Nursing care for patients with shunt placement failure includes:
• Paying attention to the appearance of any of the above symptoms, which may imply shunt placement failure.
• A shunt placement failure may be asymptomatic, with a simple change in the patient’s behaviour or rapid appearance of the above symptoms, which suggest shunt placement failure.
• For infants in a state of constant restlessness, when the all the other needs have been met and, in case of increased contour of the head, one must suspect possible shunt placement failure (Fetal Hydrocephalus, 2010).