NIGHTINGALE COLLEGE OF NURSING

SEMINAR
ON
SCABIES
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IDENTIFICATION DATA
NAME OF THE STUDENT : PRYANKA KUMARI
DATE AND TIME : _____________________
COURSE : GNM NURSING 2nd Year
SUBJECT : ____________________________
TOPIC : SCABIES
VENUE : Classroom
AV-AIDS : Power Point Presentation

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Students already had knowledge regarding SCABIES

 from their clinical experiences and classes.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE : At the end of the seminar, students will be able to gain knowledge
regarding and will effectively apply it during the theoretical and clinical aspects of the nursing
profession.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE : At the end of the Topic students will be able to :

 Introduce the topic

 Define the topic
 Review of anatomy and physiology of SCABIES
 Causes and signs and symptoms
 Pathophysiology
 Diagnosis
 Treatment
 Nursing management

TIME SPECIFIC CONTENT TEACHING LEARNING EVALUATION

 OBJECTIVES ACTIVITY/ AV AIDS

Scabies is a prevalent skin

3 TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC:
minute
condition that effects people
of all classes and ethnicities
all over the world.  Scabies is What do you
an ancient affliction, understand by
estimated to have infected Scabies?
humans for the last 2,500
years.  The WHO considers
scabies to be a water-related
disease because of the
connection between bathing
and personal hygiene to
prevention or control of its
spread. 
 Scabies is a skin infestation caused by a
2 mite known as the Sarcoptes scabiei. Student teacher discuss about
minute
Untreated, these microscopic mites can live the Scabies.
Define the Scabies. Define Scabies?
on your skin for months. They reproduce on
the surface of your skin and then burrow
into it and lay eggs.
2 Explain about the
minute physiology of
Explain the Student teacher discuss about the the Scabies?
physiology of physiology of Scabies.
Scabies
 CAUSE

 The Mite
 Contaminated Items
 Myths: Busted
 Close Contact

3 Explain cause and SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Student teacher discuss about the Explain the cause and
minute signs and  Itching, mainly at night: Itching is cause and signs and symptoms, risk signs and symptoms,
symptoms,risk factor the most common symptom. The itch factor and preventions. risk factor and
and preventions. preventions?
can be so intense that it keeps a person
awake at night.
 Rash: Many people get the scabies
rash. This rash causes little bumps that
often form a line.
 Sores: Scratching the itchy rash can
cause sores. An infection can develop
in the sores.
 Thick crusts on the skin: Crusts form
when a person develops a severe type
 of scabies called crusted scabies.
RISK FACTORS:
 Young age.
 Presence of many children in the
household.
 Illiteracy.
 Low family income.
 Poor housing.
 Sharing clothes and towels.
 Irregular use of showers.
PREVENTION

 Clean all clothes and linen. Use

hot, soapy water to wash all
clothing, towels and bedding
used within three days before
beginning treatment. Dry with
high heat. Dry-clean items you
can't wash at home.
 Starve the mites. Consider
placing items you can't wash in a
sealed plastic bag and leaving it
in an out-of-the-way place, such
as in your garage, for a couple of
weeks. Mites die after a few days
without food.
3 Student teacher discuss about the
minute
COMPLICATIONS prevention ,complications,diagnoses
 Vigorous scratching, which can and treatments . Explain the Explain
break your skin and can cause a prevention ,complicat
Explain ions,diagnoses and
prevention ,complicat
secondary infection such treatments .
ions,diagnoses and as impetigo. This superficial
treatments . skin infection is usually caused ?
by the staphylococci bacteria.

 Severe scratching can also lead

to damaged and reddened skin,
which in severe cases can start
to bleed.

DIAGNOSIS

 examines your skin,

  looking for signs of mites,
 including the characteristic burrows.
 area of your skin to examine under a
microscope

TREATMENTs

 Permethrin cream. Permethrin is a
topical cream that contains
chemicals that kill scabies mites and
their eggs. It is generally considered
safe for adults, pregnant women,
and children age 2 months and
older.
 Ivermectin Doctors may prescribe
this oral medication for people with
altered immune systems, for people
who have crusted scabies.
 Crotamiton  This medication is
available as a cream or a lotion. It's
applied once a day for two days.
 Cool and soak your skin. 
 Apply soothing lotion. 
 Take antihistamines. 
5 NURSING MANAGEMENT:
minutes
Student teacher discuss about the Explain the Explain
nursing management. nursing management .
Explain nursing NURSING ASSESSMENT:
management. ?
 History collection
 Current problem and general health history
 Family history

NURSING DIAGNOSIS

 Risk for infection related to tissue

damage.
 Impaired skin integrity related to
edema.
 Acute pain related to injury to
biological agents.
 Disturbed sleep pattern related to
itchiness and pain of lesions.

NURSING CARE PLANNING AND GOALS

  Patient remains free of infection, as
evidenced by normal vital signs and
absence of signs and symptoms of
infection.
 Patient and communities demonstrate
understanding of plan to heal tissue
and prevent injury.
 Patient and communities describe
measures to protect and heal the tissue,
including wound care.
 Patient describes satisfactory pain
control at a level less than 3 to 4 on a
rating scale of 0 to 10.

NURSING INTERVENTIONS

 Prevent infection. Wash hands and

teach patient and SO to wash hands
before contact ,teach the patient,
family, and caregivers, the purpose
and proper technique for maintaining
isolation
 Restore skin integrity. Monitor status
of skin around wound; monitor
patient’s skin care practices, hand
washing, wound cleansing, dressing
changes.
 Relieve pain- promote relief, sleep,
and relaxation; provide analgesics as
ordered,

EVALUATION
 Patient remained free of infection, as
evidenced by normal vital signs and
absence of signs and symptoms of
infection.
 Patient and folks demonstrated an
understanding of plan to heal tissue
and prevent injury.
 Patient and folks described measures
to protect and heal the tissue, including
wound care.
 Patient described satisfactory pain
control at a level less than 3 to 4 on a
 rating scale of 0 to 10.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
 Brunner and Suddarth’s ,textbook of
medical- scabies nursing page no 1254-
1278,
 https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/scabies/
index.html