Bacterial gastroenteritis happens when bacteria causes infection in your gut. This infection can cause inflammation in your stomach and intestines. You may experience severe vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. It is essential to monitor deficient fluid volume because the patient needs to be hydrated and avoid complications.
The patient needs to have their salt, sodium, and potassium checked. Your body needs that balance to function correctly. Hospitals will give the fluids and salts intravenously. Without constant monitoring, symptoms could become very difficult to treat if the person's condition is severe enough for hospitalization.
Deficient fluid volume-rationale: because the client has gastroenteritis and is probably dehydrated, deficient fluid volume takes highest priority. a sensory deficit such as blindness puts the client at risk for injury from the environment; however, a potential problem doesnt take highest priority. although activity intolerance or impaired physical mobility also may be relevant, these nursing diagnoses dont take precedence over the clients dehydration. client needs category: physiological integrity client needs subcategory: reduction of risk potential cognitive level: application reference: smeltzer, s.c., and bare, b. brunner & suddarths textbook of medical surgical-nursing, 11th ed. philadelphia: lippincott williams & wilkins, 2008, p. 1516.
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