How to provide psychological nursing for patients undergoing heart transplantation

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Heart transplantation, a surgical treatment for diseases, may be heard of by everyone, but it may not be further understood. Heart transplantation was first performed at the University of Minnesota. Now let's talk about the psychological care of patients undergoing heart transplantation.

How to provide psychological nursing for patients undergoing heart transplantation

First: gargle before and after taking medicine and eating. In the implementation of bedsore care, to check whether the skin has folliculitis, skin lesions, give symptomatic treatment. Those with catheters should strengthen the care of urethral orifice and perineum, change clothes frequently, and keep perineum clean and dry, so as to avoid the spread of infection.

Second: the diet should be gradually increased according to the condition, and a certain amount of calories should be maintained every day. When hormone is used for a long time, the calorie consumption is large, the appetite is good, but the digestive function is poor, so the diet with high protein, high carbohydrate, multi vitamins and low fat should be given. In particular, heart and kidney transplant patients should eat less salt.

Third, we should pay attention to rejection. Rejection is the need for patients to closely observe the condition, detailed records, the correct collection of laboratory specimens, so as to accurately provide the basis, early diagnosis of the type of rejection, rational drug use, so that the disease can be reversed.

matters needing attention

After heart transplantation, many problems need to be paid attention to in daily life, which can help patients recover as soon as possible. Patients may have immune rejection after heart transplantation, which needs to be suppressed by drugs.