Last update : August 01, 2010
By following a relevant and reliable cellulitis nursing care plan under the diagnosis of an unfailing physician, cellulitis can be cured. Cellulitis is a kind of skin infection caused by bacteria, and generally affects only one limb. But if not timely treated, if may cause severe problems like gangrene and sepsis. When bacteria spread on the skin, it becomes red, swells and causes pain. Blisters are also visible and they feel warm when you touch them.
Cellulitis is most often found in people who have weak immune system, who are diabetic and who are HIV positive. If you are suffering from eczema, injuries, blisters or ringworms that allow bacteria to enter into the skin, you can catch cellulitis. One of the most important ways to treat cellulitis is to use topical or oral antibiotics.
A cellulitis nursing care plan includes priorities like controlling the spread of the infection and promoting the healing process. It includes close diagnosis of acute pain and swelling. The expected outcomes of the cellulitis nursing care plan are to reduce pain and to maintain normal respiratory system, fluid intake and normal temperature. Under this plan, the patient is given suitable eatables excluding citrus juices and hot or spicy foods, and proper medications are given to the patient on time.
Most people want to be treated at home, but researches have found out that a large proportion of the patients were not suitable to be treated at home, and had to be taken to a hospital. In the last 20 years, there has been an increase in the number of people who want nursing care at their home and do not want to get hospitalized.
They mostly prefer to get medicines prescribed rather than being admitted in the hospitals. Hospitalization can be avoided if the patients receive effective and timely ambulatory care. In order to cater to these preferences of the patients, a cellulitis nursing care plan can also be designed to provide medication to the patients at their own home.
