It’s imperative for nurses to continuously assess and work alongside professionals to establish a plan of action that targets the client’s priority problems. The schemes behind a care plan “is to identify client strengths and potential or actual health problems or needs, and to develop specific nursing interventions to achieve mutually agreed-upon outcomes ” (Kozier et al., 2014, p.455). The intent of this analysis will centralize on instituting a specific plan of action on a 13month toddler with no pertinent past medical or surgical history. A.D was rushed to the Montreal Children’s Hospital with a significant fever and persistent signs of respiratory distress. With the confirmation of an x-ray and a respiratory assessment, the doctor came to the diagnosis of lower left pneumonia and bronchiolitis.
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As stated by Lewis et al. (2014) the disease process of pneumonia falls into four categories starting with congestion, “organisms reach the alveoli via droplets or saliva, there is an outpouring of fluid into the alveoli” (Lewis et al., 2014, p.663), resulting in extensive fluid accumulation in the alveolar sacs, which alters the lungs aptitude to function efficiently. The second stage pertains red hepatization, “the dilation of the capillaries, and alveoli are filled with organisms, neutrophils, red blood cells (RBCs), and fibrin” (Lewis et al., 2014, p.663), inducing vast inflammation, provoking the third stage, grey hepatization, in which there’s reduced blood flow. The last stage is the resolution phase, where the issue is resolved or heightened by further complications as explained by Lewis et al. (2014). A.D’s second diagnosis is bronchiolitis and it prevails in “one in three infants” (Casey, 2015,
As stated by Lewis et al. (2014) the disease process of pneumonia falls into four categories starting with congestion, “organisms reach the alveoli via droplets or saliva, there is an outpouring of fluid into the alveoli” (Lewis et al., 2014, p.663), resulting in extensive fluid accumulation in the alveolar sacs, which alters the lungs aptitude to function efficiently. The second stage pertains red hepatization, “the dilation of the capillaries, and alveoli are filled with organisms, neutrophils, red blood cells (RBCs), and fibrin” (Lewis et al., 2014, p.663), inducing vast inflammation, provoking the third stage, grey hepatization, in which there’s reduced blood flow. The last stage is the resolution phase, where the issue is resolved or heightened by further complications as explained by Lewis et al. (2014). A.D’s second diagnosis is bronchiolitis and it prevails in “one in three infants” (Casey, 2015,