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Nursing Care for Dehydration and Pneumonia

   

Added on  2020-02-23

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Running Head: NURSINGNursing Name of the StudentName of the University Author Note
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1NURSINGIntroduction The paper deals with the case study of a 78-year-old patient who was admitted fromhome with a medical diagnosis of pneumonia and dehydration. The handover details indicate thepatient to be out of the bed 3 times a day and must be given regular diet as tolerated. The patientmust be administered with oxygen 2LPM per nasal canula. The vital sign report showsTemperature of 100.8 F, heart rate 88, respiratory rate 18, BP100/68, with oxygen saturation of91% and tenting at the clavicle. The patent has been reported with productive cough with green -yellow sputum. The paper will focus on the NANDA nursing diagnosis “Deficient of fluidvolume”. Nursing diagnosis The three nursing diagnoses for this case study are- ineffective airway clearance, activityintolerance, and deficient in fluid volume. The chosen nursing diagnosis for discussion in thispaper is fluid deficient volume. Deficient of fluid volume- Nursing three part diagnosis statement The problem of the fluid volume deficiency due to dehydration in the patient is evidentfrom the excessive fluid loss from the vomiting, urination, fever, shortness of breath, andlow blood pressure. The patient is moving out of bed three times a day and is no able to toleratethe food as physician as instructed to provide him diets that can be tolerated. The evidencepertaining to the situation is collected from literature that supports the chosen diagnosis and isdiscoursed in subsequent sections.
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