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Hyperthermia Nursing Care Plan for Typhoid

The patient had a fever above normal range due to a Salmonella typhi infection. Nursing interventions included monitoring the patient's temperature, providing tepid sponge baths to lower the temperature, maintaining bed rest, encouraging fluid intake, and administering antipyretics as prescribed. After 4 hours the patient's temperature was lowered to 37°C and the goals of the nursing interventions were met.

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Hyperthermia Nursing Care Plan for Typhoid

The patient had a fever above normal range due to a Salmonella typhi infection. Nursing interventions included monitoring the patient's temperature, providing tepid sponge baths to lower the temperature, maintaining bed rest, encouraging fluid intake, and administering antipyretics as prescribed. After 4 hours the patient's temperature was lowered to 37°C and the goals of the nursing interventions were met.

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  • Healthcare Interventions Table

CUES Objective: >patients temperature is above normal range.

NURSING DIAGNOSIS Hyperthermia related to the infection of salmonella typhi.

SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION Body temperature elevated above normal level that is usually caused by

OBJECTIVES After 4 hours of nursing

NURSING INTERVENTIONS > Monitor patient temperature degree

RATIONALE >Fever pattern may aids in diagnosing underlying disease.

EVALUATION After 4 hours of nursing intervention goals and objectives was met as evidenced

intervention client and patterns. will be able to

several factors related maintain core to illness. As inoculation temperature within normal range as evidenced by: >Observe for shaking chills and profuse diaphoresis

>Chills often precede during high temperature and

by:

>restlessness

occurs, proliferation of bacteria follows

-Body temperature is lowered to 37C

>warm to touch

and multiplication occurs. Once the bacteria starts to - Body temperature is lowered to 37C.

in presence of generalized infection.

>V/S taken are as follows: T = 37.6 C PR = 20 RR = 92 BP = 90/60

grow in number, it will soon reach it pathogenic level that will result into pyrexia or fever as a defense mechanism of the body.

>Provide tepid sponge baths and avoid the use of ice water and alcohol.

>May help reduce fever. Use of ice water and alcohol may cause chills and can elevate temperature.

>Maintain bed rest

>To reduce

or minimize movement.

metabolic demands of oxygen consumption.

>Encourage client to increase fluid intake.

>Water regulates body temperature.

Dependent: >Administer antipyretics as prescribed by the physician , utilizing 10Rs in giving medication. >Antipyretics acts on the hypothalamus, reducing hyperthermia.

CUES NURSING DIAGNOSIS SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OBJECTIVES NURSING INTERVENTIONS RATIONALE EVALUATION Objective: >
or minimize movement. >Encourage client to increase fluid intake. Dependent: >Administer antipyretics as

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