Prioritizing nursing diagnoses

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Hey guys, I need help with prioritizing the nursing diagnoses I have.

Impaired skin integrity - 2nd degree laceration during labor

Pain - pain pre-epidural

Disturbed sleep pattern - during hospital stay

Is the order I have it in good enough or should I switch pain with impaired skin integrity?

Thanks!

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Specializes in NICU.

Is this a post-partum mother? I ask because you have "pre-epidural" on your pain diagnosis.

Also lacerations don't occur so much during "labor" as during delivery.

A 2nd degree lac isn't too bad and the pain of it is probably well-managed by her oral analgesic.

I would prioritize between skin & sleep.

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Specializes in Med Surg - Renal.
Hey guys, I need help with prioritizing the nursing diagnoses I have.

Impaired skin integrity - 2nd degree laceration during labor

Pain - pain pre-epidural

Disturbed sleep pattern - during hospital stay

Is the order I have it in good enough or should I switch pain with impaired skin integrity?

Thanks!

Nah, you completely missed the priority diagnosis - Disturbed Energy Field.

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You can't go wrong using Maslow's hierarchy. I would think pain is first..

take care of that and the others will fall into place.

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Specializes in med-tele/ER.
Hey guys, I need help with prioritizing the nursing diagnoses I have.

Impaired skin integrity - 2nd degree laceration during labor

Pain - pain pre-epidural

Disturbed sleep pattern - during hospital stay

Is the order I have it in good enough or should I switch pain with impaired skin integrity?

Thanks!

Is patient going to get adequate sleep if you do not address the pain issue first?

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Shouldn't this be in the student forum?

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Oy.

"Nursing Diagnoses" need to go the way of Florence and scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush.

Useless they are. My .02.

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