Assessment of flank pain includes the description of pain by client- quality, nature and severity of pain.
Nursing interventions:
- applying a heating pad on suprapubic area or lower back to relieve spasm
- Administer analgesic and antispasmodic as indicated
- Encourage the patient to increase oral fluid intake which helps in urine production, promote renal blood flow and flushes bacteria with urine.
- Instruct to avoid coffee, tea, alcohol and soda
- Encourage to void frequently
- Use non - pharmacological methods for pain -massage,relaxation
- Administer antibiotics
- Explain the importance of completing antibiotic therapy
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