Topic > Clostridium Difficile Case Study - 1644

The SMART goal for diagnosing a patient's diarrhea is for the patient to defecate soft, firm stools every 1 to 3 days and express relief from cramps with little or no diarrhea. The intervention to achieve this smart goal is the administration of rendaxomicin, a narrow-spectrum antibiotic, to treat Clostridium difficile infection (Sears, 2013). Another nursing intervention for treating diarrhea is to assess the patient's sodium and potassium loss, as well as explain prevention methods to avoid excessive spread of diarrhea (Mitchell, 2014). The nurse must also provide adequate care of the integrity of the skin of the peritoneal area and make the environment safe and easy to access the bathroom. The SMART goal for diagnosing acute patient pain is for the patient to report pain relief in the abdominal area after opioid treatment in a 24-hour period. Nursing intervention for acute pain consists of opioid administration and positioning to keep the patient as comfortable as possible and relieve pressure from the abdominal area. The nurse should also assess the patient's vital signs and pain level