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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing NURS270: Nursing Care of the Older Adult Care Plan

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Prioritized Relevant Nursing and Referrals Evaluation Reassessment
Problem Assessment Interdisciplinary Services Realignment
Interventions
Acute pain Patient's Pharmacological Might need to Patient's pain level Other treatments
related to expression treatments such as referral to pain is less than 8 out of
diagnosis of of pain using morphine, non- clinic or 10 or at a
small bowel pain level pharmacological palliative care manageable level
diagnosis scale, pain treatments such as after 6-8 hours
assessment guided imagery,
using breathing exercises,
OLDCART self-hypnosis, music,
physical therapy,
massage, laughter

Impaired gas Smoking Encourage deep Smoking Readiness for Try different
exchange pack years, breathing exercise, cessation enhanced regiment if not
related to lung position patient with Pulmonary knowledge of working
diagnosis of assessment, HOB at 45% to prevent specialists smoking cessation
lung cancer knowledge aspiration, encourage related to
of health smoking cessation acknowledgment of
education effects of smoking
Patient smokes less
than ½ pack a day
or has completed
stopped smoking
after one week
Anxiety related Patient's Help patient to identify Psychologist Patient will identify Give sedatives if
to recent physical causes of anxiety, healthy ways to ordered
diagnosis of appearance, listening actively to deal with anxiety
lung cancer listless, pale, focus on patient after an hour of
expression discussing her feelings, teaching
of mood instruct deep Patient will appear
breathing, speak in more relaxed and
brief statements and anxiety reduced to
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other methods of manageable level
therapeutic after an hour
communication

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