Identify Nursing Care Plan to the scenario Assessment Data...

 Identify Nursing Care Plan to the scenario

Assessment Data

Nursing Diagnosis

Planning ( goal )

Mrs. Rose is a 51- year- old female who is admitted to the medical surgical unit following a resection of the sigmoid colon and rectum due to a cancerous growth. She has a colostomy.

 

Mrs. Rose is married, has three children - two daughters, age 29 and 26, who are living on their own approx. 2 hours away and a son, age 20, who is in university and living at home.

 

Mrs. Rose had been in good health until January of this year when she noticed a decrease in appetite, abnormal bowel movements, varying from small hard stools to loose watery stools, and a sudden drop in weight of 9 lbs over 4 weeks. Mrs. Rose stated she had not been on a diet, had always struggled with her weight and was secretly elated when she began to lose weight with no effort.

 

Mrs. Rose is on a blood pressure medication and takes vitamin D and Calcium po daily. She has no known allergies.