In: Nursing
Answer - General management of pneumonia as following -
- Assess and diagnose as early as causative agents of pneumonia and provide antibiotics as prescribed by physician.
- Monitor respiratory pattern, labored breathing, cynosis, cool clamy skin.
- Monitor pulse oxymeter.
- Monitor sputum colour, consistency, amount.
- Administer oxygen therapy as prescribed by physician.
- Provide semifowler position which is easy for patients respiration.
- Try to encourage the patient for doing breathing exercises, use of incentive spirometer, which improves breathing patterns.
- Also provides chest physiotherapy exercises.
- Doing suction if according to need and it removing respiratory secretion.
- Administer iv fluid as prescribed by physician, iv fluid improve hydration and make respiratory secretion thin .
- Administer antipyretic, bronchodilator, cough suppresents, mucolytic agents, expectorants as prescribed by physician.
- Provide the patient high calories, high protein diet which is small in amount.
- Provide proper rest to patients which decrease respiratory load, and improve breathing patterns.
- Always maintain proper heigine, hand washing.
- Instruct the patient to contact health care provider if any complications related to disease condition.
- Educate the follow up for immunizations scheules.