Nanda Nursing Diagnosis

Nursing Care Plan for Febrile Seizures According to Doengoes (1999: 259-261 and 871-872) includes: History of causative factors: Idiopathic no cause is known. Post-trauma, head injury, inflammation of the lining of the brain, high fever. History of seizures Since what age? How long seizures occur? How many times a seizure occurs within 1 hour? When was the last seizures experienced? Physical examination, by inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation. a. Activity / rest. Symptoms: Fatigue, general weakness. Limitations in activities / work caused by self-/ significant other / nursing care giver or others. Signs: Change of tone / muscle strength. Involuntary movements / muscle contraction. b. Circulation Symptoms: Ictal: hypertension, increased pulse and cyanosis. Post-ictal: normal vital signs or depression with decreased pulse and respiration. Signs: Heart sound: disratmia and development can lead to myocardial dysfunction, effects of acidosis / electrolyte imbalance. The skin ...

Nursing Care Plan for Pediatric Febrile Seizures Definition of Febrile Seizures Febrile seizures are seizures that occur on the rise in body temperature (rectal temperature of more than 380C) which is caused by an extra-cranial process. Febrile seizures occur in 2-4% of children aged 6 months - 5 years. Children who have had seizures without fever, then re febrile seizures are not included in the febrile seizures. Febrile seizures in infants younger than 1 month are not included in the febrile seizures. When children aged less than 6 months or more than 5 years experience seizures preceded by fever, think of other possibilities, such as central nervous system infections, or epilepsy that happen to occur along a fever. Etiology Until now, the etiology of febrile seizures is not known with certainty. Fever is often caused by: upper respiratory tract infection, otitis media, pneumonia, gastroenteritis, and urinary tract infection. Seizures are not always arise at high temperatures. Someti...