Nursing care plan

First Nursing Care Plan Nursing diagnosis related to __________ Imbalanced nutrition related to consuming more than body requirements Subjective and Objective Data This is evidenced by JS being over one hundred pounds the weight that is ideal for her height and weight. JS is sixty-four inches tall, weighs two hundred and forty-eight pounds, and has a body mass index of 44.9. JS also has verbalized that she overeats for comfort. Furthermore, she only eats two meals a day, has an increase in sedentary lifestyle, decrease in physical activity, decrease in the body’s ability to burn calories and consumes the same amount or even more calories than before. Finally, JS stated that she does not eat vegetables and eats a lot of processed sugar…

Nursing Diagnosis and Plan of Care Name Institution Nursing Diagnosis and Plan of Care Nurses play a vital in the general care of patients. Hence, nurses strive to help the patients maintain high standards of health or regain their health in the event they have lost it as a result of illness. In this case, we will focus on an African American male who purposes of privacy and confidentiality will be simply referred as JM (Gulanick & Myers, 2014). The patient presented at the clinic with…

This condition requires the development of a nursing plan that would effectively address Mr. Smith’s condition and improve his health and quality of life. The first part of a nursing care plan for Mr. Smith is a physical assessment based on the medical record and activities of daily living. Based on his medical record, it seems that Mr. Smith has reached an end of life period that is characterized by deterioration of his condition. Mr. Smith is having difficulties with physical movement and…

Nursing profession has improved over time in its efforts to provide the best care for individual patients in conjunction with other health care providers. The improvement in technology has been of value to this profession in assisting patient to recover optimally and assume their normal life, the new brand of nurses are more focused on the patient and their recovery process, developing the best care plan and works closely with the physicians in other nursing bring all the factors required for…

My second patient to be concerned with is the elderly confused patient who happens to be incontinent and tries to get out of bed occasionally. This is a task that can be delegated to a LPN. It does not involve invasiveness, and a priority nursing intervention would be to make sure the patient is safe and has a regular toileting schedule. Making sure the patient’s bed alarm is on is key to knowing when the patient is out of bed, having call light in reach, and possibly moving patient to a…

The most important recovery strategy a nurse can provide to a psychosis patient such as ben, is making a nursing care plan; without a NCP risks could be existing, discharge planning for bens future would not be foreseen, and a thorough evaluation of bens condition would not be present, meaning areas in which ben needs implementations would be missed and the outcome is less positive than that with a care plan. One area in which NCPs might be useful is in the assessment of clinical risk factors…

One aspect of Joan’s nursing care plan that will be discussed in more detail is her pressure area management. Joan has left sided weakness and is unable to reposition by herself requiring assistance. Joan has two small superficial ulcers on her lower right and left legs, these occurred prior to her transfer to the ward. There is a wound care plan in place for the ulcers. Skin is the largest organ in the body and the integrity is a frequent problem for older adults and people with limited…

Baker County While planning my care plan for my aggregate I choose five nurses I work with in Baker County. Nurses are always a challenge as we do not usually make the best patients. We may know it’s not healthy to smoke, but we can be stubborn in our ways. I will implement the assistance of the local health department to help with the education materials. Baker County Health Department has set up a Community Health Improvement Plan, they I can use to assist with my plan (Health, 2012).…

Canadian institute of health information “Advance care planning or advance directives are associated with better patient experience and lower costs for the health system (2016, p.11). Health care providers hold the accountability to educate and inform the patient to scrutinize treatment options and to help them to make preferences by “engaging patient and families to reflect on their values, understand their disease process and progression, and develop a palliative care plan” (Dahlin, Coyne and…

Self-Care Plan The day nursing school started life started to look a little messy any unorganized. I am now transitioning from a busy working mom, to now nursing student and still a busy working mom. This is going to take a toll on me, because I am a very organized and family oriented person. So my main SMART goal is keeping my physical environment organized. Secondly after organizing schedule time out of my busy life for my family. Both goals correlate together, achieving one makes it easier…