Specific Care Plan question...help?!

[jekajoy]

I have to do a care plan for the following dx and I'm having some difficulties..can anyone get me started in the right direction??

Risk for injury r/t circumcision

need pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, expected outcomes, and medical diagnosis...plus interventions. Any help in the right direction would be very appreciated.

What would the pathophysiology be for (injury?)(circumcision?) or specific injuries? I'm in the dark here. Thanks in advance!

Jekajoy

[mysterious_one, ASN, RN]

how the circumcision is done, why it is done, risks involved , etc., at least that is what we woul have to present in a case like that.

[IrishIzCPNP, MSN, RN, APRN, NP]

When there is a circumcision there is a risk for injury.

The way we do care plans would go something like this...

Risk for Injury

As related to routine infant circumcision (if it's not routine then this part would be different)

There is no manifested by because the injury has not occurred so there's nothing to see.

Goal: Patient will... Make a goal of what specific injuries he will not have...hemorrhage, tears and so on....and then add a time frame.

Treatments: List things you will do to ensure that goal is met

Evaluation: What happened in the end...was the goal met or did something else happen

It's very clear different schools do things different ways.

If there is a risk for something we don't do "manifested by" because nothing has happened yet so nothing is manifested. The risk is "related to" something though.

Also for a care plan we don't list the patho. Now knowing the basics of it will help in developing a goal and treatments.

Interventions can include proper medication for the procedure, ensure sterile field, education to parents, vitals, right patient, right procedure, consent signed by parent.