Question

Base on the subjective data and objective data develop a nursing care plan with a nursing diagnosis, 1 short term goal, 4 nursing interventions with rationalesand an evaluation.

Subjective Data:Patient stated, “I take an Iron pill, diabetic pill and high blood pressure pill. I don’t know their names.”

Objective Data: Patient was unable to name or describe the medication taken. Patient states “it’s okay” patient displayed no interest in knowing or learning.

Answer 1

Nursing care plan

     * Nursing diagnosis ; Knowledge deficit related to lack of interest from the side of patient.

      * Short term goal

                  * Make the patient awaire of medications used to treat his condition.

      * Nursing interventions

Nursing interventions	Rationale
* Educate patient about name,action and purpose of drugs with the help of AV aids.	To improve knowledge regarding drugs used by the patient and AV aids useful to get more attention and better understanding.
* Expain about common problems of drugs used by the patient	For early detection of complication of drug and seek immediate treatment.
*Participation of family members in patient education	Presence of family members promote patient to take more attention in education process.
*Ask patient to do a return demo or give answers to questions about his drugs.	To check the knowledge level of patient regarding drugs after patient education.

* Evaluation

        * Evaluation can done through ask the same questions which are asked during the

           assessment process and use the patient feed back to check the effectiveness of

           education about drugs.