ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE:
Nursing Skill
Feras Baraka
STUDENT NAME______________________________________
for a client with dysphagia
SKILL NAME__Caring
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Description of Skill
Caring for a client who has difficulty swallowing due to a progressively
debilitating disease
Indications
- pain when swallowing
- drooling
- hoarseness
- regurgitation
- weight loss
- coughing
- gagging
- frequent heartburn
Outcomes/Evaluation
Evaluation
- xray
- assessment
- swallow screen/test
Outcomes
- malnutrition
- deydration
- aspiration pneumonia
- chronic lung disease
- death
- choking
Potential Complications
- malnutrition
- weight loss
- choking
- aspiration
- aspiration pneumonia
ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATES
CONSIDERATIONS
Nursing Interventions (pre, intra, post)
- Monitor swallowing
- Sit patient upright when eating or drinking
- Ensure proper diet / thicken liquids
- consult with speech language pathologist
Client Education
- Chew thoroughly
- Encourage fluids
- Sit upright when eating or drinking
- eat slowly
- smaller bites
- smaller and more frequent meals
Nursing Interventions
-Monitor swallowing
-Sit patient upright when eating or drinking
- Ensure proper diet / thicken liquids
- swallowing exercises
- swallowing techniques
Therapeutic Procedure
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