Your patient is a 35-year-old African American female patient that has allergic
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Your patient is a 35-year-old African American female patient that has allergic rhinitis. Her prescriptions include loratadine 5mg/day and fluticasone two nasal inhalations per day. Previously she had taken OTC drugs and asked if she could continue to take the OTC drugs with her prescription. She has never used a nasal inhaler before. She is admitted to your unit with a fever of 103? and you are supposed to take care of her. Write a care plan for this patient, providing six goals each with non-pharmacological interventions and scientific rationales that you would use. Present your interventions and scientific rationales in the form of a table in the attached word document.
Explanation / Answer
The following are the plan of non pharmacological care which can be done to this 35 year female patient with allergic rhinitis
Goals Intervention Rationale Impaired thermo regulation related to increased body temperature- Cold /tapid sponge
- Increase fluid intake
- cold blankets
- brings down body temperature
- prevents temperature to be raised
- Steam inhaltion
- encourage breathing excercise
- provide good ventilaion
- Monitor saturation level if needed
- relieves blockage
- enhances lung function
- avoids allergens
- Hand hygiene
- Healthy diet
- prevents nosocomial,cross infection
- improves immunity
- Provide calm and quiet environment
- Comfortable position
- induces sleep
- Encorages breathing pattern
- Asses for any reactions
- Symptomatic treatment can be given
- Inform about not to use OTC
- may lead to life threatening side effects
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