Jamie1985

I have a 73 yo male pt who was admitted on the unit with a medical diagnosis of osteomyelitis. He subsequently had his L 5th toe amputated. Concurrent medical diagnoses are DM, CVD and COPD. I am unsure if I should use osteomyelitis or L toe amputation for the medical diagnosis to base my nursing diagnoses on. There's no longer an infection of the bone. That problem was eliminated with the amputation so I am hesitant to use this. My nursing care interventions are all based upon the amputation itself with his inability to ambulate, self care deficit and pain management. Since amputation was the treatment for the osteomyelitis I'm not even sure that is a valid medical diagnosis. What would you recommend? :)