Medical Diagnosis: Acute Gastroenteritis (Adult)

Problem: Diarrhea

Assessment Nursing Scientific Planning Interventions Rationale Evaluation

Diagnosis Explanation

Subjective: Diarrhea Gastroenteritis Short Term: 1. Establish 1. To gain Short Term:

is an rapport patient’s trust
• Verbalization inflammation of After 2-3 hours of 2. Assess 2. For baseline After 2-3 hours of
of pain with a the stomach and nursing general data nursing
scale of 6/10 intestinal tract interventions, condition and 3. For presence, interventions,
on the that primarily the patient will vital signs location, and the patient shall
abdominal affects the small verbalize 3. Auscultate characteristic have verbalized
area bowel. The major understanding of abdomen s of bowel understanding of
clinical causative factors 4. Discuss the sounds causative factors
manifestations and rationale for different 4. For patient and rationale for
Objective: treatment treatment
are diarrhea of causative education
Patient varying degrees regimen. factors and 5. To allow for regimen.
manifested: and abdominal rationale for bowel rest
pain and Long Term: treatment and reduce
• Hyperactive Long Term:
cramping. After 1-2 days of regimen intestinal
bowel sounds Associated 5. Restrict solid workload After 1-2 days of
• Audible nursing
clinical interventions, food intake 6. To allow nursing
borborygmi manifestations 6. Provide for foods/substan interventions,
• Passage of the patient will
are nausea, reestablish and changes in ces that the patient shall
loose liquid vomiting, fever dietary intake precipitate have
watery stools maintain normal
anorexia, pattern of bowel 7. Limit caffeine diarrhea reestablished
for more than distention, and high-fiber 7. To prevent and maintained
3 times functioning AEB
tenesmus passage of foods and so gastric normal pattern of
(straining on semi-solid as fatty foods irritation bowel
Patient may
defecation), and stools 8. Promote use 8. To decrease functioning AEB
manifest:
borborygmi of relaxation stress and passage of
• Poor skin (hyperactive technique anxiety semi-solid
turgor bowel sounds). 9. Encourage 9. For fluid stools

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• Dehydration Diarrhea is oral fluid replacement
• Dry lips and defined as an intake of 10.To restore
oral mucosa increase in the fluids normal flora
• Altered LOC frequency, containing 11.To prevent
volume and fluid electrolyte spread of
content of stool. 10.Recommend infectious
Rapid propulsion products like diseases
of intestinal yogurt and
contents through cultured milk
the small bowel 11.Emphasize
results in importance of
diarrhea. () hand washing
12.Administer
due meds

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