NewNurse91D

NewNurse91D

Geriatrics, In-Home Care, Community Based Nursing

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  1. Care Plan help needed!

    So Im thinking that my two d/x are: 1. Ineffective Breathing Pattern R/T Alveolar-capillary membrane changes, secondary to medical d/x pneumonia; shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and...
  2. Care Plan help needed!

    Oh shoot, yes I didn't think of it that way. She doesn't have that problem NOW, so im not going to use
  3. Care Plan help needed!

    Ineffective Breathing Pattern R/T Alveolar-capillary membrane changes, secondary to medical d/x pneumonia; shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and respiratory muscle fatigue. I feel like this...
  4. Care Plan help needed!

    could impaired skin integrity be a good fit- because she has a h/x of multiple bedsores, she has an ileostomy, she has trouble getting all the nutrients she needs because she doesn't like the food at...
  5. Care Plan help needed!

    I also feel like the activity intolerance one can be secondary to the RA, gout and pneumonia. I'm just so lost =/ I have my assessment data and stuff but I just don't know what to do with it
  6. Care Plan help needed!

    And could I word the Ineffective breathing one like this: Priority Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective Breathing Related to: Alveolar-capillary membrane changes and atelectasis, secondary to medical d/x...
  7. Care Plan help needed!

    So what if my number one be: Ineffective Breathing-where I would tie in my pneumonia, atelectasis. Where I would have my interventions be more focused on bronchodilators, incentive spirometer and...
  8. Care Plan help needed!

    As far as my abnornmal data collected from my assessment and chart and labs/diagnostics: -Chest x-ray 29 for follow up pneumonia revealed: adjacent atelectasis, cardiac silhouette enlarged, tortuous...
  9. Care Plan help needed!

    I do not have any assessment data to back up the CAD. So what if I change the first diagnosis to impaired gas exchange? OR ineffective breathing? Is ineffective breathing a nursing diagnosis? I...