m_corbelli

Thanks all. I only had to write up one of the two so I took the asthmatic. For my write up I went with Maslow's. 1. Physiologic-Ineffective airway clearance, 2. Safety- Risk for falls, and 3. Self esteem-Knowledge deficit. Instructor is very strict. I'm in my second week of second semester so I am just getting my feet under me.

Yesterday in clinical I had two patients assigned to me. One was an 88 yo w/ asthma that was admitted through the ED in resp distress. One was a 70 yo man w/ schizophrenia that was admitted for agitation and fighting w/ the other men in his group home. The 88 yo was to be d/c that day and was waiting only for the Dr.s orders. The 70 yo was ready to go home for weeks but was waiting for placement in a group facility. On both, v/s were normal and head to toe assessment revealed no abnormal findings. During post-conference I was asked "what is your priority nursing dx?" Honestly, I was stumped. What do we look for when a patient is assymptomatic?