The patient suffered a cerebrovascular accident and has deficits in self-care abilities like dressing, bathing, toileting and ambulation independently. Over 4 days of nursing interventions like assessing the patient's condition, providing tepid sponge baths, and encouraging hygienic practices with the family, the patient was able to safely perform self-care activities and identify resources to optimize independence. The goal of independent self-care was met.
The patient suffered a cerebrovascular accident and has deficits in self-care abilities like dressing, bathing, toileting and ambulation independently. Over 4 days of nursing interventions like assessing the patient's condition, providing tepid sponge baths, and encouraging hygienic practices with the family, the patient was able to safely perform self-care activities and identify resources to optimize independence. The goal of independent self-care was met.
The patient suffered a cerebrovascular accident and has deficits in self-care abilities like dressing, bathing, toileting and ambulation independently. Over 4 days of nursing interventions like assessing the patient's condition, providing tepid sponge baths, and encouraging hygienic practices with the family, the patient was able to safely perform self-care activities and identify resources to optimize independence. The goal of independent self-care was met.
Diagnosis Subjective: 1. Assess the patient’s overall 1. To determine the patient’s Goal met. The pt was able Self-care deficit r/t At the end of 4 days condition. capability to perform ADL. to execute self-care safely cerebrovascular of nursing and learned the accident as intervention, the pt: 2. Give tepid bath sponge. 2. The client cannot take a bath importance of personal Objective: evidenced by independently; tepid sponge can be hygiene together with the -Inability to dress -safely executes self- an alternative way to clean the family/ S.O. hemiplegia / self autonomously. care activities to client’s body. poor personal - Inability to bathe utmost capability. & groom self hygiene. -identifies useful 3. Encourage the client and the 3. Proper hygiene is the most independently. resources in family to provide a tepid sponge important way to prevent -Inability to optimizing the bath everyday and other occurrence and severity of disease. perform toileting autonomy and hygienic practices like hand tasks independence. washing, tooth brushing, independently. combing, nail cutting. - Inability to ambulate 4.Guide the patient in accepting 4. Patient may require help in independently. the needed amount of determining the safe limits of trying - Poor personal dependence. to be independent versus asking for hygiene. assistance when necessary.
5. Give heath teaching about the 5. Emphasizing this health teaching
importance of hand washing, helps to remind the client and the tooth brushing, combing, nail family why it is necessary to do it. cutting, regular exercise of ambulation to the famiy.