Help with Nursing Diagnosis please....

memphispanda, RN · Oct 5, 2003

That's great evidence! Sometimes it doesn't take a lot of evidence, especially for knowledge deficit diagnoses.

Maura · Oct 5, 2003

Knowledge deficit of self-administration of subcutaneous injectible medication related to lack of exposure as evidenced by verbalization from patient of no prior experience.

That should work...or it could be that you were in the position of the nurse and witnessed the patient injecting the medication incorrectly. Then your R/T would be "improper demonstration" or "improper return demonstration" and AEB would be what you witnessed the patient doing wrong.

Does that help? Good luck!

Maura

BSN Dec. '03

PJMommy · Oct 5, 2003

Ditto what the other two said. The "as evidenced by" is how you know... if she told you, that's how you know.

Hooligan · Oct 5, 2003

Thanks you guys! I guess it just seems so silly to me...

it's related to the fact that she's never done it and evidenced by the fact that she says she's never done it... and by the way...who's on first.

Thanks again!

~Bean

ainz · Oct 5, 2003

Proof is usually in the behavior, or lack of in this case. How aobut ". . . as evidenced by the inability to perform the sq injection."

jayna, RN · Oct 5, 2003

hehehhe ainz.......... Oh by the way what is R/T. I might be using my own language here.

Thanks

maire, ASN, RN · Oct 6, 2003

R/T = Related To

PJMommy · Oct 6, 2003

I also like AEB -- "as evidenced by".