Have you had a kidney infection or can you describe in 3 words what a kidney infection/acute pyelonephritis feels like?
I am collecting words to build a word cloud (you can google to see examples) to share with pediatricians and pediatric nurses and help explain what children under 2 years of age must be feeling when they have a kidney infection. These babies and toddlers are too young to tell us...so will you help?
When we complete the project, I will share the cloud...hopefully it will be good!
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This is similar to a recent post of mine that was confusing, so I'm reposting more clearly.
If you have had a kidney infection are you willing to share words to explain how you felt and your experience? Your emotions or distress at the time.
You can also add words on behalf of someone who has had a kidney infection. Like a friend or relative...or words that you have heard patients say.
Try to think of 3 or more words that describe how you or the person with the infection felt.
I will take the words and create a word cloud and share it back, for example: word cloud
Some ideas for the types of words: Excruciating, agonizing, painful, nauseating...
Thanks for your help.
Your link redirected me to a site where you can purchase stock clip art with these words. Is this something that health care professionals are supposed to purchase to show patients?
This word cloud is for a homework assignment that I am doing along with another nurse. It can be difficult to find people who have had kidney infections since it isn't really a long term event or related to an underlying problem usually. Our idea was to ask other nurses who may have experience with patients and can quote words that were used or even some nurses may have had one in the past. The idea is to use real words...rather than make them up.
The poll was kind of unrelated and just meant to be interesting. Catheterization is not taught in regular school and some nurses end up in pediatrician office practice but do not feel comfortable doing them...especially in baby girls where the landmarks are different.
Two research posters at the Am Urol Assoc meeting showed that some parents refused catheterization to collect urine from their little ones...but one showed that those who allowed the procedure were okay with it afterwards.
I don't expect that this is totally relevant to you though, as an oncology nurse, unless you've had a kidney infection and want to share your experience.
It's a knawing pain that is both sharp and dull at the same time that is a back ache but it is so much more because there is just nothing you can do to alleviate the pain yourself as you could do with a normal back ache. Plus you feel nauseated and the pain just makes you want to break in half.
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
OP, I have taken care of people, adult and pediatric, in various settings, so I have experience. We were taught adult and pediatric catheterization in my nursing program.
I was trying to clarify what it was you were trying to do. As you don't want ideas from an oncology nurse, I will bow out.
I had a kidney infection about 2 weeks ago. It was ecoli so it came on suddenly. I thought I had a UTI and by the next morning it was into my kidneys. I had a fever, chills, became very lethargic, and had terrible back pain, in additions to all of the UTI symptoms. I was also throwing up. Horrible nausea and vomiting. They gave me a rocephin shot in the office along with some Zofran to stop the vomiting. Then I took Levaquin at home for 10 days and the Zofran for the N/V. That shot started to work in a couple of hours. I was amazed. I did vomit for 2 days though. I was miserable and it took me a good week to get my energy back and start to function again.
Those are the three words I thought when I had a kidney infection. I was a little dramatic at 15.
Seriously, it felt like sharp pain just over my left buttock, plus a band of severe dull pain going along my back just above my hipbones. It hurt to walk. I was severely nauseated and vomited for a good week. I lost twenty pounds. (Not an exaggeration.)
Also, when my involved flank was touched, it put me on the floor. I had to be careful putting on tight clothes.
What is the purpose of the "word cloud"? It does not make sense because pain is subjective. You are saying how would you describe a 2 year olds pain to an adult? Heck I have no idea. I think if an infant is screaming and has a kidney infection then 2 + 2 = 4. I am not even sure a parent would want to hear "your child is in excruitating, agnonizing, writhing, miserable pain".
This is an assignment in nursing school? Maybe I just don't get it.
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