The patient, a 59-year-old male, presented with numbness and jerking of the lower extremities due to a compressed spine. The goals were for the patient to maintain normal function and report any worsening symptoms. Nursing interventions included assessing circulation and sensation, teaching proper positioning, encouraging exercise and ambulation, and monitoring for changes. The patient was able to recognize risks, ambulate without difficulty, and maintain normal extremity function, meeting the objectives of intervention.
The patient, a 59-year-old male, presented with numbness and jerking of the lower extremities due to a compressed spine. The goals were for the patient to maintain normal function and report any worsening symptoms. Nursing interventions included assessing circulation and sensation, teaching proper positioning, encouraging exercise and ambulation, and monitoring for changes. The patient was able to recognize risks, ambulate without difficulty, and maintain normal extremity function, meeting the objectives of intervention.
The patient, a 59-year-old male, presented with numbness and jerking of the lower extremities due to a compressed spine. The goals were for the patient to maintain normal function and report any worsening symptoms. Nursing interventions included assessing circulation and sensation, teaching proper positioning, encouraging exercise and ambulation, and monitoring for changes. The patient was able to recognize risks, ambulate without difficulty, and maintain normal extremity function, meeting the objectives of intervention.
Objectives Subjective: Risk for Scientific Analysis: Goals: • The patient peripheral Disruption in the After discharge 1.1.Conduct a 1.1 Information 1. MET - The verbalized neurovascular circulation, 1. The patient will comprehensive regarding the patient pain on the dysfunction as sensation, and maintain normal lower extremity onset and maintained right upper evidenced by motion of an function in terms assessment of the severity of the normal function back numbness in extremity could lead of circulation, client. functional in terms of radiating to xiphoid to various health movement, and impairment on circulation, the process down complications. sensation of the affected movement, and vertebral to both Blood flow to said extremities. extremities is sensation of the line extremities extremities could crucial to extremities. • The patient become limited or Long-term prevent or verbalized hindered and Objectives: predict further numbness sensations could be After a week of complications. 2. MET - The of the completely cut off. nursing intervention patient reported lower 2. The patient will 1.2. Evaluate for 1.2 This will act as a reduction in extremities Situational report reduction differences baseline for frequency or Analysis: in frequency or between affected future absence of Objective: The patient is 59 absence of extremity and comparisons. jerking and • Observable years old and has a jerking and unaffected numbness of the jerking of compressed spine. numbness of the extremity. lower lower The geriatric age is lower extremities extremities. extremities a risk which 1.3. Monitor the 1.3 An intact pulse exposed him to his During the stay in presence and would indicate 3. MET - The • Observed present condition. the facility quality of pulse adequate patient was able difficulty The spinal 3. The patient will on the extremity. circulation. to ambulate in compression be able to without difficulty ambulation threatens him into ambulate without 1.4. Test sensation of 1.4 Changes in paralysis as difficulty peroneal nerve sensation may 4. MET - The • A pain continued pressure by pinching or include feeling patient was able scale of 6 on his spinal cord Short-term pricking the of tingling, to recognize and might damage Objectives: dorsal web numbness, “pins report risks that • Limited which might lead to After an hour of between first and and needles,” could have Range of peripheral health teaching second toe. burning or worsened his Motion neurovascular 4. The patient absent sensation. current condition. dysfunction. would be able to recognize and report risks that • Elderly age would worsen 1.5. Evaluate the of 58 years the current affected 1.5 Movement may condition. extremities’ be limited by range of motion. nerve impingement that would occur with spinal nerve compression. 2.1. Review proper body alignment 2.1 Proper and elevation of positioning limbs. would help alleviate pressure on the spine reducing the risk of peripheral neurovascular dysfunction. 3.1. Encourage the patient to 3.1 Physical therapy routinely would help exercise digits of maintain the affected function and extremity circulation of the affected extremities. 3.2. Encourage patient to 3.2 Ambulation is ambulate recommended to whenever maintain possible. extremity function. 4.1. Ask the patient to localize and 4.1 This would alert report pain, the care giver to numbness, and any emergencies other abnormal that would sensations. require immediate medical attention. This would also keep the patient aware and participative in his current situation.