The RN is developing a plan of care for an 86yearold patient

The RN is developing a plan of care for an 86-year-old patient who was admitted after falling at home. The patient is confused to place and time and has a right hip fracture that will be repaired tomorrow. The patient has an intravenous infusion of normal saline infusing at 100mL per hour, and is NPO after midnight. The patient’s vital signs are stable. The RN has included these nursing diagnostic labels in the plan of care:

Acute pain

Acute confusion

Impaired bed mobility.     

Identify a strategy to cluster the assessment data.

Describe how you used the identified strategy to cluster data for one (1) of the identified diagnostic labels.

Write a 3-part nursing diagnostic statement for this patient.

Solution

RN will plan for patient with hip fracture following things

1. Patient should made aware of right posture to get relieve from pain

2. Patient should be given painkillers if he complains of pain on advice of doctor

3. He should be made aware of surgery verbally

4. After operation patients should be taught to walk and to do related exercise.

5. Physiotherapy tips should be given to pateint after surgery

6. Patient and their relatives should be made aware of surgery and related detail about it.