The nursing care plan is for a 9-year-old boy recovering from surgery on his left leg. The short term goal is to educate the boy's grandmother on proper care and management of inflammation and injury to alleviate his condition. This includes demonstrating leg assessment, pain relief techniques, and proper wound management. The long term goal is for the grandmother to independently perform proper leg care after 2 weeks of intervention, preventing infection or pressure ulcers. The nursing diagnosis is knowledge deficit regarding the boy's condition and treatment.
The nursing care plan is for a 9-year-old boy recovering from surgery on his left leg. The short term goal is to educate the boy's grandmother on proper care and management of inflammation and injury to alleviate his condition. This includes demonstrating leg assessment, pain relief techniques, and proper wound management. The long term goal is for the grandmother to independently perform proper leg care after 2 weeks of intervention, preventing infection or pressure ulcers. The nursing diagnosis is knowledge deficit regarding the boy's condition and treatment.
The nursing care plan is for a 9-year-old boy recovering from surgery on his left leg. The short term goal is to educate the boy's grandmother on proper care and management of inflammation and injury to alleviate his condition. This includes demonstrating leg assessment, pain relief techniques, and proper wound management. The long term goal is for the grandmother to independently perform proper leg care after 2 weeks of intervention, preventing infection or pressure ulcers. The nursing diagnosis is knowledge deficit regarding the boy's condition and treatment.
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 unfamiliarity with able to know the importance of plans and possible sepsis of needed a. Patient’s deficit; defined as a “Gumagaling naman ang proper and active participation in the client. education/intervention grandmother was information lack of cognitive alleviating her granddaughter’s regarding quality of life. mga sugat ng apo ko sa able to state 3 resources information or condition as evidenced by: - health teaching ways of the proper mga dahon n itinatapal psychomotor skills - discuss the different management of ko.” EXPECTED OUTCOME disease process inflammation of her required for health - 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 - discuss the possible client’s grandmother so as to grandson could not yung pamamaga ng binti health promotion. grandson’s left leg. restriction in activity equip her with knowledge go to school for a niya” because of her condition regarding the proper techniques moment until her - Identify alternative ways - teach on proper skin and of care to an inflamed limb. grandson’s leg gets of managing pain aside limb assessment well. “Yan lang din ang from medical aspect - demonstrate proper pain - Was able to identify nakapagpagaling dun sa that would alleviate the relief and anti- normal skin tone and mga tao sa probinsya discomfort inflammatory regimen to temperature during namin.” LONG TERM the relatives and limb assessment. - after 2 weeks of significant others. - demonstrated proper nursing intervention - demonstrate proper leg elevation so as to client’s grandmother will splinting techniques control pain be able to perform inflammatory proper leg care as process of the leg evidenced by: - To prevent overexertion secondary to disease - Assist in adjusting activities - To reduce fatigue process. EXPECTED OUTCOME - Gradually increase exercise - aseptic way of leg care and activity - To enhance ability to LONG TERM - Maintain the affected - Promote comfort measures participate in activities Goal was met as evidenced leg free from any and provide for relief by: unwanted pressure and a. client’s ulceration. COLLABORATIVE grandmother was - Coordinate with the family in - To have continuity of care 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