Nursing Interventions Nursing Care Plans for Urinary Tract Infections

Nursing interventions Nursing care plans for Urinary tract infections (UTIs)

  • Pain Management Alleviation of pain or a reduction in pain to a level of comfort that is acceptable to the patient. Analgesic Administration Use of pharmacologic agents to reduce or eliminate pain. Environmental Management Comfort Manipulation of the patient’s surroundings forpromotion of optimal comfort
  • Teaching the patient of a teaching program about UTIs, how to prevent recurrent lower UTIs, and therapy.
  • Learning Facilitation: Promoting the ability to process and comprehend information. Learning Readiness Enhancement: Improving the ability and willingness to receive information
  • Sleep Enhancement to Facilitation of regular sleep/wake cycles. Simple Relaxation Therapy Use of techniques to encourage and elicit relaxation for the purpose of decreasing undesirable signs and symptoms such as pain, muscle tension, or anxiety. Environmental Management Manipulation of the patient’s surroundings for therapeutic benefit
  • Urinary Elimination Management Maintenance of an optimum urinary elimination pattern. Urinary Catheterization Insertion of a catheter into the bladder for temporary or permanent drainage of urine. Perineal Care Maintenance of perineal skin integrity and relief of perineal discomfort
  • Infection Protection to Prevention and early detection of infection in a patient at risk. Infection Control Minimizing the acquisition and transmission of infectious agents. Surveillance Purposeful and ongoing acquisition, interpretation, and synthesis of patient data for clinical decision making
  • Risk Identification Analysis of potential risk factors, determination of health risks, and prioritization of risk reduction strategies for an individual or group. Purposeful and ongoing collection and analysis of information about the patient and the environment for use in promoting and maintaining patient safety
  • Sexual Counseling Use of an interactive helping process focusing on the need to make adjustments to sexual practice or to coping with a sexual event/disorder. Teaching/Assisting individuals to understand physical and psychosocial dimensions of sexual growth and development

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