Nursing Interventions for Impaired Gas Exchange related to Bronchopneumonia


Nursing Diagnosis : Impaired Gas Exchange related to Pneumonia factors.

Intervention and implementation :

1. Monitor respiratory status every 8 hours, vital signs every 4 hours and the results of blood gas analysis , x-rays and pulmonary function tests.
Rationale: To identify the progress or deviations from expected results.

2. Give an expectorant in accordance with the recommendation, review of all drugs given and avoid the side effects of drug interactions between each other and schedule delivery of drugs to each other as well as to schedule the delivery of drugs.
Rational : expectorant helps thin the secretions so that secretions can exit when coughing.

3. Encourage parents to give breast milk.
Rationale: To help remove secretions can also help drain the drugs in the body.

4. Provide supplemental oxygen as recommended, if using an oxygen mask to grow agitated patients consult respiratory therapists.
Rationale: The provision of supplemental oxygen can reduce the work of breathing by providing more oxygen to be delivered to the cells, although a higher concentration of oxygen can flow through an oxygen mask, but it is often trigger feelings of danger for patients, especially in patients with respiratory distress.

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