Thyroid Carcinoma (Post-operative) - 3 Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions

Thyroid Carcinoma (Post-operative)

1. Anxiety related to change in health status.

Goal: be able to reduce stressors that burden individual sources.

Outcomes:

• Anxiety is reduced, evidenced by showing aggression control, control anxiety, coping.
• Planning coping strategies for situations that create stress.
• No manifestations of behavior due to anxiety.

Intervention

1) Observation of the behavior that indicates the level of anxiety.
Rationale: measure the level of anxiety.

2) Monitor the physical response, palpitations, repetitive movements, hyperventilation, insomnia.
Rationale: The effects of excess thyroid hormones cause the clinical manifestations of catecholamine excess events when levels of epinephrine in normal circumstances.

3) Give the antianxiety drugs and monitor their effects.
Rational: helping clients reduce anxiety in the face of the operation.



2. Imbalance Nutrition Less than Body Requirements related to the inability of the client to enter or swallow food.

Goal: the level of available nutrients are able to meet metabolic demands.

Outcomes:

• Fulfilled intake of food, fluids, and nutrients.
• Tolerance to the recommended diet.
• Maintaining body mass and body weight in the normal range.
• Reported adequacy of the level of energy.

Intervention

1) Auscultation of bowel sounds.
Rationale: hyperactive bowel sounds reflect an increase in gastric motalitas degrade or alter the function of absorption.

2) Monitor input of food every day. And balanced body weight every day and report a decrease.
Rationale: weight loss constantly in a state of sufficient caloric intake is an indication of the failure of antithyroid therapy.

3) Avoid feeding can increase intestinal peristaltic.
Rationale: increased motalitas gastrointestinal tract can cause diarrhea and impaired absorption of necessary nutrients.

4) Collaborate with physicians medications or vitamins that are needed to meet the nutritional needs of the client.



3. Impaired Verbal Communication related to vocal cord injury.
Goal: be able to demonstrate no injury with minimal complications or controlled.

Outcomes: Ability to create a method of communication in which needs can be understood.

Intervention:

1) Anticipate the needs as best as possible, visit the patient regularly.
Rationale: Reduce anxiety and the patient needs to communicate.

2) Maintain a quiet environment.
Rationale: Increasing the capacity of listening and communication slowly lowered loudness should be pronounced the patient to be heard.

3) Advise not to talk continuously.
Rationale: hoarseness and sore throat due to tissue edema or nerve damage due to laryngeal surgery and ends in a few days.

4) Collaborate with physicians medications needed to relieve pain.

Diagnostic Test for Thyroid Carcinoma
Pathophysiology of Thyroid Carcinoma

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