| PLAN |
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- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team, as needed.
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- Educate patient/family regarding the type of fluid volume imbalance being experienced, and the appropriate interventions including dietary modifications, daily weight, and prescribed medications.
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- Identify contributing and causative factors including hemorrhage, GI bleeding, gastric suctioning, wound drainage, edema, hypervolemia, dehydration, increased intracranial pressure, compartmental syndrome.
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- Monitor vital signs, intake and output, lung sounds, daily weight, and electrolytes, and notify physician with abnormalities or changes.
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- Other
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| DESIRED OUTCOME |
A decrease, increase, or rapid shift from one to the other of
intravascular, interstitial, or intracellular fluid; this refers to the
loss, excess, or both, of body fluids. This can represent several
clinical conditions including hemorrhage, dehydration, edema,
compartmental syndrome, increased intracranial pressure, or GI bleeding.
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