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Hi, I just received my first client, and I have survived my first clinical. Now I need to do a care plan for this client. She is 85 years old with Alzheimer's disease so she's confused. She had THA and arthritis and is on walker. She doesn't eat much. My nursing dx for her is activity intolerance r/t decreased muscle strength. Before I hand in my assignment, I have listed interventions as follow: -passive ROM -encourage increase protein intake -resistant training -teaching importance of mobility Now my teacher said only the first 2 can be used, becasue the client can't tolerate resistant training and teaching her is probably going to be useless because she's confused (they are so obvious but I didn't think through). My teacher wants me to think of another 3 intervenions (my assignment needs me to list 5). Please help. I know that my interventions should be on the AEB part, but I have no idea (they haven't teach AEB yet). The only thing I know is she's unstable when moving around and she's old, that's why I picked "decrease muscle strength" as my r/t. I also know that interventions include assessment, theraputic and teaching; but I can't really use teaching interventions becasue she's confused. I'm confused too, and not sure what I'm supposed to do. Please help.

Thank you everyone for your reply. To be honest, I'm still confused how to get the r/t, how can you come up with "progressive cognitive impairment"? Is there a book or articles I should go to for these words? I'm overwhelmed, I have my first clinical next week, and I am frozen and have no idea about anything.

Munorn, what do you think is wrong with my r/t part?

Hi this is my first time posting. I'm excited. I'm a first year student. I have recently asked to make a nursing diagnosis on a case study: the patient has Alzheimer's disease and is wandering around all the time, wanting to "look for his wife". I made a nursing dx: Chronic confusion related to Alzheimer's disease My instructor said it's wrong in the related factor and ask me to correct that. What's wrong? I know it's a stupid question, but I found myself struggling in the r/t part all the time. Please help me.