| 1- Apply wound dressing. |
| 2- Do debridement. |
| 3- Assess the need for debridement surgery. |
| 4- Gently rub the wound with gauze dressing and saline. |
| 5- Gently rub the wound with gauze dressing and solution to clean. |
| 6- Irrigate the wound with saline solution in syringe with needle. |
| 7- Authorize bathing the wound in the shower. |
| 8- Apply topical antibiotic therapy. |
| 9- Apply occlusive dressing wound. |
| 10- Guide the wound exchange dressing every day. |
| 11 - Instruct on wound care. |
| 12- Manage the control of the foul odor at the wound site. |
| 13- Implement aromatherapy at the wound site. |
| 14- Encourage ability to perform hygiene. |
| 15- Guide patient and family about the disposal of bandages after changing. |
| 16- Instruct on odor control at home. |
| 17- Ventilate the house when changing the dressing. |
| 18- Evaluate the need to administer antibiotics. |
| 19- Avoid demonstrating discomfort with the foul odor. |
| 20- Provide instructional material on control of the foul odor at the wound site. |
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ICNP® nursing interventions for the diagnoses: “Anxiety”, “Low Self-Esteem,” “ Negative Self-Concept “, “Low Confidence”, “ Impaired Coping process”, “Depression”, “Helplessness”, “Hopeless”, “Stigma” “Lack of Social Support”, “Disturbed Body Image “, “Impotence”, “Fear”, “Anger”, “Impaired Socialization”, “Suffering”, “Impaired Psychological Condition” and “Shame”
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| 1- Protect the patient’s autonomy. |
| 2- Engage the patient in the decision-making process. |
| 3- Develop ability to communicate with the patient. |
| 4- Develop ability to communicate with family members. |
| 5- Explain about the wound. |
| 6- Refer to social services. |
| 7- Refer for support group therapy. |
| 8- Guide in relaxation technique. |
| 9- Guide in music therapy. |
| 10- Assess social support. |
| 11- Promote social support. |
| 12- Wound care. |
| 13- Teach about the wound care. |
| 14- Assess the psychosocial response to the instruction on the wound. |
| 15- Provide emotional support. |
| 16- Assess exhaustion. |
| 17- Palliate. |
| 18- Advise on hope. |
| 19- Assess fear. |
| 20- Assess self-image. |
| 21- Assess psychological well-being. |
| 22- Assess coping capacity. |
| 23- Assess depression. |
| 24- Assess expectations. |
| 25- Advise on fear. |
| 26- Assess suffering. |
| 27- Assess stigma. |
| 28- Teach adaptation techniques. |
| 29- Identify psychosocial status. |
| 30- Maintain dignity and privacy. |
| 31- Promote self-esteem. |
| 32- Promote social welfare. |
| 33- Promote hope. |
| 34- Reinforce personal identity. |
| 35- Encourage socialization. |
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ICNP® nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Wound with secretion”
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| 1- Apply wound dressing. |
| 2- Apply a drainage bag. |
| 3- Maintain integrity of skin proximal to the wound site. |
| 4- Apply topical antibiotic therapy. |
| 5- Clean the wound with appropriate solution. |
| 6- Manage control of secretion at the wound site. |
| 7- Assess the need to administer antibiotics. |
| 8- Instruct on wound care. |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Bleeding”
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| 1- Prevent bleeding at the wound site. |
| 2- Apply a non-adherent wound dressing. |
| 3- Compress with wound dressing. |
| 4- Press the wound site. |
| 5- Apply hemostatic agent at the wound site. |
| 6- Apply cold compress on the wound. |
| 7- Apply cold saline in the wound. |
| 8- Implement care technique with malignant wound. |
| 9- Instruct about wound care. |
| 10- Instruct the patient how to prevent bleeding at the wound site. |
| 11- Instruct family on how to prevent bleeding at the wound site. |
| 12- Instruct the patient to control bleeding at the wound site. |
| 13- Instruct the family to control bleeding at the wound site. |
| 14- Provide instructional material on bleeding control at the wound site. |
| 15- Plan action for bleeding at the wound site. |
| 16- Assess the need for blood therapy. |
| 17- Refer to the physician. |
| 18- Refer to emergency service. |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Wound pain”
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| 1- Administer pain medication before caring for the wound. |
| 2- Care for the malignant wound. |
| 3- Moisturize the gauze dressing with saline before removal. |
| 4- Clean the wound with saline solution in syringe with needle. |
| 5- Use saline solution at a comfortable temperature for the patient. |
| 6- Keep the wound moist. |
| 7- Assessing the need for pain medication at the wound site. |
| 8- Apply cold compress pad to the wound site. |
| 9- Maintain the integrity of skin proximal to the wound site. |
| 10- Treat condition of skin proximal to the wound site. |
| 11- Control foul odor in the wound. |
| 12- Assessing infection at the wound site. |
| 13- Avoid handling wound if not necessary. |
| 14- Teach about wound care. |
| 15- Assess pain when changing wound dressing. |
| 16- Provide instructional material for pain control at the wound site. |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Cancer pain”
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| 1- Evaluate the pain. |
| 2- Evaluate the need for pain medication. |
| 3- Assess response to pain management. |
| 4- Guide the patient about pain management. |
| 5- Guide patient-controlled analgesia use. |
| 6- Guide the family about pain management. |
| 7- Promote the use of devices to aid memory. |
| 8- Assess adherence. |
| 9- Encourage family and patient participation in pain control. |
| 10- Guide relaxation technique. |
| 11- Guide music therapy. |
| 12- Refer for physiotherapy. |
| 13- Report to physician about pain control. |
| 14- Provide instructional material on pain control. To be continued |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Infection” Continuation
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| 1- Apply wound dressing. |
| 2- Implement aseptic technique when caring for malignant wound. |
| 3- Apply topical therapy with appropriate solution. |
| 4- Perform debridement. |
| 5- Apply topical antibiotic therapy in wound. |
| 6- Assess the susceptibility for wound infection. |
| 7- Assess the need to administer antibiotics. |
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Nursing interventions for the diagnosis, “Necrosis”
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| 1- Assess the need for debridement. |
| 2- Perform debridement. |
| 3- Apply wound dressing. |
| 4- Assess the need to administer antibiotics. |