What is the Nursing management of rubella?

Answer 1

Nursing care:-

1-Isolation until 5th day of rash.

2-Keep a child in bed until fever and cough subside.

3-Dim light, clean eyelid, irrigate eye with saline.

4-Encourage fluid during fever.

5-Increase humidity in child's room to relieve cough.

6-Releive itching of skin by tepid bath and soothing lotion.

7-Immune serum or gamma-globulin may be given to modify illness and reduce

complication.

8-Antibacterial therapy given for treatment of complication e.g:respiratory

infection or gastroenteritis.

Supportive Care for Treating Measles

Supportive care can include:

• Intravenous (IV) fluids
• Medications to control fever or pain
• Antibiotics to treat secondary infections from bacteria
• Good nursing care.

Vitamin A as Part of Measles Treatment

In developing countries, malnutrition, vitamin A deficiency, and severe measles are common. For these situations, the treatment of measles should include vitamin A medication for two days, starting as soon as a measles diagnosis is made. This treatment has been shown to decrease the risk of blindness and death.

Answer 2

nursing diagnosis for rubella