5 Benign Febrile Convulsions Nursing Care Plans


5. Risk for Injury - Benign Febrile Convulsions Nursing Care Plans

A seizure or convulsion is the visible sign of a problem in the electrical system that controls your brain. A single seizure can have many causes, such as a high fever and lack of oxygen. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Therefore, Low levels of hemoglobin in the human body may reult to seizure. During episodes of convulsion, patients are prone to injuries since they may strike different objects due to uncontrollable muscle spasms.

NDx: Risk for injury related to possible convulsion

Assessment Planning Nursing Interventions Rationale Expected Outcome
Subjective:Ө

Objective:

the patient may manifest the following:

  • Fever
  • Convulsion
  • Low
  • Low Hgb Level = 112
Short term:

After 4 hours of nursing interventions, the SO will modify environment as indicated to enhance safety.

Long term:

After 2 days of nursing interventions, the SO will verbalize understanding of individual factors that contribute to possibility of injury.

  1. Establish rapport
  2. Monitor and record Vital Signs
  3. Ascertain knwlge of safety needs/ injury prevention
  4. Note clients gender, age, developmnt stage, decision makng ability, level of cognition/competence
  5. Provide health care within a culture of safety
  6. Identify interventions/safety devices
  7. Discuss importance of self monitoring of conditions/ emotions
  1. To gain patient’s trust
  2. To obtain baseline data
  3. to prevent injuries in home, community, and work setting
  4. affects client’s ability to protect self/others and influence choice of interventions/ teachings
  5. to prevent errors resulting in client injury, promote client safety and model  safety behaviors for client/SO
  6. to promote safe physical environment and individual safety
  7. it can contribute to occurence of injury
Short term:

The SO shall have modified environment as indicated to enhance safety.

Long term:

The SO shall have verbalized understanding of individual factors that contribute to possibility of injury.

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  2. Imbalanced Nutrition
  3. Ineffective Tissue Perfusion
  4. Risk for Infection
  5. Risk for Injury
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