrition:Less than body requirements

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Specializes in LDRP.

Well, the nursing dx "Diarrhea" comes to mind

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My first thought was fluid volume deficit.

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My first thought was fluid volume deficit.

Yep, me too. And previous poster makes a good point, you might want to use Diarrhea as well :rolleyes:

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Specializes in Cath Lab, OR, CPHN/SN, ER.

Yeah, diarrhea, fluid volume deficit, skin integrity, patient's comfort, disturbed sleep, imbalanced nutrition...

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i just finished a nursing dx for a person with c-diff and i used fluid volume deficit, imblanced nutrition, and impaired skin integrity

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Specializes in critical care; community health; psych.

You can also use infection r/t diarrhea AEB positive c diff culture.

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