Nursing Intervention for Mr. Smith
Nursing intervention is any action taken by a nurse based on clinical judgment and knowledge to improve the outcomes of patients. Nursing involvement can also be collaborative or autonomous, individual or group oriented, and direct or indirect. The nursing interventions that a nurse should use in Mr. Smith's instance are as follows.
Proper First Assistance
Mr. Smith received proper first assistance.
Positioning Body Postures
Mr. Smith's body postures are being positioned.
Encourage Cough Exercise and Deep Breathing
Encourage and urge the patient to cough exercise and deep breathing.
Monitoring Blood Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Levels
The nurse should look for low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide levels.
Cleaning Wound
Mr. Smith's wound should be cleaned.
Monitoring Blood Sugar
Examine Mr. Smith's blood sugar for symptoms of hyperglycemia.
Checking Blood Pressure
Check and state the desired blood pressure limit of Mr. Smith.
Recommend Position Deviations and Leg Movements
Recommend frequent position deviations, leg movements when lying down.
First Aid on Patients
Active First Aid on patients is an intervention that nurses should always consider before attempting any other treatment. First aid refers to the help specified to any person paining an unexpected illness or injury, with care delivered to preserve life, promote recovery or stop the situation from worsening. Additionally, the intervening purpose of all health care is to save lives and minimize death threat. Therefore nurses who practice first aid on patients plays a vital role in preserving life since first aid steps to start regaining process from sickness or injury. However, not only the nurses who should take this actions but also unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP).
Role of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP)
Unlicensed assistive personnel is an unlicensed healthcare provider who is skilled to purpose in a caring role by providing patient care schedules as delegated by the registered nurse. As a result, RN can determine if UAP is capable of performing the interventions needed in Mr. Smith's case by either asking the coworkers including the nurses and educators who trained the UAP. However, in the information that RN has is limited to limit him or her from delegating duties, then various questions should be asked to UAP for instance, have you be skilled to do this duty? Have you ever done this job unsupervised? The answers that the UAP will give will help the RN to delegate tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel.
