Question

Your patient is an 8 year old who has recently come to the emergency department presenting with an asthma attack. He has received medication and is breathing much better now. (Feel free to add more details if you prefer). You have worked with your clinical instructor and decided the following would be an appropriate nursing diagnosis:

Nursing Diagnosis: Anxiety related to threat to current status (difficulty breathing, perceived or actual loss of control, fear of suffocation) as evidenced by restlessness, increase in heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.

Question: For the above nursing diagnosis, develop a general teaching plan for your patient. Be sure to include expected patient outcomes and nursing interventions/rationales. Please include some patient teaching specifically related to an asthma action plan for the patient.

Answer 1

Our 8 year old asthma patient has Anxiety , difficulty breathing , fear of suffocation ,restlessness , increase heart rate , respiratory rate , and blood pressure.

Patient do stay away from this : -

1. Dust

2. Polluted area.

3. Pet.

4. Crowd area.

5. Bad smell or irritated smell

6. Dn't use bleaching powder.

7. Ice water.

8. Cold weather conditions

9. Restless

10. Sleepless

patient must be do this : -

1. Drink hot water

2. Use ginger - help removal of mucus from

Lungs and airway.

3. Sleep at least 6- 8hr

4. Take rest .

5. Stay in free area.

TREATMENT :-

1. Medication ( inhalation , tablet s)

2. Keep your medical test ( PFT , Ige )

3. Do respiratory exercise :-

a. Pursed lip breathing.

b. Diaphragmatic breathing.

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