Risk for Injury and Knowledge Deficit related to Epilepsy (Seizures)

Nursing Care Plan for Epilepsy (Seizures)


Nursing Diagnosis for Epilepsy (Seizures) : Risk for Injury related to changes in consciousness, cognitive damage, seizures or damages for personal protection.

Goal : Reduce the risk of injury to patients.

Interventions :

1. Assess the characteristics of seizures.
Rationale : To find out how much the level of seizures experienced by patients that provide interventions work better.

2. Keep away from sharp objects / harm for the patient.
Rationale : Sharps can injure and physically injure the patient.

3. Enter the tongue spatula / artificial airway or soft object rolls as indicated.
Rationale : With a spatula put the tongue between the upper jaw and lower jaw, then the risk of the patient biting his tongue does not occur and the patient's airway becomes smoother.

4. Collaboration in the provision of anti-seizure medications.
Rationale : Anti- seizure drugs can reduce the degree of strain experienced patients, so the risk for injury was reduced.


Nursing Diagnosis for Epilepsy (Seizures) : Knowledge Deficit : family on the course of disease processes related to the lack of information.

Goal : Increased knowledge of the family , the family understand the disease process of epilepsy, family, clients do not ask more about the disease, treatment and condition of the client.

Interventions

1. Assess client's level of family education.
Rationale : Education is one of the determinants of a person's level of knowledge/

2. Assess knowledge level of client family.
Rationale : To find out how much information they already know, so that knowledge will be given in accordance with the needs of the family.

3. Explain to the client's family about the disease through counseling febrile seizures.
Rationale : To increase knowledge.

4. Give a chance to ask the family not yet understood.
Rationale : To find out how much information is already understood.

5. Involve the family in every action on the client.
rationale : Family in order to provide proper treatment if a client had a seizure the next time.