Patient Counseling single kidney: case study

Abstract

          Patient Counseling is an important thing for the patient who are in the state of anxiety, stress or denied upon their illnesses. This patient was admitted due to acute pyelonephritis but the ultrasound and CT scan of abdomen showed that she is only left kidney and absence of right kidney. Patient counseling processes are knowledge giving insight about the disease and future planning. Counseling was starting from giving knowledge about acute pyelonephritis and treatment by antibiotic, treatment for hypertension. The important is single kidney, renal disease and knowing how to prevent the disease progression. After counseling processes was done the patient was accepted and understanding the disease. More over she has the skill in problem salving and know how to do behavior changing about Practice, low salt diet and follow up in 4 months. Laboratory for BUN 19 mg/dl, Creatinine 0.86 mg/dl. Urinalysis no albumin