Nursing Care Plan

Patient Assessment and Implementation of Nursing Model in Addressing Patient Care Goals

The patient being assessed is a 72-year-old female brought to the gynae ward for diarrhea and vomiting and generally unwell and weakness in addition to a non-productive cough. Medical history of this patient includes Alzheimer's, Left Nephrectomy, aortic repair, asthma, and mobility problems.

Problem Solving Approach: Patient/Client Problem

The two problems identified during the assessment are those of:

(1) Asthma; and (2) Alzheimer's.

Goal Statement

The goal of care is to instruct patient on coping with asthma and Alzheimer's through use of the Roper, Logan and Tierney model. This was the first model for nursing which had as its basis a model of living. The research arose from study of Nancy Roper in 1970 in which she "sought to identify the core of nursing activities across any field of nursing practice, which could then be...
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