Bronchiectasis Care Plan with Nursing Diagnosis

Bronchiectasis Care Plan with Nursing Diagnosis

Definition

Bronchiectasis is a morphological abnormality consisting of an abnormal widening of the bronchi and settled, due to damage to the elastic and muscular components of the bronchial wall.

Etiology

• Infection.
• Hereditary or congenital disorders.
• Mechanical factors that facilitate the onset of infection.
• Many patients have a history of pneumonia as a complication. Measles, whooping cough, or other infectious diseases in childhood.

Signs and Symptoms

• Chronic cough with sputum that much, especially in the morning, after sleeping.
• Cough with sputum cough accompanying a cold for 1-2 weeks or no symptoms at all (mild Bronchiectasis)
• Continuous cough with sputum a lot more than 200-300 cc, fever, no appetite, weight loss, anemia, pleural pain, and weak bodies sometimes shortness of breath and cyanosis, sputum often contains blood, and coughing up blood.
• Discovered clubbing fingers in 30-50% of cases.

Bronchiectasis Nursing Diagnosis

1. Ineffective airway clearance related to increased production of secretions / thick secretions.

2. Imbalanced Nutrition, Less Than Body Requirements related to nausea, vomiting, sputum production, dyspnoea