Nanda Nursing Diagnosis

Definition of Personal Hygiene Personal hygiene is derived from the Greek language which means individual personal hygiene and healthy means. Personal hygiene is an action to maintain the cleanliness and health of a person's physical well-being. Personal hygiene is an individual effort in maintaining personal hygiene which includes cleanliness of hair, teeth and mouth, eyes, ears, nails, skin, and dressed in improving hygiene in optimal health (Effendi, 1997). Personal Hygiene is an act of maintaining the cleanliness and health of a person's physical and psychological well-being. The size of a person's cleanliness or appearance in fulfilling the needs of Personal Hygiene Personal differences in pain due to an interruption fulfillment. Purposes of Personal Hygiene Improve the health of a person. Illness and disability can affect immabolisasi. Maintaining the cleanliness of a person. Fixing personl hygiene is lacking. Prevent disease. Improving one's self-confidence. Crea...

Nursing Care Plan for Encephalitis Definition Encephalitis is an infection of the CNS caused by a virus or other microorganism that non-purulent. Encephalitis is an infection of the brain tissue by a variety of microorganisms. Encefalopati terminology that was used for the same symptoms, no signs of infection are now no longer in use. (Abdoerrachman, et al, 1985). Etiology A wide variety of organisms can cause encephalitis, such as bacteria, protozoa, worms, fungi, spirokaeta, and viruses. The most common cause is a virus. Infection can occur due to virus attacks the brain directly or acute inflammatory reaction due to systemic infection or previous vaccination. Encephalitis can also be caused by the direct invasion of the cerebrospinal fluid during a lumbar puncture. Various types of viruses can cause encephalitis, despite similar clinical symptoms. According to the type of virus and its epidemiology, known to a wide variety of viral encephalitis. Signs and Symptoms The clinical sympt...

Nursing Care Plan for Pain Pain is the most common reason a person seek medical assistance. Pain occurs with the disease process, diagnostic examination and treatment process. Pain is very annoying and difficult many people. Nurses can not see and feel the pain experienced by the client, because pain is subjective (between one individual to another individual is different in addressing the pain). Nurses provide nursing care to clients in a variety of situations and circumstances, which provide interventions to improve comfort. According to some theories of nursing, comfort is a basic requirement that the client is the purpose of nursing care. The statement was supported by Kolcaba who said that comfort is a state of fulfillment of basic human needs have. Definition According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is a subjective sensory and emotional obtained unpleasant associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described the condition of the occu...

Tuberculous spondylitis is a chronic granulomatous inflammation, destructive by mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculous spondylitis is always a secondary infection from a focus elsewhere in the body. Percivall (1973) was the first author of this disease and states that there is a relationship between this disease with spinal deformity that occurs, so the disease is referred to as Pott's Disease. (Rasjad, 1998). Clinically, tuberculous spondylitis symptoms similar to symptoms of tuberculosis in general, the weakness / lethargy, decreased appetite, weight loss, slightly increased temperature (sub-febrile), especially at night as well as back pain. In children, often accompanied by crying at night. (Rasjad. 1998). At the beginning of radicular pain that can be found around the chest or abdomen, followed by paraparesis which was advancing more slowly, spasticity, clonus, hyperreflexia and bilateral Babinski's reflex. At this early stage of vertebral deformity has not been found, so...

Plans were made based on the problems faced by the elderly in order for the elderly, families, and health care workers, especially nurses, who perform either at home or in care homes, can help the elderly and the elderly themselves can function optimally in accordance with the abilities and physical condition, psychological, social and not depend on others. The purpose of planning nursing actions on the elderly aimed at meeting basic needs such as: 1. Meeting the nutritional needs The role of nutrition in the elderly is to maintain health and fitness, and slow the onset of degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis and defect common in the elderly, so that the elderly can achieve a healthy old age and remain active. Nutritional deficiencies that may occur in the elderly can be caused by physical factors, psychological and social. Decreased olfactory and tasting tool, chewing less perfect and less comfortable when eating due to lack of complete dentition or worse, a full stomach and a s...

Nursing Care Plan for Hirschsprung's Disease Assessment of Hirschsprung's Disease 1. Activity / rest Symptoms: Malaise, changing patterns of rest / sleep associated with pain, limitations. 2. Ego Integrity Symptoms: Anxiety, fear, feelings of helplessness parents. 3. Elimination Symptoms: Constipation can be accompanied by diarrhea. Symptoms: Abdominal distension progressively, until the thin abdominal wall veins visible, peristaltic activity can be observed. 4. Food / fluid Symptoms: Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, weight loss. Signs: Decrease subcutan fat / muscle mass, weakness, a sign of malnutrition and growth failure. 5. Pain / comfort Symptoms: Abdominal pain. Signs: Facial expressions grimacing, moaning / crying, behavioral distraction, abdominal tenderness / distension. 6. Extension / learning Parent questions related to the disease, care and treatment of children. Patient's discharge plan: Requires assistance / demonstration how irrigation and colostomy care, the abil...

Nursing Care Plan for Abdominal Tumor DEFINITIONS Abdominal tumor is a solid mass with different thickness, which may wrap around large blood vessels and ureter. In the pathology of this disorder is easy to peel and can extend to retroperitonium, ureteral obstruction may occur or the inferior vena cava. Mass of fibrotic tissue that surround and define the structure in the wrapper but not invaded. CAUSES The immediate cause of the tumor is actually not known, but there are some results of the study showed that: Excess nutrients, especially fat. The end result of metabolic and bacterial. Constipation. Infections, trauma, hypersensitivity to the drug. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Pain Anorexia, nausea, lethargy Weight loss Bleeding Enlargement of the existing organ tumors DIAGNOSTIC TEST Digital rectal test X - ray Sigmoidoscope Fiber optic scope plexible Ultra sonography Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions for Abdominal Tumor 1. Chronic Pain related to an emphasis on retroperitoneal organs, Chara...