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By carrying out an assessment nurses can identify the causes of problems that require medical involvement. Nettina (2006)

1. Comprehensive Nursing Care, Revised 2nd Edition. (2012). Ramont, Reberta P.; Niedringhaus, Dolores M.; Towle, Mary A.

At 2330 T.B. spikes a temperature of 38.6° C (tympanic). His SaO2 on 2 L O2/NC is now 90%, so you immediately increase the flow rate to raise his O2 saturation. You inform the on-call surgeon, and she orders a STAT chest x-ray (CXR) and a broad-spectrum antibiotic—imipenem and cilastatin 500 mg IV q6h (check renal function; this medication must be dose adjusted if patient has renal impairment, or there is an increased risk for seizure).

Laboratory Data: Hemoglobin 14.6, hematocrit 43.6, and WBC 13,000. Sodium 138, potassium 3.8, chloride 105, C02 24, BUN 10, creatinine 0.9, and glucose 102. Urinalysis was negative.

The ASPIRE framework, also referred to as the nursing process (Barratt, Wilson and Wollands, 2012) was used to structure and develop Susan’s care plan. Introduced by Barrett, Wilson and Wollands (2012), following on from APIE developed by Yura and Walsh (1967), ASPIRE stands for assessment, systematic nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, recheck and evaluation. Hogston and Marjoram (2006) believe that systematic nursing diagnosis was added to offer direction and time for the nurse to reflect on gathered information and systematically develop a diagnosis. Also the aspect of rechecking is to enable the nurse to monitor and plot a patient’s progress contributing to the final stage of evaluation of care and if its successfulness (Barratt, Wilson and Wollands, 2012).

A problem solving approach is a process of planning care for a patient (McFerran and Martin, 2003) using ASPIRE, based on APIE (Yura and Walsh, 1988); Assessment, Plan, Implementation and Evaluation. ASPIRE is a nursing process which includes six stages: assess, a systematic nursing diagnosis, plan, implement, recheck and evaluate (Barrett et al, 2012). Using a range of assessment tools, some potential risks can be identified although, these tools should be used as guidance for treatment and not used in the decision making process as to who and who does not receive treatment, (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 2011) but through gaining consent during each process, as it should be before any care or treatment (NMC, 2008).

Problems 1 - 3 with defining characteristics, expected outcomes, nursing interventions, evaluations of interventions and evaluation of overall goal attainment. (Met, not met, partial/Continue plan/revise). Be sure to use the AAMT format for each problem: A = Assess/ Monitor for problem; A = Actions/Nursing Interventions for problem; M = Medications for problem/why useful/source/See TACTIS; T = Teach what to the patient/family about the problem?/Why? Source.

Write a nursing diagnostic statement for one of the nursing diagnoses by combining the nursing diagnosis label with the “related to” (r/t) factors.

Write one nursing diagnosis that reflects a priority need for this person. Remember a wellness diagnosis is a possibility.

Nursing sensitive indicators include the configuration, process and outcomes of nursing care. The configuration of nursing care concludes the nursing staff, their nursing skills, and the level of education that each nurse holds. The process of nursing care concludes the nursing assessments, intervention and implimentation. The outcome of nursing care either positive or negative depends on the quantity and quality of the care provided to the patients by the nursing staff ("Nursing world," 2013)

Directions: Refer to the Milestone 2: Nursing Diagnosis and Care plan guidelines and grading rubric found in Doc Sharing to complete the information below. This assignment is worth 250 points, with 10 points awarded for clarity of writing, which means the use of proper grammar, spelling and medical language.

Closely linked to this decision-making model is the ubiquitous nursing process. The nursing process includes data collection and documentation, analysis of the data to determine current condition and real or potential health related issues, development of an individualized plan of care to deal with these issues, implementation of that plan of care, and evaluation of the plan of care to determine its effectiveness and adjust the plan as needed. (Blais, Hayes, Kozier, & Erb, 2006)

For the appropriate care to be planned for a patient it should be looked at in a holistic manner (NMC

As a result of the introduction of computer technology and the combination of evidence-based practice in nursing; standardization of terminologies has become imperative in the classification of nursing diagnosis, interventions and expected outcomes. The most popular and successful systems are the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International (NANDA-I), Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), and Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) (de Lima Lopes, de Barros, & Marlene Michel, 2009). This paper aims to provide a brief outline of these standardized terminologies (STs) as they relate to a

7. Which collaborative problem will the nurse include in a care plan for a patient admitted to the