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 […]
Nursing Interventions: Breast Cancer Always evaluate the patient’s feelings about her illness and determine her level of knowledge and expectations. Administer analgesics for pain as needed. Perform comfort measures to promote relaxation and to relieve anxiety. If immobility develops late in the disease, prevent complications by frequently repositioning the patient, using a convoluted foam mattress. […]
Nursing Interventions: Bladder Cancer Encourage the patient to express feelings and concerns about the extent of the cancer. To relieve discomfort administer ordered analgesics for pain as necessary. Implement comfort measures and provide distractions that will enable the patient to relax. As appropriate, implement measures to prevent or alleviate complications of treatment. Monitor the patient’s […]
Nursing Interventions: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Prepare the patient for diagnostic tests and surgery as appropriate. Obtain a urine culture if UTI is suspected. Administer antibiotics as ordered for UTI, urethral procedures that involve instruments, and cystoscopy. If urine retention occurs, insert an indwelling catheter. Monitor and record the patient’s vital signs, intake, output, and daily […]
Nursing Interventions: Atelectasis Encourage the patient to perform coughing and deep-breathing exercises every 1 to 2 hours. Help the patient use an incentive spirometer to encourage deep breathing. Gently reposition the patient often and help him walk as soon as possible. Administer adequate analgesics to control pain. Humidify inspired air and encourage adequate fluid intake […]
Nursing Interventions: Asthma Maintain respiratory function and relieve bronchoconstriction while allowing mucus plug expulsion. Control exercise-induced asthma by having the patient sit down, rest, and use diaphragmatic and pulse-lip breathing until shortness of breath subsides. Supervise the patient’s drug regimen. Demonstrate the proper use of metered doe inhaler properly. Reassure the patient during an asthma […]
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