The document provides guidance for caring for a patient with impaired skin integrity, phantom limb pain, and risk of injury due to limb loss or weakness. It recommends assessing the skin impairment and monitoring for infection signs. It also suggests avoiding harsh cleansing, excessive friction, and frequent cleansing. For phantom limb pain, it recommends encouraging the patient to interact with their residual limb and minimizing altered sensations. It also provides tips for assisting with positioning and avoiding certain limb movements. For injury risk, it advises rest, using assistive devices like prosthetics or canes for walking, keeping items within reach, and ensuring family is present to help.
2. IMPAIRED SKIN INTEGRITY
RELATED TO INCISION
Assess site of skin impairment and determine
etiology (e.g., acute or chronic
wound, burn, dermatological lesion, pressure
ulcer, skin tear)
Monitor site of skin impairment at least once a
day for color
changes, redness, swelling, warmth, pain, or
other signs of infection.
Avoid harsh cleansing agents, hot water, extreme
friction or force, or cleansing too frequently .
Do not position client on site of skin impairment.
If consistent with overall client management
goals, turn and position client at least every 2
hours
3. CONTD
maintain a moist wound-healing
environment and that is balanced with
the need to absorb exudates.
Avoid massaging around the site of skin
impairment and over bony prominences.
Assess client's nutritional status
Promote wound healing with use aseptic
technique.
4. DISTURBANCE SENSORY PERCEPTION
RELATED TO PHANTOM LIMB PAIN AND
SENSATION
Encourages the patient to look
at, feel, and then care for the residual
limb.
Minimizing altered sensory
perceptions.
Assist patient for positioning.
Avoid patient to abduction, external
rotation, and flexion of the lower
extremity.
5. CONTD
Explain anticipated treatment regiment and
routines to facilitate positive attitude in
relation to rehabilation.
Support use of coping mechanisms involved
significants others and support services as
needed.
6. RISK FOR INJURY RELATED TO LOSS
OF LIMBS/WEAKNESS.
Ask the patients to rest in bed and
limited their movements.
Advice patients to use the
prosthesis(artificial leg) or cane when
their able to walk.
Put all the things near to patients to
easy for patients to take their things.
Make sure the family members of
patients always be with patients.
7. CONTD
Provide adequate environments
Provide bad pan and urinal for the
patients pass urine and pass
motion.