Nursing Care Plan for Urinary Tract Infection
Nursing Care Plan for Urinary Tract Infection. Drinking the recommended 10-12 eight ounce glasses of water everyday. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is basically an infection that happens anywhere along urinary tract. Thee are several organs that if infected would constitute UTI or bladder infection, these organs are as follows: (1) The Kidneys (2) The Ureters (3) The Urinary Bladder and (4) The Urethra. Urinary tract infection (UTI) implies multiplication of organisms in the urinary tract, and is defined by the presence of more than 100,000 organisms per ml in a midstream sample of urine (MSU). Risk factors include urinary tract malformations, pregnancy, calculus or renal stones, urinary tract obstruction, prostatic obstruction, bladder diverticulum, spinal injury, trauma, urinary tract tumor, diabetes mellitus and immunosuppression as in case of AIDS. Some of the symptoms of urinary tract infections are very similar. For example, while not painful discomfort, total or burning during ur...