Maria Hernandez is an 80-year-old Hispanic female. She is widowed and lives alone in a senior housing apartment. Her two children live out of state. She spends most days watching television, rarely leaving her apartment. Mrs. Hernandez was admitted for surgical debridement of a non-healing sacral ulcer, which has been present for several months. Please answer the questions based on this scenarion.
1.What are some non-pharmacological measures that can be used for pain relief in care for this patient?
2. What vital signs could be indicative of complications for this patient?
3. Based on what you’ve learned about the nursing process, describe one applicable nursing diagnosis,
treatments, and nursing considerations for this diagnosis.
1. Non pharmacological measures used for pain relief
* Psychosocial therapy
* Provide emotional support to reduce anxiety level of patient to maintain comfort
which help to reduce pain.
* Body massage
* Massages help to improve circulation to all part of the body which is useful in
reducing pain.
* TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation)
* It is a type of electrical neurostimulation with the help of electric current produced
by a device to stimulate nerves for pain relief.
* Avoiding pressure over the wounded area through position change is useful to reduce pain.
2. Rise in temperature is an indicator of infections or complications of ulcers like sepsis,osteomyelitis
so measuring body temperature is useful to identify the complications of non-healing pressure ulcer.
3. Nursing diagnosis
* Acute pain related to non healing pressure ulcer.
Treatment
* Use of analgestics to reduce pain.
* Physiotherapy to improve circulation and manage pain.
* Topical pain relievers such as creams,lotions etc.
Nursing considerations
* Assess the pain level of the patient using a pain scale and provide psychological support
to control pain.
* Apply wound dressings and reduce pressure over the wound by position change.
* Provide body massage over back of the patient to reduce pain level.
* Participate relatives in patient care and effective communication to reduce anxiety level
of patient.
* Promote patient to do muscle relaxation exercises to reduce pain level.
Maria Hernandez is an 80-year-old Hispanic female. She is widowed and lives alone in a senior...
Maria Hernandez is an 80-year-old Hispanic female. She is widowed and lives alone in a senior housing apartment. Her two children live out of state. She spends most days watching television, rarely leaving her apartment. Mrs. Hernandez was admitted for surgical debridement of a non-healing sacral ulcer, which has been present for several months. 1. What are some non-pharmacological measures that can be used for pain relief in care for this patient? 2. What vital signs could be indicative of...
Maria Hernandez is an 80-year-old Hispanic female. She is widowed and lives alone in a senior housing apartment. Her two children live out of state. She spends most days watching television, rarely leaving her apartment. Mrs. Hernandez was admitted for surgical debridement of a non-healing sacral ulcer, which has been present for several months. Here is the scenrio can someone please give me a paragraph for these following questions that go with the scenario..... 1.What are some non-pharmacological measures that...
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