Nursing Care Plan For Appendicitis

SUBJECTIVE 1. Acute pain 1. Client reports  Monitor vital  Vital signs After 8 hours of
related to a relief from pain signs & pain checked Nursing
DATA:Sudden obstructed by decreasing score regularly  Comfortable Intervention,
abdominal pain, Appendix as pain score.  Provide position provided Goal met:
vomiting, fever, evidenced by 2. After 8 hrs of comfortable as pillows  Patient vital
pain with sudden nursing position supported at the signs normal
coughing or abdominal intervention, the  Advice the sides and legs  Pain score
walking, painful or pain. pt will be able to client to drink  IV fluids decreases
difficulty in 2. Fluid maintain body plenty of fluid administered  The output is
passing stool, loss electrolyte fluid balance by  Provide IV  Monitor Intake balanced with
of appetite imbalance having: fluids Output chart the patient’s
OBJECTIVE related to less > Normal vital  Monitor done fluids intake
intake of fluid signs intake output  Nutritional diet in 24 hours
DATA:
as evidenced > Balance b\w chart given  Client’s pain
Pain scale, by weight intake output  Give  Antibiotics was relieved
Rebound loss. nutritional administered as as evidenced
tenderness, vital 3. Risk of diet prescribed by by decrease
signs monitoring infection  Administer Doctor pain score
temperature related to Antibiotics like  Laxatives and and ability to
100F, McBurney’s inflammed Ampicillin as Analgesics participate in
Sign, USG\CT Scan Appendix prescribed administered as activities
reveals the  Administer prescribed by  Pt takes
presence of

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 Nursing Care Plan For Appendicitis

Inflamed laxatives, Doctor adequate rest

Appendix Analgesics and  Provided and sleep.
NSAIDS as psychological
prescribed support
 Provide  Provided Back
psychological care and massage
support to the as needed
pt by  Informed the pt
explaining the the need for
cause of pain surgical
 Provide back Intervention to
care & get rid of
massage once inflammed
every 2-4 hrs Appendix
 Inform the pt  Prepared the pt
the need for for Surgery
Surgical
Intervention &
prepare the pt
for surgery.