Nursing Students Student Assist
Published Mar 30, 2008
AirForceTraumaRN
14 Posts
I have three diagnosis I have to put in priority order.
Hypertension, anxiety and arthritis
I know hypertension is first but I am confused about the last two. I feel like anxiety should be second and arthritis third but I'm just not sure. Any help would be appreciated.
erin1205
88 Posts
Anxiety is a nursing diagnosis, but hypertension and arthritis are medical diagnoses. So, I don't think you can exactly prioritize one over another...
Daytonite, BSN, RN
1 Article; 14,604 Posts
Hypertension and arthritis are medical diagnoses and we are nurses. I can tell you how to prioritize nursing diagnoses because I am a nurse. But I'm not a doctor and haven't a clue as to how doctors prioritize medical diagnoses.
They will be nursing diagnosis I was unsure of the order
Ineffective tissue perfusion
Anxiety
Activity intolerance
Is this the correct order?
No. The correct order is:
CT Pixie, BSN, RN
3,723 Posts
Arthritis could also have a NANDA of Pain-Chronic (which would still put it above Anxiety according to Maslow.)
Thanks for the help:nurse:
nightmare, RN
1 Article; 1,297 Posts
How differently you approach your care plans to the way we do it in UK! Now I would have said,treat the anxiety and that in turn helps lower BP and,as arthritis can be exacerbated by stress ,also helps alleviate symptoms there.I expect we all have the patients best care at heart it's just a different point of view.
Nightmare...That's kinda how I was thinking!! That's why I asked the question. I was very confused and I am not sure how my prefessor will view this.
Good girl29 you will need to do this according to what YOU are taught!!!Don't forget I am in a different country and we do not use NANDA here.I would not like you to get into trouble quoting my way of doing things!!
goodgirl29. . .i prioritized by maslow's hierarchy of needs commonly used by many nursing programs here in the u.s.:
[*]safety and security needs (in the following order)
[*]love and belonging needs
[*]self-esteem needs
[*]self-actualization
PsychNurseWannaBe, BSN, RN
747 Posts
I couldn't help but snicker when I read this. I was thinking the same way. I know they way it is supposed to be done in the U.S. but sometimes I can't help but think there are many different ways to approach a patient. For me I believe there are times when alleviating psychosocial events leads to better physiological outcomes. Again...that is my person view.