Careplan Assessment Help

twinbee25 · Mar 31, 2005

from most urgent or life threatening to the least threatening.
This is what I picked...tell me what you think....
Diarrhea
Impaired physical mobility
Pain
Anxiety
I never rank them right because I usually don't think of too many diagnoses as being life threatening. YAWN... sooo sleepy.

nursing student here who also gets it out of order sometimes, but going to give it a try! :)

1. Pain

(we have always been told pain is a priority)

2. Impaired physical mobility

3. Diarrhea

(tough choice to me as to #2 and #3, but I am thinking that impaired physical mobility can lead to pressure ulcers, while diarrhea can be medicated ?)

4. Anxiety

hope this helps and that you get it in time! :)

any other opinions?

jerryh55 · Mar 31, 2005

I would rate them as such 1) pain 2) diarrhea 3) impaired mobility 4)anxiety

Pain first because we have always been taught that a person in pain is very rarely interested in what you think he/she needs to be doing for them.

diarrhea because of all the problems it can cause with electolyte imbalances, and dehydrating a patient.

impaired mobility can be helped by lowering a persons pain so they can ambulate more.

anxiety just because its the last one. But all the above can contribute to a persons anxiety level. Taking care of them will reduce anxiety as with a little teaching and TLC

Have A Great Day And Be Safe

Jerry

abundantjoy07, RN · Mar 31, 2005

Thanks guys, I went to sleep before I got your replies. I think I listed them as

Diarrhea

Pain

Impaired Physical Mobility

Anxiety

It looks like Pain is the choice for number one. I didn't think of it that way because my patient's diarrhea was related to infection by C. diff in her stool. The pain was due to a total knee replacement. In my mind I felt that the infection needed to be dealt with first before the pain.

I guess it should vary for each patient? Like, someones pain that is due to an MI as opposed to someones pain from a fall.

What about the ranking scale? If one patient says his pain is a 2 and the other a 8 then would my ranking be different in their careplans?