MACAHILOS, Patricia Mae

BSN – 3
Community Nursing Diagnosis, Planning & Intervention
In creation of community-based Nursing Diagnosis it’s important that these three elements are present
to be called Nursing Diagnosis (Main Problem, etiology and manifestation). Create 3 community nursing
diagnosis using this general problem and create 1 goal and 2 objective per community nursing diagnosis.
1. Inadequate Nutrition
2. Poor environmental sanitation
3. High incidence of vehicular accidents
4. Drug abuse
5. Cigarette Smoking
MAIN PROBLEM NURSING DIAGNOSIS OBJECTIVE GOAL
1. Inadequate 1. Inability to recognize the After nursing intervention, After nursing
Nutrition presence of the community members intervention, the
malnourishment in a will: community members’
dependent family member a. Be able to avail of nutritional condition will
due to lack of awareness. food supplements improve.
2. Inability to take proper provided by the
action due to failure to health center and
comprehend the nature, other related
magnitude, and scope of agencies to prevent
the problem. malnourishment.
3. Inability to provide b. To be able to plan
inadequate nursing care to and prepare balance
the member of the family meals for the family
who suffers from members within a
malnourishment. specified budget or
a. Lack of allowance.
knowledge c. Be able to improve
regarding health the quantity and
conditions. quality of foods
b. Lack of awareness serve in the family
regarding the members.
urgency or d. Increase the overall
salience of the health status of the
problem. family members
c. Inadequate
financial resources
to sustain health
and development
2. Poor Inability to provide a home After nursing interventions, After series nursing
environmental environment which is the community members interventions, the
sanitation conducive to health will: community members
maintenance and personality a. Know and discuss will perform appropriate
development due to: the importance of activities regarding the
1. Inadequate eliminating the eradication of the
community resources breeding site of breading sites of insects,
specifically financial vectors rodents and other
constraints or limited b. Know and determine vectors.
financial resources the consequences of
2. Lack of knowledge of most common
importance of hygiene disease they may
and sanitation acquire
3. Lack of skill in c. Enumerate at least 3
carrying out measures treatments
to improve home concerning the
environment breeding sites of
vectors
3. High incidence • Impaired Skin Integrity r/t • Patient will verbalize After several nursing
of vehicular Physical immobilization relief of discomfort. interventions,
accidents • Risk for injury r/t • Patient will demonstrate the community members
Impaired mobility behaviors/techniques to will be able to
resulting from skin or prevent skin identify the risk factors
skeletal traction on the actual condition
 • Self-Care Deficit r/t Pain
4. Drug abuse 1. Denial r/t Previous
ineffective/inadequate
coping skills with
substitution of drug(s)
2. Ineffective Individual
Coping r/t Negative role
modeling; inadequate
support systems
3. Powerlessness r/t
Substance addiction
with/without periods of
abstinence
5. Cigarette Inability to recognize the
Smoking presence of problem due to:
• Ignorance of facts
• Inability to make
decisions with respect
to taking appropriate
health action
breakdown/facilitate and make plans to
healing as indicated. prevent any
• Patient will report the accidents.
presence of sensation
and is able to move
affected area.
• Patient will maintain the
traction.
• Client will demonstrate
optimatal performance
of activities of daily
living.
• Verbalize awareness of After several nursing
relationship of interventions, the
substance abuse to community members
current situation. will be able to regain
• Verbalize acceptance of and maintain their
responsibility for own healthy lifestyle and will
behavior. be able to ask help from
• Identify ineffective other community
coping members.
behaviors/consequences,
including use of
substances as a method
of coping.
• Use effective coping
skills/problem solving.
• Verbalize acceptance of
need for treatment and
awareness that
willpower alone cannot
control abstinence.
• Engage in peer support.
After several nursing After several nursing
interventions, the interventions, the
community will be able to: community will be able
• Change their to learn how to alleviate
unhealthy lifestyle the presence of smokers
• Realize the dreadful among their community
effect of smoking to members. They will be
their health also aware of the
• Lessen or stop their possible outcomes of
smoking habit constant smoking as well
as its effects to their
health not only for the
individual itself but also
for other community
members.
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