respiratory infection
Diseases Process
Instructed patient on signs and symptoms that indicate a need for suctioning include: Seeing mucus in the opening of the trach tube or hearing mucus in the airway Increased respiratory
rate or effort Retractions (which is seen when the skin between the ribs pulls in while breathing.
Instructed patient on treatment of COPD oral medications, nebulizer medications, inhalers, pursed lip breathing, percussion therapy, oxygen therapy, and avoiding respiratory
irritants.
Instructed in S/S of possible urinary tract infection
such as back pain, burning, oliguria, dysuria, retention, fever, etc.
Instructed in materials used in wound care. However, even with proper treatment, a wound infection
may occur. Check the wound daily for signs of infection
like increased drainage or bleeding from the wound that won’t stop with direct pressure, redness in or around the wound, foul odor or pus coming from the wound, increased swelling around the wound and ever above 101.0°F or shaking chills.
Instructed patient about S/S of possible urinary tract infection
, such as, back pain, burning, oliguria, dysuria, retention, fever, etc.
Instructed patient about infection
, which is the invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues.
Instructed patient on how an infection
may cause symptoms or not. This presence or absence of symptoms is caused by the microorganism's injury to the body's cell or by the body response to the invasion.
Instructed patient about what happens when the body's defense system is effective. In that case the infection
may remain localized and temporary, producing only mild, treatable symptoms.
Instructed patient that if the infection
persists and spreads it can progress to an acute or chronic disease.
Instructed patient about the most common types of infection
in diabetic patients, for example: skin, subcutaneous tissue, and renal and pulmonary infection
s.