Nursing care plan for Hip Replacment

[rudeday]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to get help on a nursing care plan for a patient I had for a Hip replacment. Our instructor wants Nursing diagnosis that would result in the patient becoming Critically Ill. So Nursing diagnosis like Impaired Physical Motility, Pain, constipation, etc... are out of the question

My patient's background is a 50 y/o man with hx of osteoathritis who has had his right hip replaced and now is post op day 1. For the last year my patient has questionably become addicted to pain medication d/t needing high dosages of morphine daily and becoming depending on it! Now post op on PCA pump and can't seem to get enough pain medication. Anyone have any ideas on some Nursing Diagnosis. I have started one Risk for Peripheral Neurovascular dysfunction but need another one and wanted to maybe touch the Addiction aspect of patient's history.

Thanks

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

What the heck does "a Nursing diagnosis that would result in the patient becoming Critically Ill" mean?