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a complete SOAPE note on our Covid-19 patient John.
Based off of John’s presentation and subjective data so far, begin your SOAP note.
You will need to complete a head to toe assessment based off his vital signs, and his presentation discussed in the scenario. As well as his skin and how it appears;
His skin is warm to the touch, and mildly diaphoretic.
His oral mucous membranes appear ashen, and slightly blue.
His perfusion is greater than 3 seconds on assessment.
His toes appear blue, ashen with a delayed cap refill.
Remember to include everything from his HEENT, to his chest and lungs, to his pulses and cap refill. His abdominal assessment and his GI/GU (you can be creative as you want to be with these body systems).
Carry on your assessment down to his lower extremities and what you think his reflexes would be.
Also, add what the evaluation or expected outcomes would be for John.
Do not forget if the patient was placed in isolation and any procedures that were put into place for John.
This SOAPE (E for evaluation or expected outcome) note should be very extensive and informative, as a nurse following your care, I should have an excellent picture of how John presented and what care was instituted to help him through his illness.
Physical Assessment
Integument
Skin: The customer's skin is uniform in shading, perfect and no nearness of any foul scent. His skin is warm to the touch, and somewhat diaphoretic.
Hair: The hair of the customer is thick, satiny hair is equally disseminated and has a variable measure of body hair. There are additionally no indications of contamination and pervasion watched.
Nails: The customer has a light earthy colored nails and has the state of arched bend. It is smooth and is unblemished with the epidermis. At the point when nails squeezed between the fingers (Blanch Test), the nails come back to normal shading in under 4 seconds.
Head
Head: The leader of the customer is adjusted; normocephalic and balanced.
Skull: There are no knobs or masses and sorrows when palpated.
Face: The substance of the customer seemed smooth and has uniform consistency and with no nearness of knobs or masses.
Eyes and Vision
Eyebrows: Hair is equitably appropriated. The customer's eyebrows are evenly adjusted and indicated equivalent development when requested to cause a commotion.
Eyelashes: Eyelashes gave off an impression of being similarly disseminated and twisted somewhat outward.
Eyelids: There were no nearness of releases, no staining and covers close evenly with automatic squints roughly 15-20 times each moment.
Eyes
The Bulbar conjunctiva seemed straightforward with not many vessels clear.
The sclera seemed white.
The palpebral conjunctiva seemed sparkling, smooth and pink.
There is no edema or tearing of the lacrimal organ.
Cornea is straightforward, smooth and sparkling and the subtleties of the iris are obvious. The customer squints when the cornea was contacted.
The understudies of the eyes are dark and equivalent in size. The iris is level and round. PERRLA (students similarly round react to light convenience), lit up and non-enlightened understudies chokes. Understudies contract when taking a gander at close to question and expand at far item. Understudies meet when item is moved towards the nose.
While evaluating the fringe visual field, the customer can see questions in the outskirts when looking straight ahead.
When testing for the Extraocular Muscle, according to the customer coordinately moved as one with equal arrangement.
The customer had the option to peruse the newsprint held a ways off of 14 inches.
Ears and Hearing
Ears: The Auricles are balanced and has a similar shading with his facial skin. The auricles are lined up with the external canthus of eye. While palpating for the surface, the auricles are versatile, firm and not delicate. The pinna withdraws when collapsed. During the evaluation of Watch tick test, the customer had the option to hear ticking in the two ears.
Nose and Sinus
Nose: The nose seemed symmetric, straight and uniform in shading. Having running nose. When daintily palpated, there were no delicacy and injuries
Mouth:
The lips of the customer are colourless; clammy, symmetric and have a rough surface. The customer had the option to press together his lips when requested to whistle.
Teeth and Gums: There are no staining of the polishes, no withdrawal of gums, pinkish in shade of gums
His oral mucous films seem colorless, and somewhat blue.
The tongue of the customer is midway situated. It is slightly whiteish in shading, clammy and somewhat unpleasant. There is a nearness of meager whitish covering.
The smooth palates are slightly bluish and smooth while the hard sense of taste has an increasingly sporadic surface.
The uvula of the customer is situated in the midline of the delicate sense of taste.
Neck:
The neck muscles are equivalent in size. The customer
demonstrated facilitated, smooth head development with no
uneasiness.
Having sore throat.
The trachea is set in the midline of the neck.
Chest, Lungs, and Abdomen
Lungs/Chest: Patient having difficulty in breathing, increase respiratory rate. Having dry cough with shortness of breath
The spine is vertically adjusted. The privilege and left shoulders and hips are of a similar tallness.
Heart: There were no obvious throbs on the aortic and pulmonic regions. There is no nearness of hurls or lifts.
Midsection: The mid-region of the customer has a perfect skin and is uniform in shading. The midsection has a symmetric shape. There were symmetric developments caused related with customer's breath.
The jugular veins are not noticeable.
His perfusion is more prominent than 3 seconds on appraisal. Patient is having diarrhea
Muscles: The muscles are not discernable with the nonappearance of tremors. They are regularly firm and indicated smooth, composed developments.
Bones: There were no nearness of bone disfigurements, delicacy and expanding.
Joints: There were no growing, delicacy and
joints move easily.
Patient having fatigue and tiredness
His toes seem blue, gray with a postponed top off.
On the basis of all the above findings, this is a care plan, prepare for John
Nursing Diagnosis
In view of the appraisal information, the significant nursing determination for a patient with COVID-19 are:
Nursing Care Planning and Goals
Coming up next are the significant nursing care arranging objectives for COVID-19:
Nursing Interventions
Assessment
Nursing objectives are met as prove by:
Documentation Guidelines
Documentation rules for a patient with COVID-19 incorporate the accompanying:
Plan of care.