Care plan question!

what is this "same boat" you are talking about? the first thing you should do is educate yourself about cellulitis, it's pathophysiology, signs and symptoms and complications. you need to know that information to continue any further. next, you need to assemble all the assessment information you have about this patient. assessment consists of:

• a health history (review of systems)
  
• performing a physical exam
  
• assessing their adls (at minimum: bathing, dressing, mobility, eating, toileting, and grooming)
  
• reviewing the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms and complications of their medical condition
  
• reviewing the signs, symptoms and side effects of the medications they are taking
  

if this is a hypothetical patient then looking up as much information as you can find about cellulitis will be very important.

lists of nic (nursing interventions classification) were compiled by mccloskey & bulechek. lists of noc (nursing outcomes classification) were compiled by moorhead, johnson & maas. they are organized by the approved nanda nursing diagnosis list of approximately 188 nursing diagnoses. each nic and noc was given a code number. for example, if you happen to have a copy of nursing outcomes classification (noc), third edition, by sue moorhead, marion johnson and meridean maas you will see that at the front of each listing of outcomes (under where it list indicators: for an outcome) is a 5 digit number. that is the noc code the instructor is referring to. these codes are used to input into computers so the entire wording of the noc doesn't have to be typed into the computer.

i only have the noc codes here at home. what you have posted is two 3-part diagnostic statements. nics involve your nursing interventions and you have listed none of those. nocs involve your goal or outcome statements and you have listed none of those either. i can't code what you didn't provide.

if you need two more nursing diagnoses you need to look at the signs and symptoms that the patient has. diagnosis is based upon assessing the patient and it is abnormal data that become the evidence of nursing problems. nic and noc comes directly from what you have diagnosed.

if you need more help you are going to have to provide more information about this patient.

impaired skin integrity r/t inflammatory process eb presence of infection on thigh.

acute pain r/t injury agents e/b swelling and inflammation of thing

• where the pain is located
  
  
• how long it lasts
  
  
• how often it occurs
  
  
• a description of it (sharp, dull, stabbing, aching, burning, throbbing)
  
  
  • have the patient rank the pain on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 being no pain and 10 being the worst pain
    
    
  [*]what triggers the pain
  [*]what relieves the pain
  [*]observe their physical responses
  • behavioral: changing body position, moaning, sighing, grimacing, withdrawal, crying, restlessness, muscle twitching, irritability, immobility
    
    
  • sympathetic response: pallor, elevated b/p, dilated pupils, skeletal muscle tension, dyspnea, tachycardia, diaphoresis
    
    
  • parasympathetic response: pallor, decreased b/p, bradycardia, nausea and vomiting, weakness, dizziness, loss of consciousness