Nursing Care Plan for Covid Patients

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What are the recommended nursing care plan for covid clients experiencing mild signs and symptoms?

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
3 hours ago, helpmepassnursing. said:

hello, what can you guys suggest for a risk nursing care plan for a covid client experiencing mild symptoms.. she's also asthmatic

Tell us what you are thinking and then we will give you feedback. We're not going to do your homework for you.

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Specializes in Emergency.

I’ll help you but need more info:

How old is the patient?

What are their symptoms?

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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I made two diagnosis: 1. Risk for impaired spontaneous ventilaiton related to presence of existing infection (covid 19) 

and the other is wellness diagnosis since I jus realized we were asked come up with either. So its Readiness for enhanced nutrition related to desire to enhance nutritional status

 

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2 minutes ago, emtb2rn said:

I’ll help you but need more info:

How old is the patient?

What are their symptoms?

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

She's 20 years old.  the common symptoms (runny nose, cough, loss of taste and smell) but she used to workout a lot then she stopped because she easily feel too tired and lost a lot of weight, her bmi is 17.5 

It wasn't indicated on the assessment we were given. 

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Specializes in Emergency.
8 minutes ago, helpmepassnursing. said:

I made two diagnosis: 1. Risk for impaired spontaneous ventilaiton related to presence of existing infection (covid 19) 

and the other is wellness diagnosis since I jus realized we were asked come up with either. So its Readiness for enhanced nutrition related to desire to enhance nutritional status

 

I’m an er nurse who’s been using the medical model for years, what exactly do your nursing diagnosis mean?

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12 minutes ago, helpmepassnursing. said:

she used to workout a lot then she stopped because she easily feel too tired and lost a lot of weight, her bmi is 17.5 

There is quite a list of diagnoses that could be relevant to Covid-19 infection in general. But I'm thinking of two that directly flow from this information ^

The first diagnosis you chose is appropriate. The second is okay but is probably not the best one for this specific nutritional situation.

Do you have your NANDA reference handy?

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For the first diagnosis, it means covid 19 puts a person at risk for impaired ventilation  by reducing energy reserves results to inability to maintain breathing needed to support life (source is nanda by murr, moorhouse and doenges, 15th ED) 

 

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1 minute ago, JKL33 said:

There is quite a list of diagnoses that could be relevant to Covid-19 infection in general. But I'm thinking of two that directly flow from this information ^

The first diagnosis you chose is appropriate. The second is okay but is probably not the best one for this specific nutritional situation.

Do you have your NANDA reference handy?

Yeahhh I wasn't able to find any diagnosis suitable for her nutrition. 

I don't have my books with me RN

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Well, I will give you some commentary about the nutrition-related dx you chose. In my opinion it is more appropriate for someone for whom emotional/mental readiness/receptiveness has been the main issue. When they indicate that they are ready to work on nutritional health, the dx could be used.

For a patient who has a physiologic nutritional problem (aka imbalance) and has lost weight and is underweight secondary to an ongoing physiologic process there is another better diagnosis. If you're "into" nursing care plans, this is important because it drives you in the direction of understanding what interventions are appropriate. Going back to the diagnosis you chose, is a personal feeling of readiness the main thing that is going to get this patient's nutrition back on track? No.

How many dx do you have to choose?

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Specializes in Emergency.

Vital signs are?

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Just a first impression:  how can a person have a readiness for better nutrition when all they can concentrate on is getting that next breath?  JMHO

Sorry! Reread your OP --  mild.  My comment above probably does not apply here.

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