This nursing care plan is for a 4-year-old patient named Jordan who suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his arms and shoulders. The plan assesses Jordan's impaired skin integrity, impaired physical mobility, and acute pain due to the burns. Interventions include monitoring Jordan's healing process, assessing his mobility and pain levels, and providing skin care. The plan aims for Jordan to display timely healing, participate in treatment, maintain or increase his strength and function, and report improvements in his pain levels in response to the nursing interventions.
This nursing care plan is for a 4-year-old patient named Jordan who suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his arms and shoulders. The plan assesses Jordan's impaired skin integrity, impaired physical mobility, and acute pain due to the burns. Interventions include monitoring Jordan's healing process, assessing his mobility and pain levels, and providing skin care. The plan aims for Jordan to display timely healing, participate in treatment, maintain or increase his strength and function, and report improvements in his pain levels in response to the nursing interventions.
This nursing care plan is for a 4-year-old patient named Jordan who suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his arms and shoulders. The plan assesses Jordan's impaired skin integrity, impaired physical mobility, and acute pain due to the burns. Interventions include monitoring Jordan's healing process, assessing his mobility and pain levels, and providing skin care. The plan aims for Jordan to display timely healing, participate in treatment, maintain or increase his strength and function, and report improvements in his pain levels in response to the nursing interventions.
This nursing care plan is for a 4-year-old patient named Jordan who suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his arms and shoulders. The plan assesses Jordan's impaired skin integrity, impaired physical mobility, and acute pain due to the burns. Interventions include monitoring Jordan's healing process, assessing his mobility and pain levels, and providing skin care. The plan aims for Jordan to display timely healing, participate in treatment, maintain or increase his strength and function, and report improvements in his pain levels in response to the nursing interventions.
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The document discusses a nursing care plan for a 4-year old patient who suffered burns on his arms and shoulders. Several nursing diagnoses were identified including impaired skin integrity, impaired physical mobility, and acute pain. Planned interventions included wound care, pain management, increasing mobility, and supporting the patient's treatment.
The 4-year old patient suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his arms up to his shoulders from a chemical or heat injury. His vital signs and physical assessment are included.
Nursing diagnoses identified for the patient include impaired skin integrity, impaired physical mobility, and acute pain due to the burn injuries.
Nursing Care Plan
Week 10 Name: Jordan Age: 4 years old Address: Prk. 5, Brgy. Malativas, Panabo City, Davao del Norte, Philippines
Diagnosis Explanation Subjective: Impaired skin Impaired skin After nursing Note presence of That may impact After nursing “He got burns on his integrity r/t integrity altered intervention, the compromised client’s self-care as intervention, the arms up to his external factor of epidermis and/or patient will: mobility, sensation, relates to skin care. patient: shoulder. And it’s chemical injury dermis. vision, hearing, or about 2nd degree or 3rd agent as Display timely speech. Response to degree burn.” evidenced by Burn injury is healing of skin intervention, destruction of damage to your lesions, wounds, Determine degree actions Objective: skin layers with body’s tissues or pressure sore and depth of injury performed, or Alteration of skin 3rd degree (full caused by heat, without any or damage to teachings. integrity thickness) burn. chemicals, further integumentary Have shown any Destruction of skin electricity, sunlight complications. system. progress toward layers or radiation. Scalds Participate desired Vital signs: from hot liquids and treatment Photograph burns, as To document status outcome(s). Temp: 36.5◦C steam, building fires program. appropriate. and provide visual RR: 22 bpm and flammable baseline for the PR: 84 bpm liquids and gases are future comparisons. the most common causes of burns. A Determine patient’s To clarify major burn is a level of discomfort. intervention needs catastrophic injury, and priorities. requiring painful treatment and long Assist patient to To control feelings period of learn stress- of helplessness and rehabilitation. It’s reduction and engage deal with situation. commonly fatal or in alternate therapy permanently techniques. disfiguring and incapacitating (both emotionally and physically).
Diagnosis Explanation Subjective: Impaired physical Limitation in After nursing Assess patient’s To determine After nursing “He wasn’t walking..” mobility r/t pain independent, intervention, the developmental level, presence of intervention, the “He was just lame.” and purposeful physical patient will: motor skills,, ease characteristics of patient will: “He was not able to musculoskeletal movement of the and capability of patient’s unique talk. He’s horrible” impairment body or of one or With supervision movement, posture. impairment and to Response to possibly more extremities. of caregiver the guide choice of intervention, Objective: evidenced by patient will intervention. actions Engages in inability to provide performed, or substitutions for purposefully understanding of Assess degree of To determine if pain teachings. movement move caused by situation and pain, listening to management can Have shown any Decrease in range burn injury. individual patient’s description improve mobility. progress toward of motion treatment about manner in desired Decrease in gross regimen and which pain limits outcome(s). and fine motor safety measures mobility. skills (verbal or non- Vital signs: verbal cues). Determine degree of Identifies strength Temp: 36.5◦C Maintain or immobility in and deficits and may RR: 22 bpm increase strength relation to 0-4 scale, provide information PR: 84 bpm and function of noting muscle regarding potential affected and/or strength and tone, potential for compensatory joint mobility, recovery. body part. balance, and endurance. Note Feelings of emotional/behavioral frustration or responses problems powerlessness may of immobility. impede attainment of goals.
Diagnosis Explanation Subjective: Acute pain r/t An unpleasant After nursing Determine and Acute pain is that After nursing “He got burns on his destruction of sensory and intervention, the document presence which follows an intervention, the arms up to his skin/tissue caused emotional patient or caregiver of possible cause of injury onset of a patient will: shoulder. And it’s by physical injury experience will: pain. painful condition. about 2nd degree or 3rd agent possibly associated with Response to degree burn.” evidenced by actual or potential Report pain is Note patient’s age Affecting ability to intervention, reports of pain, tissue damage, or relieved or and developmental report pain actions Objective: verbal and non- described in terms of controlled. level and current parameters. performed, or Facial grimace verbal cues by the such damage. Show timely condition. teachings. 9/10 pain patient and wound healing Have shown any scale alteration of Sudden or slow process. Discuss with Family members or progress toward Expressive behavior muscle tone. onset of any caregivers ways in significant other(s) desired by crying intensity from mild which they can assist may provide outcome(s). Evidence of pain to severe with an patient with pain assistance by using standard pain anticipated or management. transporting patient behavior checklist predictable end. to prevent walking for those unable to communicate long distances, verbally supporting timely Vital signs: pain control, Temp: 36.5◦C encouraging eating RR: 22 bpm nutritious meal to PR: 84 bpm enhance wellness.
Risk For Injury Nursing Care Plan Assessment Nursing Diagnosis Planning Nursing Interventions Rationale Evaluation Subjective Data: Short Term: Goal Met Short Term