Nursing Care Plan for Hypoglycemia: Activity Intolerance

Nursing Care Plan for Hypoglycemia

Activity Intolerance related to imbalance of oxygen supply and demand, weakness.

Defining characteristics:

• Fatigue and weakness.
• The response to activity indicates abnormal pulse and blood pressure.
• Changes in ECG showed arrhythmia / dysrhythmia.
• Dyspnea and discomfort.
• Agitated.

Goal: The client is able to achieve: activity tolerance,

with expected outcomes:

Activity Tolerance:

• Oxygen saturation within normal limits when activity.
• HR in the normal range when the activity.
• Respiration in the normal range when the activity.
• Systolic blood pressure in the normal range when the activity.
• Diastolic blood pressure in the normal range when the activity.
• ECG within normal limits.
• Skin color.
• Breathing efforts when the activity.
• Walking in the room.
• Walk away.
• Climbing up the stairs.
• ADL strength.
• The ability to talk while exercising.

Interventions :

Therapeutic Activities:

• Note the frequency of heart rhythm, changes in blood pressure before, during and after activity as indicated.
• Increase rest, limit activity and provide leisure activities that are not heavy.
• Limit visitors.
• Monitor response to emotional, physical, social and spiritual.
• Describe the pattern of a gradual increase in activity.
• Help clients recognize a meaningful activity.
• Help clients know the options for activity.
• Determine the client's commitment to increase the frequency of the activity.
• Collaboration related to the physical, recreational therapy, proper supervision activity program.
• Help the client make a specific plan for the transfer of routine daily activity.
• Help the client / family know all the quality of a shortage of activity.
• Train the client / family about the role of physical, social, spiritual, sense activity in health care.
• Help the client / family environment with a desire to adjust the activity.
• Provide activities that increase attention in a certain period.
• Facilitation replacement activity when the client has passed the deadline, energy and movement.
• Provide an environment that is not harmful to walk as indicated.
• Provide positive reinforcement for participation in the activity.
• Help the client generates its own motivation.
• Monitor the emotional, physical, social, and spiritual activities.
• Help the client / family getting monitor progress toward achieving the goal.

Energy Management :

• Observation of the client restrictions in activity.
• Encourage to express feelings towards limitations.
• Assess the factors that cause fatigue.
• Monitor nutrition and adequate sources of energy.
• Monitor the client for physical fatigue and emotional excess.
• Monitor the cardiovascular response to activity.
• Monitor patterns of sleep and duration of sleep / rest.

Dysrhythmia Management :

• Knowing for certain clients and families who have a history of heart.
• Monitor and check oxygenation deficiency, acid-base balance, electrolytes.
• Record ECG.
• Advise the client to break every attack.
• Record the frequency and duration of the attack.
• Monitor hemodynamic status.