Nursing care for patients with abdominal complications due to shunt placement (peritonitis) includes:
Control of the catheter’s opening for appearance of bleeding and trauma inspection, so as to timely brief the doctor.
• Taking of vital signs.
• Thorough follow-up inspection of the patency
and placement of the catheter.
• Neurological assessment of the patient.
• Use of an aseptic technique in every change
of dressing to avoid superinfection.
• Administration of antibiotics, according to
prescriptions.
• Recommendation of follow-up examination
every month and, later on, every three months.