Nursing Care Plan for Hypoglycemia: Activity Intolerance

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.