Nursing Interventions for Bronchiectasis
September 6, 2010 | In: Nursing Interventions
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Nursing Interventions: Bronchiectasis
- Provide supportive care and help the patient adjust to the lifestyle changes that irreversible lung damage necessitates.
- Administer antibiotics, as ordered, and record the patient’s response to this medication.
- Give oxygen as needed.
- Perform chest physiotherapy, including postural drainage and chest percussion for involved lobes, several times per day, especially in the early morning and before bedtime.
- Provide a warm, quiet, comfortable environment. Also help the patient to alternate rest and activity periods.
- Give the patient well balanced, high calorie meals.
- Offer small, frequent meals or nutritional supplements.
- Make sure the patient receives adequate hydration to help thin secretions and promote easier removal.
- Give frequent mouth care to remove foul-smelling sputum.
- Provide the patient with tissues and waxed bag in which to dispose contaminated tissues.
- Monitor the patient’s respiratory rate and pattern regularly.
- Assess gas exchange by monitoring ABG values as ordered.
- Observe the patient’s breath sounds and sputum production for changes that might indicate a respiratory infection or worsening condition.