Care plan help: how to deal with nonverbal patients' stressors?

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hello everyone, I am in my med-surge rotation. I am currently doing a care plan on a patient that is nonverbal and lethargic. She has a diagnosis of chronic uti and pneumonia. Prior to hospitalization the patient was able to walk and talk, but ever since she was hospitalized, her mental status changed and she couldnt walk nor talk anymore. She makes no action whatsoever and is aaox0. I am in the middle of doing my care plan until I got to the point of the neuman system, where I need to identify the patient's stressors and variables. How do I identify stressors and variables in a patient that is nonverbal?? I have tried asking friends and family, but this does not help much in the intrapersonal department..

Regardless, looking forward to some of your guys' suggestions, thank you!

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

again it can be a failure to thrive and the stress of the illness has advances the alzheimers to this present state.

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ah I see, so would stress of the illness be considered something intrapersonally then, considering it is within the patient?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
ah I see, so would stress of the illness be considered something intrapersonally then, considering it is within the patient?

I don't know what you are talking about....what do you mean?

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