HNN112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Commode, Hand Washing, Condom
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Identify patient potential and actual problems relating to elimination. Amanda jones is aged 19 years and is a university student studying architecture. A(cid:373)a(cid:374)da prese(cid:374)ted (cid:449)ith (cid:862)a high fe(cid:448)er(cid:863) a(cid:374)d is febrile: 39. 1o states that she thinks she has another infection in her urine. Failing to wipe front to back, she might be wiping back to front. Being sexually active could introduce higher chance of bacterial infection. Identify relevant health history questions you would ask amanda. Ensure you frame each question so it is specific to amanda and uses appropriate terminology for amanda to understand. Remember to use both open and closed ended questions, as appropriate. Discomfort or pain when urinate, vaginal irritation. Urine tests, the test might tell us. Bladder scan or lower abdomen scan: describe the specific nursing education you would provide for amanda if the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (uti) was confirmed. The patient problem being: altered urinary elimination related to urinary tract infection.
