1- Apply wound dressing. |
2- Do debridement. |
3- Assess the need for debridement surgery. |
4- Gently rub the wound with gauze dressing and saline. |
5- Gently rub the wound with gauze dressing and solution to clean. |
6- Irrigate the wound with saline solution in syringe with needle. |
7- Authorize bathing the wound in the shower. |
8- Apply topical antibiotic therapy. |
9- Apply occlusive dressing wound. |
10- Guide the wound exchange dressing every day. |
11 - Instruct on wound care. |
12- Manage the control of the foul odor at the wound site. |
13- Implement aromatherapy at the wound site. |
14- Encourage ability to perform hygiene. |
15- Guide patient and family about the disposal of bandages after changing. |
16- Instruct on odor control at home. |
17- Ventilate the house when changing the dressing. |
18- Evaluate the need to administer antibiotics. |
19- Avoid demonstrating discomfort with the foul odor. |
20- Provide instructional material on control of the foul odor at the wound site. |
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ICNP® nursing interventions for the diagnoses: “Anxiety”, “Low Self-Esteem,” “ Negative Self-Concept “, “Low Confidence”, “ Impaired Coping process”, “Depression”, “Helplessness”, “Hopeless”, “Stigma” “Lack of Social Support”, “Disturbed Body Image “, “Impotence”, “Fear”, “Anger”, “Impaired Socialization”, “Suffering”, “Impaired Psychological Condition” and “Shame”
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1- Protect the patient’s autonomy. |
2- Engage the patient in the decision-making process. |
3- Develop ability to communicate with the patient. |
4- Develop ability to communicate with family members. |
5- Explain about the wound. |
6- Refer to social services. |
7- Refer for support group therapy. |
8- Guide in relaxation technique. |
9- Guide in music therapy. |
10- Assess social support. |
11- Promote social support. |
12- Wound care. |
13- Teach about the wound care. |
14- Assess the psychosocial response to the instruction on the wound. |
15- Provide emotional support. |
16- Assess exhaustion. |
17- Palliate. |
18- Advise on hope. |
19- Assess fear. |
20- Assess self-image. |
21- Assess psychological well-being. |
22- Assess coping capacity. |
23- Assess depression. |
24- Assess expectations. |
25- Advise on fear. |
26- Assess suffering. |
27- Assess stigma. |
28- Teach adaptation techniques. |
29- Identify psychosocial status. |
30- Maintain dignity and privacy. |
31- Promote self-esteem. |
32- Promote social welfare. |
33- Promote hope. |
34- Reinforce personal identity. |
35- Encourage socialization. |
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ICNP® nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Wound with secretion”
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1- Apply wound dressing. |
2- Apply a drainage bag. |
3- Maintain integrity of skin proximal to the wound site. |
4- Apply topical antibiotic therapy. |
5- Clean the wound with appropriate solution. |
6- Manage control of secretion at the wound site. |
7- Assess the need to administer antibiotics. |
8- Instruct on wound care. |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Bleeding”
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1- Prevent bleeding at the wound site. |
2- Apply a non-adherent wound dressing. |
3- Compress with wound dressing. |
4- Press the wound site. |
5- Apply hemostatic agent at the wound site. |
6- Apply cold compress on the wound. |
7- Apply cold saline in the wound. |
8- Implement care technique with malignant wound. |
9- Instruct about wound care. |
10- Instruct the patient how to prevent bleeding at the wound site. |
11- Instruct family on how to prevent bleeding at the wound site. |
12- Instruct the patient to control bleeding at the wound site. |
13- Instruct the family to control bleeding at the wound site. |
14- Provide instructional material on bleeding control at the wound site. |
15- Plan action for bleeding at the wound site. |
16- Assess the need for blood therapy. |
17- Refer to the physician. |
18- Refer to emergency service. |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Wound pain”
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1- Administer pain medication before caring for the wound. |
2- Care for the malignant wound. |
3- Moisturize the gauze dressing with saline before removal. |
4- Clean the wound with saline solution in syringe with needle. |
5- Use saline solution at a comfortable temperature for the patient. |
6- Keep the wound moist. |
7- Assessing the need for pain medication at the wound site. |
8- Apply cold compress pad to the wound site. |
9- Maintain the integrity of skin proximal to the wound site. |
10- Treat condition of skin proximal to the wound site. |
11- Control foul odor in the wound. |
12- Assessing infection at the wound site. |
13- Avoid handling wound if not necessary. |
14- Teach about wound care. |
15- Assess pain when changing wound dressing. |
16- Provide instructional material for pain control at the wound site. |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Cancer pain”
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1- Evaluate the pain. |
2- Evaluate the need for pain medication. |
3- Assess response to pain management. |
4- Guide the patient about pain management. |
5- Guide patient-controlled analgesia use. |
6- Guide the family about pain management. |
7- Promote the use of devices to aid memory. |
8- Assess adherence. |
9- Encourage family and patient participation in pain control. |
10- Guide relaxation technique. |
11- Guide music therapy. |
12- Refer for physiotherapy. |
13- Report to physician about pain control. |
14- Provide instructional material on pain control. To be continued |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Infection” Continuation
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1- Apply wound dressing. |
2- Implement aseptic technique when caring for malignant wound. |
3- Apply topical therapy with appropriate solution. |
4- Perform debridement. |
5- Apply topical antibiotic therapy in wound. |
6- Assess the susceptibility for wound infection. |
7- Assess the need to administer antibiotics. |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Necrosis”
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1- Assess the need for debridement. |
2- Perform debridement. |
3- Apply wound dressing. |
4- Assess the need to administer antibiotics. |