Nursing
Considerations-Nursing Diagnoses
Acute pain
Fatigue
Impaired skin integrity
Risk for infection
Fatigue
Impaired skin integrity
Risk for infection
Nursing
Considerations-Expected Outcomes
Patients will:
express feelings of
comfort and relief from pain
report increased levels of energy
maintain warm, dry, and intact skin with healed or improved lesions or wounds
remain free from signs and symptoms of secondary infections.
report increased levels of energy
maintain warm, dry, and intact skin with healed or improved lesions or wounds
remain free from signs and symptoms of secondary infections.
Nursing
Considerations-Nursing Interventions
Notify the local health
department immediately if you suspect monkeypox in a patient.
Institute a combination of standard, contact, and droplet precautions in all health care settings. Maintain airborne precautions until monkeypox is confirmed and smallpox is ruled out. Continue contact precautions until lesions are crusted.
Institute a combination of standard, contact, and droplet precautions in all health care settings. Maintain airborne precautions until monkeypox is confirmed and smallpox is ruled out. Continue contact precautions until lesions are crusted.
Nursing
Considerations-Associated Nursing Procedures
Combination of standard,
contact, and droplet precautions
Immunization guidelines
Oral drug administration
Reportable diseases
Temperature assessment
Immunization guidelines
Oral drug administration
Reportable diseases
Temperature assessment
Nursing Alert:
Washing hand thoroughly after contact with an infected patients or contaminated object.
Place a patient in a private room. Use negative pressure room if available.
When transporting patient, place a mask over his/her mouth & nose, and cover exposed skin lesions with a sheet or gown.
If the patient is to remain at home, he/she should maintain the same precaution.
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