Risk for Infection nursing diagnosis question

[starlightgoddess]

I am a nursing student working on a list of nursing diagnosis for my client. The toddler had I&D on an area of cellulitis and was given vancomycin IV q 8 hrs. Since vancomycin can cause superinfection with C. diff, would it be wrong to use risk for infection?

Thanks

[AggieNurse99, BSN, RN]

Ok. Look up Daytonite's care planning posts. To come up with a nursing diagnosis, you must first assess the pt. You can usually use risk for infection, but it is not usually one of the more important problems facing a patient. So a toddler has cellulitis somewhere. He/she has an IV. Getting Vanc. Does anything else abnormal show up on your assessment? Maybe a better priority would be to monitor vanc troughs. Pain r/t blood draws. Esp. with kids you need to focus on development/psychosocial too.

[starlightgoddess]

Sorry, maybe I didn't make myself clear enough. I have to come up with a list of 10 nursing diagnosis and then complete a care plan on one of them. Risk for infection will not be on the care plan. I just wondered if the nursing diagnosis of "Risk for Infection" could be used when the client has an actual infection but is at risk for other infections.

[Sendana]

Sure, if the client is on antibiotic therapy or is immunosuppressed.