GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Write one Nursing Care Plan from each of the case studies
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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Write one Nursing Care Plan from each of the case studies beginning with chapter 37 case study 2 your choice. Total 5 NCPs
Chapter 37: Nursing Care of the Child With an Infectious or Communicable Disorder
1. Mrs. Acton, the mother of 6-year-old Christina, calls the physician’s office to speak to the nurse. Mrs. Acton is concerned because Christina went to a birthday party 8 days ago and was exposed to the chickenpox. (Learning Objectives 4 and 5)
a. What information would be appropriate to give to Mrs. Acton?
b. What data would be important for the nurse to gather when speaking with Mrs.
Acton?
The rubric you will be grade by is:
Medical Diagnosis:
1) Definition of medical diagnosis ___________________________5
Etiology/pathophysiology
2) Common sign/symptoms ___________________________5
3) Potential complications ___________________________5
4) Expected assessment findings: __________________________10
Head to toe assessment
5) Diagnostic studies/labs __________________________5 Normal values
Expected abnormalities
6) All NANDA Nursing Diagnoses _________________________10
7) Develop 3 NANDA Priority Nursing diagnosis __________________________10
8) State patient goals/plan
nursing diagnosis __________________________10
9) Write interventions for your plan __________________________10
10) Scientific rationale for interventions __________________________5
11) Write how you would evaluate your plan
what potentially may need
revision __________________________10
12) List of medications typical for the __________________________15
medical diagnosis
usual dosage
side effect
educational considerations
Explanation / Answer
a)The following information can be given to the mother
b) The following information has to be collected from mother
1) Definition, etiology pathophysiology
Chickenpox is a viral infection caused by varicella zoster on exposure to it ,by direct contact ,low immunity .It enters the victim by air droplet infection weakens immune system leading to signs and symptoms
After the virus enters the person it starts production of immunoglobulin M, Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin A antibodies ,it acts as a immune power life long.The virus may spread from mucosa and epithelial cells to sensory nerves.Then it remains in a latent period,if the person is expired to the virus in future may develop herpes.
2) signs and symptoms
3)Complications
4) Expected assessment finding
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