Common Cold: A Case Study
Patient is a 5 year old with a sore throat, nasal congestion, and has diagnosis of cold. Parents are concerned that the child is not on an antibiotic.
Priority NANDA: Deficit Knowledge r/t sore throat and nasal congestion aeb parents requesting ABX for treatment. (note: I am kind of unsure of this dx or if I did the r/t and aeb for it right if someone has insight and could help explain it better on how to word it)
Outcome is to educate the parents /parent on the signs and symptoms of a cold and the medication that can be used to treat a common cold, versus the use of antibiotics. Many new parents don’t know what will be effective for their child and what a child is actually allowed to take due to their age and weight and how their body processes medication compared to an adult. …show more content…
Studies have shown that there is an overuse of Antibiotics for unnecessary treatments, and antibiotic resistance.
“ Their findings suggest that although doctors are aware that antibiotics are not needed to treat the common cold, antibiotics are often given under the belief that they might speed recovery, and also in response to patient expectations.(Sun,
2015).”
What we can educate the parents of young children on is prevention, such as handwashing, due to coughing, blowing the nose, and sneezing are leading issues related to the common cold. Education on nasal decongestants, OTC medication if its allowed per PCP such as Tylenol, or Cold medication for their symptoms. These are all key things to address with the nurse and doctor, due to many parents also over using Tylenol or medication to quickly cure the symptoms.
Sun, Q., Dyar, O. J., Zhao, L., Tomson, G., Nilsson, L. E., Grape, M., Lundborg, C. S. (2015). Overuse of antibiotics for the common cold – attitudes and behaviors among doctors in rural areas of Shandong Province, China. BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s40360-015-0009-x
Hinkle, J., & Cheever, K. (2014). Brunner and Suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing (13th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Priority NANDA: Deficit Knowledge r/t sore throat and nasal congestion aeb parents requesting ABX for treatment. (note: I am kind of unsure of this dx or if I did the r/t and aeb for it right if someone has insight and could help explain it better on how to word it)
Outcome is to educate the parents /parent on the signs and symptoms of a cold and the medication that can be used to treat a common cold, versus the use of antibiotics. Many new parents don’t know what will be effective for their child and what a child is actually allowed to take due to their age and weight and how their body processes medication compared to an adult. …show more content…
Studies have shown that there is an overuse of Antibiotics for unnecessary treatments, and antibiotic resistance.
“ Their findings suggest that although doctors are aware that antibiotics are not needed to treat the common cold, antibiotics are often given under the belief that they might speed recovery, and also in response to patient expectations.(Sun,
2015).”
What we can educate the parents of young children on is prevention, such as handwashing, due to coughing, blowing the nose, and sneezing are leading issues related to the common cold. Education on nasal decongestants, OTC medication if its allowed per PCP such as Tylenol, or Cold medication for their symptoms. These are all key things to address with the nurse and doctor, due to many parents also over using Tylenol or medication to quickly cure the symptoms.
Sun, Q., Dyar, O. J., Zhao, L., Tomson, G., Nilsson, L. E., Grape, M., Lundborg, C. S. (2015). Overuse of antibiotics for the common cold – attitudes and behaviors among doctors in rural areas of Shandong Province, China. BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s40360-015-0009-x
Hinkle, J., & Cheever, K. (2014). Brunner and Suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing (13th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins