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Nursing Diagnosis for Pulmonary Embolism | Nursing Care Plan Interventions Impaired Gas Exchanged Related to

This nursing care plan include a diagnosis, and many interventions for the following conditions: Pulmonary Embolism, PE

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Care Plans are often developed in different formats. The formatting isn’t always important, and care plan formatting may vary among different nursing schools or medical jobs. Some hospitals may have the information displayed in digital format, or use pre-made templates. The most important part of the care plan is the content, as that is the foundation on which you will base your care.

Nursing Care Plan for: Pulmonary Embolism PE

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Scenario:

A 65 year old female presents to your floor from the ER. The patient is admitted for dyspnea. You note that the patient presents with extreme dyspnea on an type of activity, especially during ambulation. You note the patient’s O2 saturation drops during activity to 82% on room air. While resting the patient oxygen saturation is 88-89%. You place the patient on 2L nasal cannula. The patient states she does not wear any oxygen at home. She states she started feeling very short of breath and having “chest like pain” on inspiration ever since she got back from her church mission trip from China which was 2 days ago. She said she thought it was pneumonia but she hasn’t been coughing up anything. Patient’s history includes: Breast Cancer 2000, double mastectomy 2001, Appendectomy 1983, Rhinoplasty 1999. VS: HR 105, BP 115/82, O2 Saturation 93% 2L nasal cannula, Temp. 98.6, RR 21, pain 2 on 1-10 scale. D-Dimer 920, Troponin 0.01. Pt had a CT scan with PE protocol performed before arrival to your floor and the results showed positive for Pulmonary Embolism. Pt is started on Lovenox 1mg/kg BID subq and Coumadin 5mg PO daily. Current INR 1.2.

Nursing Diagnosis:

Impaired gas exchanged related to decrease pulmonary perfusion associated with obstruction of pulmonary arterial blood flow by the embolus as evidence by dyspnea, positive for Pulmonary Embolism, and abnormal pulse oximetry.

Subjective Data:

The patient states she does not wear any oxygen at home. She states she started feeling very short of breath and having “chest like pain” on inspiration ever since she got back from her church mission trip from China which was 2 days ago. She said she thought it was pneumonia but she hasn’t been coughing up anything.

Objective Data:

A 65 year old female presents to your floor from the ER. The patient is admitted for dyspnea. You note that the patient presents with extreme dyspnea on an type of activity, especially during ambulation. You note the patient’s O2 saturation drops during activity to 82% on room air. While resting the patient oxygen saturation is 88-89%. You place the patient on 2L nasal cannula. Patient’s history includes: Breast Cancer 2000, double mastectomy 2001, Appendectomy 1983, Rhinoplasty 1999. VS: HR 105, BP 115/82, O2 Saturation 93% 2L nasal cannula, Temp. 98.6, RR 21, pain 2 on 1-10 scale. D-Dimer 920, Troponin 0.01. Pt had a CT scan with PE protocol performed before arrival to your floor and the results showed positive for Pulmonary Embolism. Pt is started on Lovenox 1mg/kg BID subq and Coumadin 5mg PO daily. Current INR 1.2.

Nursing Outcomes:

-Pt’s oxygen saturation will be 90-100% during hospitalization.-Pt will be free from any injuries due to bleeding side effects of anti-coagulation therapy.

-Pt will demonstrate 2 breathing techniques to use during dyspneic episodes to help prevent hypoxia.

-Pt will verbalize 5 important things she must monitor while taking the anti-coagulate Coumadin.

Nursing Interventions:

-The nurse will titrate oxygen supplementation to keep patient’s oxygen saturation 90-100%.-The nurse will educate the patient about using the call light before ambulation to help prevent fall injuries.

-The nurse will teach and demonstrate to the patient 2 breathing techniques to use during dyspneic episodes.

-The nurse will provide the patient will Coumadin education materials and ask the patient to verbalize 5 important things she must monitor while taking Coumadin.

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