Nursing Diagnosis help

Isn't there one for Altered Elimination, Constipation?

I've never encountered a bigger waste of my time in my whole career than Care Plans. A pox on anyone who says otherwise--they're bound to be overpaid and far removed from the bedside.

Not sure but I will sure check..I have heard the same thing about these care plans.

I think you should consider constipation if she's having difficulty going and if that's the case then the outcome is "Patient's elimination pattern will return to normal."

Constipation. The expected outcome would be more regular bowel movements.

I disagree, I learned alot from doing all those silly care plans. As much as I hated doing them, they forced you to think things through. That being said no one actually uses them in the real world but I think they are a good learning tool. And btw, I have been a bedside nurse up until about a month ago.

And you like doing them as a nurse in the "real world"? Because that's what I'm talking about. Utter waste of time. If I don't know how to fix the patient's constipation without a pre-written sheet of paper, I've got issues.