The nursing care plan summarizes the care needed for a 9-year old boy with a post-surgical left leg injury. [1] The boy's grandmother expressed concerns about managing his pain and inflammation. [2] The short-term nursing goals are to educate the grandmother on proper leg care, signs of infection, pain management, and allow the leg to heal. [3] The long-term goals are for the grandmother to independently care for the leg and prevent reinjury within 2 weeks.
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The nursing care plan summarizes the care needed for a 9-year old boy with a post-surgical left leg injury. [1] The boy's grandmother expressed concerns about managing his pain and inflammation. [2] The short-term nursing goals are to educate the grandmother on proper leg care, signs of infection, pain management, and allow the leg to heal. [3] The long-term goals are for the grandmother to independently care for the leg and prevent reinjury within 2 weeks.
The nursing care plan summarizes the care needed for a 9-year old boy with a post-surgical left leg injury. [1] The boy's grandmother expressed concerns about managing his pain and inflammation. [2] The short-term nursing goals are to educate the grandmother on proper leg care, signs of infection, pain management, and allow the leg to heal. [3] The long-term goals are for the grandmother to independently care for the leg and prevent reinjury within 2 weeks.
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The nursing care plan summarizes the care needed for a 9-year old boy with a post-surgical left leg injury. [1] The boy's grandmother expressed concerns about managing his pain and inflammation. [2] The short-term nursing goals are to educate the grandmother on proper leg care, signs of infection, pain management, and allow the leg to heal. [3] The long-term goals are for the grandmother to independently care for the leg and prevent reinjury within 2 weeks.
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CHINESE GENERAL HOSPITAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
NURSING CARE PLAN
Name: Boy M AGE: 9 y/o DIAGNOSIS: post – debridement and arthrothomy of the left leg
DIAGNOSIS SUBJECTIVE: SHORT TERM INDEPENDENT SHORT TERM Client’s relative Knowledge deficit Client’s relatives may After 30min of health teaching, - Assess grandmother’s level of - Provide comparative baseline Goal was met verbalized: related to patient’s grandmother will be anxiety related treatment and provide information about As evidenced by: have knowledge able to know the importance of needed unfamiliarity with deficit; defined as a plans and possible sepsis of a. Patient’s “Gumagaling naman ang proper and active participation in the client. education/intervention information grandmother was lack of cognitive alleviating her granddaughter’s regarding quality of life. mga sugat ng apo ko sa resources able to state 3 information or condition as evidenced by: - health teaching mga dahon n itinatapal ways of the proper psychomotor skills - discuss the different management of ko.” EXPECTED OUTCOME required for health disease process inflammation of her - State at least 3 ways of including the signs and grandson’s left leg “Dati ganyan lang recovery, the proper management symptoms - Provide information to the - discussed that her naman nawawala na maintenance, or of inflammation of her client’s grandmother so as to - discuss the possible grandson could not yung pamamaga ng binti health promotion. grandson’s left leg. equip her with knowledge restriction in activity go to school for a niya” regarding the proper techniques because of her condition moment until her - Identify alternative ways of care to an inflamed limb. - teach on proper skin and grandson’s leg gets “Yan lang din ang of managing pain aside limb assessment well. nakapagpagaling dun sa from medical aspect - Was able to identify - demonstrate proper pain mga tao sa probinsya that would alleviate the normal skin tone and relief and anti- discomfort temperature during namin.” inflammatory regimen to LONG TERM limb assessment. the relatives and - after 2 weeks of significant others. - demonstrated proper nursing intervention leg elevation so as to - demonstrate proper client’s grandmother will control pain splinting techniques be able to perform inflammatory proper leg care as - To prevent overexertion process of the leg evidenced by: secondary to disease - To reduce fatigue - Assist in adjusting activities process. EXPECTED OUTCOME - Gradually increase exercise - To enhance ability to - aseptic way of leg care and activity LONG TERM participate in activities - Maintain the affected - Promote comfort measures Goal was met as evidenced leg free from any and provide for relief by: unwanted pressure and a. client’s ulceration. COLLABORATIVE grandmother was - To have continuity of care - Coordinate with the family in able to perform continuous monitoring of inner-to-outer way activity of cleaning the affected leg and allowed adequate tightness on the elastic bandage applied to the long leg posterior mold. b. Was able to demonstrate pain relief exercise through elevation of the affected leg c. Was able to maintain client’s leg free from any unwanted pressure