Patient will verbalize how to properly take discharged home medications of by mouth Bendrayl and by mouth corticosteroids by discharge.
#POISON IVY REACTION SKIN#
Patient will display decrease emotions of grimacing and action of itching skin lesions within 4 hours of medical treatment.
Patient will rate itching and discomfort less than a 3 on a 1-10 discomfort rating scale within 4 hours of medical treatment.
Impaired comfort related to pruritus secondary to poison ivy as evidence patient itching poison ivy lesions, grimacing on face, and verbalizing discomfort. His arms, legs, face, and torso are affected. The patient is admitted on 24 hour observation is prescribed IV Bendrayl every 6 hours, corticosteroids, and warm oatmeal soaks. He is grimacing and scratching the lesions. He is obviously having pain from the itching and says he can’t stand it. On assessment, the patient has impaired skin integrity extending throughout the body with some weeping lesions.
“However, when the doctor in the ER showed him a picture of a poison ivy plant, that was what I was “chopping down” outside my garage.
“didn’t know I had poison ivy and thought I wasn’t allergic to it”.
Patient’s statements: “clearing brush outside the garage and the next day woke up with extreme itching and “these red remarks” all over my body.”.
However, when the doctor in the ER showed him a picture of a poison ivy plant, the patient says that was what he was “chopping down” outside his garage. He states he didn’t know he had poison ivy and thought he wasn’t allergic to it. He stated that he was clearing brush outside his garage and the next day woke up with extreme itching and “these red remarks” all over my body. Nursing Care Plan for Impaired Comfort due to DermatitisĪ 30 year old male patient is admitted with a hypersensitive case of poison ivy. It is known for its three leaves and sometimes thorns. The leaves secrete a sap call Urushiol and this is the toxic chemical responsible for stimulating an allergic immune response. So what is poison ivy? Poison is a plant that grows in cool shady areas and tends to plague individuals during the spring and summer months.