V SIM Concept Map: Dehydration & Patient
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CONCEPT MAP WORKSHEET
DESCRIBE DISEASE PROCESS AFFECTING PATIENT
(INCLUDE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DISEASE PROCESS)
Dehydration is fluid loss and it is imbalanced. When the someone vomitis, and has diarrhea they are not replenishing
the fluids, and electrolytes replaced. This is common is children when they are sick and have diarrhea and vomiting
and unable to get fluids back into their body. Often they have to have IV fluids to help replace what is lost when the
child is ill.
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS PATIENT INFORMATION ANTICIPATED PHYSICAL FINDINGS
(REASON FOR TEST AND RESULTS)
Name is Eva Madison who is a 5- Nausea and vomiting with diarrhea.
The patient’s urine sample shows ketones, year-old female. She weighs Electrolyte imbalance, she has
sugar, specific gravity, and protein in the 50lbs, Caucasian, with no known hypotension and the skin is cool to
urine. drug allergies. On 07/09/2020 touch and is tenting. Her urine is
The stool sample shows the patient has a came to the hospital and concentrated and she is lethargic.
virus. It is parasitic and there are sugars admitted for dehydration due to
present. gastroenteritits.
The patient also had a basic metabolic
panel (BMP)- that shows an electrolyte
imbalance.
ANTICIPATED NURSING INTERVENTIONS
, Continue to monitor patient, strictly monitor I&Os, weigh the patient daily, focused assessments and monitoring vital
signs every 2-4 hours, continue to follow physician orders, and give the patient fluids as ordered. Follow safety
measures, and obtain all information on the patient and educate the child and the parents.
Care for Eva Madison | 2026 Updated keiser
university
CONCEPT MAP WORKSHEET
DESCRIBE DISEASE PROCESS AFFECTING PATIENT
(INCLUDE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DISEASE PROCESS)
Dehydration is fluid loss and it is imbalanced. When the someone vomitis, and has diarrhea they are not replenishing
the fluids, and electrolytes replaced. This is common is children when they are sick and have diarrhea and vomiting
and unable to get fluids back into their body. Often they have to have IV fluids to help replace what is lost when the
child is ill.
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS PATIENT INFORMATION ANTICIPATED PHYSICAL FINDINGS
(REASON FOR TEST AND RESULTS)
Name is Eva Madison who is a 5- Nausea and vomiting with diarrhea.
The patient’s urine sample shows ketones, year-old female. She weighs Electrolyte imbalance, she has
sugar, specific gravity, and protein in the 50lbs, Caucasian, with no known hypotension and the skin is cool to
urine. drug allergies. On 07/09/2020 touch and is tenting. Her urine is
The stool sample shows the patient has a came to the hospital and concentrated and she is lethargic.
virus. It is parasitic and there are sugars admitted for dehydration due to
present. gastroenteritits.
The patient also had a basic metabolic
panel (BMP)- that shows an electrolyte
imbalance.
ANTICIPATED NURSING INTERVENTIONS
, Continue to monitor patient, strictly monitor I&Os, weigh the patient daily, focused assessments and monitoring vital
signs every 2-4 hours, continue to follow physician orders, and give the patient fluids as ordered. Follow safety
measures, and obtain all information on the patient and educate the child and the parents.
