Nursing on pneumonia.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Nursing on pneumonia [Keywords:] pneumonia care 1. Nursing assessment (1) assess the cause of pneumonia causes more pneumonia caused by different types of causes are different. Such as bacterial pneumonia, fungal pneumonia, viral pneumonia are caused by different pathogens, the treatment difference. In addition, disease-related pneumonia, such as HIV-related pneumonia, systemic lupus erythematosus pneumonia, signs and symptoms are different. Which nurses should focus on the assessment of relevant risk factors. (2) condition assessment of the different stages of pneumonia, symptoms in different patients to grasp the extent of disease progression, to detect changes in condition, such as fever, chest pain, coughing, difficulty breathing, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and so on. especially when the fever patients had decreased blood pressure, respiration and peripheral circulation disorders faster, be paid special attention to the assessment of vital signs, to prevent the occurrence of shock. (3) assessment of health behavior and psychological state of patients for the needs of disease-related knowledge, understanding of disease prevention knowledge in the patient, such as colds, improve nutrition and help the lungs expand position requirements. Pneumonia patients may generate anxiety, irritability , Department of tension or worry about other psychological problems, need to focus on to determine the time of severe pneumonia, shock psychiatric symptoms and psychological problems caused by illness, should be treated differently to prevent delay in diagnosis and treatment of illness and treatment. 2. Nursing diagnosis for patients with common problems nursing diagnosis can be made the following (1) ineffective airway clearance and sputum viscosity related to excessive secretions. (2) impaired gas exchange and alveolar capillary membrane inflammation. (3) malnutrition, less than body requ