Hi, I am trying to come up with three nursing diagnosis for my Patient. He suffers COPD and was admitted with an upper resp. tract infection. He tested positive for Cocaine and Opiates and also has HTN; I came up with one diagnosis :
-Ineffective airway clearance R/T excessive pulmonary secretions secondary to infection
Now I was trying to formulate one along those lines and was not sure if it was right;
-Impaired gas exchange R/T ....and I got stuck there. I am trying to put something saying that it is because of the infection and mucus but also because of his COPD.
The third one I wanted to focus on his drug abuse but was not sure if there even was a nursing diagnosis talking about that.
COuld you please help me? I am not asking anyone to do my homework ( I need to be able to figure it out on my own after all) but just to get some pointers to kinda guide me please.
