Nursing Diagnosis r/t cannot stick to medications schedule??????

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Have a care map/plan assignment and cannot find a NANDA diagnosis for an elderly patient with difficulties remembering to take her medications, either in the diagnosis or as a related factor/defining characteristic. Any ideas?:uhoh21: PLEASE?!

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Self-care deficit r/t memory problems a/e/b forgetting to take scheduled medications

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

the appropriate nanda diagnosis to use in a 3-part statement would be ineffective health maintenance r/t cognitive impairment aeb frequently forgetting to take medications at scheduled times.

here is a webpage about this diagnosis: ineffective health maintenance

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