Madam A. A. was able to care for her self-care needs within 48 hours. On the first day postoperative (15/11/11), at 8:00 am, Madam A. A. complained of her inability to care for herself unaided because of her incisional pains. A goal was therefore set to enable her to care for her self-care needs within …
CHAPTER FIVE EVALUATION OF CARE RENDERED TO PATIENT/FAMILY 5.0 Introduction The chapter gives information about the statement of evaluation, amendment of nursing goals, and the termination of the care rendered to my patient and family. 5.1 Statement of Evaluation Evaluation is used to determine the patient’s response to the nursing interventions and the extent to …
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Second Home Visit/Follow up (23/11/11) My second home visit was made on Wednesday, 23rd November 2011. The purpose of this visit was to ascertain whether the education gave her and her family during the period of hospitalization and the first home visit had been adhered to. I arrived at the house around 9:00 am and …
The Preparation of Patient And Family for Discharge and Rehabilitation The preparation of the patient/family for discharge started on the day of admission and continued until the end of hospitalization. This was done to help the patient to adjust to the hospital environment and live a healthy and normal life after hospitalization. They were assessed …
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Fifth Day of Admission/Fourth Day Post-Operative (18/11/11) Madam A. A. had already observed her personal hygiene and looked very happy and very active. She told me she had a very sound sleep and woke up around 5:00 am. The incisional site was clean and was healing well with the first intention. Her wound was aseptically …
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Fourth Day of Admission/Third Day Post-Operative (17/11/11) Madam A. A. woke up around 5:00 am. She emptied her bowels and later brushed her teeth and had her bath. At 7:00 am, the objective that was set on the 15th of November, 2011, to help the patient regain her normal sleep pattern within 48 hours was …
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Third-Day of Admission/Second Day Post-Operative (16/11/11) She woke up around 4:00 am, brushed her teeth, and had her bath unaided. She sat upright in bed and took Lipton tea as her breakfast around 7:00 am. The patient in question’s vital signs was well checked and properly recorded. Her medications were served. Her wound was aseptically …
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Second Day of Admission/First Day Post-Operative (15/11/11) Madam A. A. woke up around 4:00am. At 7:00am, she reported that she had difficulty sleeping last night due to her incisional pains. A nursing diagnosis of sleep pattern disturbance (insomnia) related to painful incisional wound was made and an objective set to help patient regain her normal …
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CHAPTER THREE PLANNING FOR PATIENT/FAMILY CARE 3.0 Introduction The chapter is the third phase of the patient and family care study and deals with planning the nursing care. It comprises the process of formulating nursing strategies required, to prevent, reduce or eradicate the client and the family’s health problems which were identified at the analysis …
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ANALYSIS OF DATA 2.0 Introduction This chapter forms the second phase of the patient/family care study. Analysis of data collected deals with the critical examination and interpretation of the data collected during the assessment phase of the patient/family care study. It deals with the comparison of the results of investigations carried out with standards in …
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