After assessing the risk of infection for a newborn's umbilical cord stump, the nurse provided education to the mother on proper cord care techniques. The nurse taught the mother to clean the cord using a hygienic method, assess the skin around the base of the cord, practice proper hand washing, apply betadine and alcohol to the cord tip, and protect the integrity of the skin. After one hour, the mother demonstrated she learned how to correctly care for the umbilical cord stump.
After assessing the risk of infection for a newborn's umbilical cord stump, the nurse provided education to the mother on proper cord care techniques. The nurse taught the mother to clean the cord using a hygienic method, assess the skin around the base of the cord, practice proper hand washing, apply betadine and alcohol to the cord tip, and protect the integrity of the skin. After one hour, the mother demonstrated she learned how to correctly care for the umbilical cord stump.
After assessing the risk of infection for a newborn's umbilical cord stump, the nurse provided education to the mother on proper cord care techniques. The nurse taught the mother to clean the cord using a hygienic method, assess the skin around the base of the cord, practice proper hand washing, apply betadine and alcohol to the cord tip, and protect the integrity of the skin. After one hour, the mother demonstrated she learned how to correctly care for the umbilical cord stump.
ASSESSMENT NURSING IMPLEMENTATION INTERVENTION RATIONALE EVALUATION DIAGNOSIS OBJECTIVE: Risk for infection After one hour of intervention, the After one hour of related to fresh mother will learn how to give 1. Note risk factors for 1. Identifying the area of intervention, the mother Not umbilical cord proper cord care by: occurrence of infection which serves as a learned how to give proper exposed beneficial environment for cord care by: Giving the proper and bacterial growth will help hygienic method of the mother recognize 1. Giving the proper and cleaning the remaining areas that will need hygienic method of umbilical cord. thorough cleaning. cleaning the remaining umbilical cord. 2. Assess and document skin 2. Assessing the skin conditions around the base of conditions around the base the umbilical cord. of the umbilical cord will enable the mother
3. Stress proper hand washing 3. This will help to reduce
techniques. invasion of bacteria’s
4. Proper application of betadine 4. For the safety and
and alcohol on the tip of the cleanliness of the umbilical cord.
5. prevent spread of infection
5. Instruct client how to protect around the base of the the integrity of the skin. umbilical cord.