NAME:

1.Sukma Asri (P07120216027)

2.Radenroro Brilianti C (P07120216031)
NURSING COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH TEACHING
“Health Education About Fever”

CASE:
Rose (4 years old) is taken care in pediatric unit. She has got fever. Sukma is a nursing
student who practice at pediatric ward, will give health education to Mrs.Roro as Rose’s
mother.

Pre Interaction phase:

- collect the client data
Read the client’s status (name,age,sex,etc.)
- explore your feeling, fear, and competency
- make a plan to interact with client

Orientation phase:

Greet and smile to the client

Nurse : good morning/afternoon Mrs……
Client : good morning/afternoon, nurse

Introduce your self

Nurse : I would like to introduce my self, My name is…, I am a nursing
student at …….
Ask the client would be like to be called
Nurse : What would you like to be called ?
Client : Mrs. … , please
Explain the responsibility of the nurse and the client
Nurse : Ok mom, I practice here from ……. o’clock to …….o’clock to take care
of your daughter,I hope you could cooperate so that your daughter
could be health again as before.
Explain the role of the nurse and the client
Nurse :In here, I work with other health profession such as physician,
physiotherapist, dietitian. You may ask anything about treatment,
particulary about something that you don’t understand
 Client :thank you ners,

Explain the activity that will be conducted: health teaching

Nurse :I will discuss about your daughter who has got a fever
Explain the purpose of health teaching
Nurse :it is important to do so that after the treatment in the hospital, you could
treat your daughter at home, so your daughter will not suffer from this
disease again
Explain about the time to do health teaching
Nurse :it will take about 10 minutes
Client :It’s okay
Explain about the confidentiality
Nurse :I will keep the confidentiality of some parts of this discussion if you fell
un comfortable, so would you please not hestitate to express your
feeling/problem
Client :Thank you nurse

Working phase
Give a chance to your client to ask
Nurse :Is there anything you want to ask or to do before we start ?
Client : Not,now
Start the health teaching in a good way
Nurse :Could we start right now sir/miss …....
Client :Yes please
Do the health teaching
a. assess the client’s knowledge about the disease
Nurse :Mr/Mrs. …. have you ever heard fever?
What do you know about fever
Do you know causes, sign and how to take care that?
 Client : sorry I don’t know exactly, but I just knew that fever is when
someone have high body temperature, isn’t it?
Nurse : Yes of course you’re right.

b. explain the necessary things

Nurse :Fever is a disease that make someone has high body temperature,
more than 37.5 degree Celsius. Because the normal range is 36.5-37.5
degree celsius.
Usually the causes could be infection from virus or bacteria.
The signs are :
- Body temperature more than 37.5 degree celsius.
- Reddish skin and warm when you touch it.
- Shivering.
- Dehydration.
- Increased respiration.
The ways to cure fever are :
- Don’t give thick clothes or covering her with blanket, because it
could inhibit the evaporation. It would be better if you give her thin
clothes.
- Drink more water to prevent dehydration. Dehydration could make
the fever getting worse, the body cannot keep the normal
temperature because the body temperature will increase while she
got dehydration.
- Give warm compress, don’t use the cold compress because the body
will get shock because of it.
- Eat more healthy food and take more rest to increase body immune.
- Give antipyretic drugs susch as paracetamol to decrease the fever,
but if the fever not getting better in three days you should bring her
to the doctor.
c. give a chance to the client to ask
 Nurse :Is there anything that you still don’t understand ?
(Is there anything that you want to know more about this disease)
Client : No thank’s
d. ask the client to explain what you have already explained
Nurse :Mr. Mrs …….. could you explain what we have already discussed,
please?
Client :Yes,
Fever is a disease that make someone has high body temperature, more
than 37.5 degree Celsius. Because the normal range is 36.5-37.5 degree
celsius.
Usually the causes could be infection from virus or bacteria.
The signs are :
- Body temperature more than 37.5 degree celsius.
- Reddish skin and warm when you touch it.
- Shivering.
- Dehydration.
- Increased respiration.
The ways to cure fever are :
- Don’t give thick clothes or covering her with blanket, because it
could inhibit the evaporation. It would be better if you give her thin
clothes.
- Drink more water to prevent dehydration. Dehydration could make
the fever getting worse, the body cannot keep the normal
temperature because the body temperature will increase while she
got dehydration.
- Give warm compress, don’t use the cold compress because the body
will get shock because of it.
- Eat more healthy food and take more rest to increase body immune.
- Give antipyretic drugs susch as paracetamol to decrease the fever,
but if the fever not getting better in three days you should bring her
to the doctor.
Termination phase
Make a conclusion from the health education’s result
Nurse : Mr/mrs … from the discussion I can make a conclusion that you have
already known about fever
Client : Thanks nurse
Give positive reinforcement
Nurse :You were so active while we were discussing about this disease
Client : my pleasure
Make a next plan for the client
Nurse :Mr / Mrs … I will write the result of this discussion on your daughter’s
status, Thanks for your attention
Client :your welcome
Nurse :Good by now and see you later