Nursing Care for Congenital Pneumonia with Neonatal Sepsis

Abstract

Congenital pneumonia is a lung infection in a neonate within 48 hours. Onset may be within hours of birth and part of a generalized sepsis syndrome or after 48 hours. If pneumonia is not treated, it will turn to sepsis which is life-threatening for newborns. It can affect anybody's system and affects more than 1 system at the same time. Symptoms depend on what’s causing the infection. Clinically, an infant will present with choking. Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of neonatal respiratory distress, significant complications or death. The case study aged 15 days have been referred from a community hospital with 3 days of cough, phlegm, vomiting, and fever, poor feeding. The doctor diagnosed with congenital pneumonia and sepsis. The overall neonatal admission was 8 days. 

Therefore nursing care is important both during the crisis and in the rehabilitation period. Nurses must have knowledge and ability in the nursing process to provide a comprehensive assessment both physically and mentally.  Providing critical care and rehabilitation period prevent complications. Moreover, nurses should integrate family center care in nursing. These will help the families deal with various problems and develop physical and mental health in the future.