Sepsis- effects on baby

[stargirl018]

Hi everyone, i'm doing a care plan on a mom that had cholecystitis that led to sepsis. I was thinking of a good diagnosis for the baby (in utero) and I was thinking of risk for infection, but I am being a little iffy on this one- what do you guys think?

[klone, MSN, RN]

What can happen to a pregnant woman if she develops sepsis?

[stargirl018]

sepsis in a pregnant woman can lead to multiple organ failure, including respiratory and renal. Inevitably according to evidence, the respiratory failure can then increase chances of preterm labor

[klone, MSN, RN]

sepsis in a pregnant woman can lead to multiple organ failure, including respiratory and renal. Inevitably according to evidence, the respiratory failure can then increase chances of preterm labor

There you go....I would go from there

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

sepsis in a pregnant woman can lead to multiple organ failure, including respiratory and renal. Inevitably according to evidence, the respiratory failure can then increase chances of preterm labor

What would those other things lead to?

Hint: You should be looking at the Safety section of your NANDA-I 2015-2017, because you are looking at all risks to the baby. You have no actual data to indicate the fetus is affected by anything bad yet, or at least you haven't mentioned any. However, you can make a Risk for... diagnoses on existing risk factors and you do mention those.

About Risk for” diagnoses:

First: "Risk for" nursing diagnoses are very often properly placed first, as safety ranks above all of the physiological needs in Maslow's hierarchy. You aren't asking specifically for a ranking in Maslow's hierarchy, but you should think about it. What are nurses for if not to protect a patient's safety?

Second: It is a fallacy that "risk for..." nursing diagnosis is somehow lesser or not "real." If you look in your NANDA-I 2015-2017, there is a whole section on Safety, and almost all of the nursing diagnoses in that section are "risk for..." diagnoses. However, because NANDA-I has learned that nursing faculty is often responsible for this fallacy, the language on these has recently been revisited and was changed to include "Vulnerable to ..." in the defining characteristics the current edition.