Acute Pain related to Surgical Incision

Nursing Care Plan for Appendicitis

Nursing  Diagnosis: Acute  Pain related to Surgical Incision

Purpose:
After nursing care, client comfort level increased, pain controlled with the expected outcomes:

• Clients report reduced pain, pain scale 2-3
• Calm facial expression, and can rest, sleep.
• Vital signs are within normal limits.

Nursing  Intervention for Appendicitis : Acute  Pain related to Surgical Incision

Pain Management:

• Assess pain comprehensively including location, characteristics, duration, frequency, quality factor and precipitation.
• Observation of nonverbal reactions inconvenience.
• Use therapeutic communication techniques to determine the client's experience of pain before.
• Provide a quiet environment
• Reduce pain precipitation factor.
• Teach non-pharmacological techniques (relaxation, distraction, etc.) to overcome the pain.
• Give analgesics to reduce pain.
• Evaluation of pain reducers / pain control.
• Collaboration with the doctor if there are complaints about the administration of analgesics to no avail.
• Monitor client's acceptance of pain management.

Analgesic  Administration:.

• Check program providing analgesic; types, dosage, and frequency.
• Check history of allergy.
• Determine the analgesic of choice, route of administration and optimal dosage.
• Monitor vital signs
• Give analgesics on time especially when pain appears.
• Evaluation of analgesic efficacy, side effects signs and symptoms.