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Nursing Care Plan Multiple Scelorsis

Nursing Care Plan Multiple Scelorsis CARE SETTING Community or long-term care with intermittent hospitalization for disease-related complications. RELATED CONCERNS Extended care Pneumonia: microbial Psychosocial aspects of care Sepsis/Septicemia Patient Assessment Database Degree of symptomatology depends on the stage and extent of disease, areas of neuronal involvement. ACTIVITY/REST May report: Extreme fatigue/weakness, exaggerated intolerance to activity, needing to rest after even simple activities such as shaving/showering; increased weakness/intolerance to temperature extremes, especially heat (e.g., summer weather, hot tubs) Limitation in usual activities, employment, hobbies Numbness, tingling in the extremities Sleep disturbances, may awaken early or frequently for multiple reasons (e.g., nocturia, nocturnal spasticity, pain, worry, depression) May exhibit: Absence of predictable pattern of symptoms Generalized weakness, decreased muscle tone/mass (disuse), spasticity, tremors...