Nursing Assessment Validate the possible nursing diagnosisSelect 2 possible nursing diagnosis
Question Answered step-by-step Nursing Assessment Validate the possible nursing diagnosisSelect 2 possible nursing diagnosis Jenny Hill is an 82 yr old woman who lives in a home for elderly women. She has trouble controlling her urination. She finds that when she has to urinate, she has to get to the bathroom quickly or she will wet her panties. She has started wearing incontinence pads, but she hates them because they are uncomfortable, and she’s afraid they show when she wears pants. Also they cost a lot of money.She finds herself getting up to urinate two to three times per night. Sometimes she finds she really smells of urine in the morning, and her sheets are wet with urine. She limits her usual social activities because of the possible embarrassment of smelling like urine. Over the last week she has decrease drinking tea, coffee and other fluids during the day.She makes an appointment with the Nurse Practitioner to discuss her problem. Mrs. Hill complained that she had some vaginal pain and burning. Vitals taken by nurse were 128/92, P-96 R-22 T-36.2 wt 136lb. The nurse noted that she looked pale, had chapped lips and dark circle under eyes. Last week Mrs. Hill weighed 142lbs. Compare the signs & symptoms that you have identified from your patient assessment with the defining characteristics &related factors for the nursing diagnosis that you have selected.Place the nursing diagnoses in order of priority (remember Maslow’s hierarch) Write a nursing diagnosis statement for one of the nursing diagnoses by combining the nursing diagnosis label with the defining characteristics and related factors. Start with nursing diagnosis—may have more than one diagnosis placed in order of priority5 columns care plan 1. Assessment 2. Goals ( 2 goals under 1 diagnose ) 3. Implementation/Interventions ( 4 interventions under 1 goal) 4. Rationale Why do we need to understand? 5. Expect outcome/Evaluation Health Science Science Nursing NURSING CNC 105 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
