Question

An adolescent client recovering from an adrenalectomy is experiencing confusion, nausea and vomiting, and a fever. Which should the nurse recommend to the parents?

1.

Increase oral fluid intake

2.

Seek immediate medical attention

3.

Offer ginger ale and soda crackers

4.

Provide an over-the-counter antipyretic medication

Answer 1

An adolescent client recovering from adrenalectomy is experiencing confusion, nausea and vomiting, and a fever. Then the Seek immediate medical attention.

Answer - 2. Seek immediate medical attention

nausea and vomiting, and fever is a clear sign of infection, Confusion may be due to many factors like hypotension and other hormonal imbalance. So, it requires immediate medical attention and diagnosis of problems.

Home remedies like ginger ale and soda crackers and over the counter medication does not cures the root cause it only cure symptoms, it also can worsen the condition so, nurse should advice the patient to get medical attention.