Question

Each paragraph shall be no less than 4 sentences and no more than 6 sentences.

1. A patients has an elevated WBC of 11000.

a. As a nurse what are the risks for infection, your goal, your intervention, and your rationale?

Answer 1

ANSWER 1

WBC (leukocytes) are an important part of the body's defense against infections organisms and foregin substances (immune system). A high WBC count is an increase in disease-fighting cells in our blood. In general, for adults a count of more than 11000 white blood cell (leukocytes) in a microliter of blood is considered a high WBC count.

leukocytosis an increase in the number of WBC to more than 11000 cells per microliter of blood, is often caused by the normal responce of the body to help fight an infection, or to some drugs such as corticosteroids. ( normal range of WBC in adult 4000-11000)

WBC cells are produced primarily in the bone marrow. they develop from stem cells that mature into one or the five major types of WBCs.

1. Neutrophils

2. Lymphocytes

3. Monocytes

4. Eosinophils

5. Basophils

The main cause of high WBC is to immune system fight with viral, fungal, bacterial, or parasitic infection. A negative reaction to a drug that triggers an immune and WBC responce. Disease or malfunction that cause the bone marrow to overproduce WBC.

Hydroxyurea is sometimes given to lower very high WBC count rapidly until a diagnosis is confirmed through blood and bone marrow tests.

ANSWER 2

Various health problems and conditions can create a favorable environment that would encourage the development of infection. The risk of infection know as the having other medical conditions such as diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, autoimmune disease, among other. If you have other medical conditions, these increased are the risk for infection. Other factor such as poor nutrition, stress, or lack of sleep.

GOAL

The goal for risk for infection is

Early recognition of infection to allow for prompt treatment.

patient will demonstrate a meticulous hand washing tecnique

we safely measured the patient vital signs and other test report for infectious disease condition. The normal vital signs and adsence of signs and symptoms of infection.

INTERVENTIONS

The nursing interventions to help reduce the risk for infection include implementing strategies to prevent infection, if infection cannot be prevented, the goal is set to prevent the spread of infection between individual, and to treat the underlying infection.

we maintain strict asepsis for dressing changes

ensure that any articles used are properly disinfected or sterilized before use

wast hand or perform hand or perform hand hygine before having contact with the patient.

encourage intake of protein rich and calorie rich foods

perform measures to break the chain of infection and prevent infection.

RATIONALE

The ratonale of risk for infection is according to nursing intervention

(maintain strict asepsis for dressing changes) aseptic technique decrease the chance of transmitting of spreading pathpgens to or between patient.

(ensure that any articles used are properly disinfected or sterilized before use) this reduces or eliminates germs

(wast hand or perform hand or perform hand hygine before having contact with the patient.) friction and running water effectively remove microorganisms from hand.

(encourage intake of protein rich and calorie rich foods) proper nutrition place a part in supporting the immune system responsiveness.

(perform measures to break the chain of infection and prevent infection) perform the aseptic and proper hospital techniques are help to break the chain of infection