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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   Thx! Besides, I am confused about the intervention to relieve pain for the IV infiltration of 5% dextrose. I am wondering whether if a cold compress or warm compress would be appropriate for pain relief. Since answers from the internet are different...
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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   I am going to do postoperative pain management, I am planning to prescribe IV Ibuprofen 400-800mg Q6H if necessary only. Since the patient can't take medicine orally, IV of NSAID is necessary. And among NSAIDs that can be prescribed through IV, Ibu...
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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   Sorry but I am not sure about this, is it pneumonia? s/s rapid breathing? Actually I still have some concerns about ineffective airway clearance, suppose that there should be a decline in SpO2 level but in this case, it is 100% which is normal. If I ...
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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   So positioning is also a related factor of ineffective airway clearance. Thx for your guide! Also, I am going to add one more ND for hypertension. Decreased cardiac output is related to the hx of hypertension (also wound pain?) as evidenced by BP 148...
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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   But I have just read some researches and they mentioned that mucus form and retain with the effect of anesthetic and analgesics. And those drugs will also depress the action of cilia on the lining of the respiratory tract, so as to reduce the effecti...
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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   should it be shallow in supine? Also here is another one. Activity intolerance is related to the pain from the surgery site and infusion site, and the prolonged bed rest needed during the initial postoperative period of the abdominal surgery as evide...
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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   Here are all the nursing diagnoses I have noticed. Thank you for your help! Acute pain is related to the initial postoperative period of the abdominal surgery, secondary to IV infiltration and the past health history of Intermittent episodes of gout,...
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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   OK I will give it a look. I just noticed some e-book might also give me a help. Thank you for your help!
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   Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

   NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

   Should be high just after surgery less than 96 hrs? Sorry but I dun have it. I have seen it in school library but I dun have it at home
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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

    Sorry but the case doesn't mention this. It writes "she has just had an abdominal surgery".
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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

    because her IV stopped running and she complained to me that the IV is hurting her?
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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

    Impaired tissue integrity is related to leakage of intravenous solution into surrounding tissue as evidenced by swelling and pollar around the infusion site. Acute pain is related to the IV infiltration, secondary to the abdominal surgery and past he...
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    Different between ineffective airway clearance and ineffective breathing pattern

    NG KIU HO posted a topic in General Students

    May anyone further explains what is the difference between ineffective airway clearance and ineffective breathing pattern? Once I ask my teachers the same question for a care plan related to pneumonia, and she said both should be OK.
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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

    The respiratory range for an adult should be 12-20 per minute. But she is having 26 breaths per minute which might because of the pain from her insertion site? With a history of hypertension, I think it is reasonable for her of having 148/62. For rel...
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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    NG KIU HO replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Student Assist

    Of course I have done many researches for the IV infiltration. But except infiltration, I can’t find any others problem that is needed to be concerned or I don’t know that they are related. I am wondering whether if I have missed anything or another ...