Question

PATIENT TEACHING PLAN ON MEGESTROL ACETATE ( GIVEN FOR TREATMENT OF LOSS OF APPETITE)

Directions: Teaching Plan is worth 100 points. Each clinical will required a Patient Teaching Plan(s) as denoted on Required Paperwork Form in meeting clinical guidelines. Please refer to your clinical faculty member for specifics regarding patient selection and delivery.

PATIENT INFORMATION - 40 YEAR OLD MALE , TRACH IN PLACE, MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS - PNEUMONIA, ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE, ABDOMINAL SEPSIS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, HTN.

1. Assessment ( 20 points) - Select a patient. Document initials and sex of patient. Identify patient needs to be taught. Gather information such as age, culture, family support, language spoken, ability, disability, problems or needs, etc.)

2. Planning / Nursing Diagnosis (40 points)- State what you will teach. Identify one Nursing Diagnosis and Goal. Include any special teaching aids or techniques that would be helpful with teaching.

3. Interventions ( 20 points) - Describe specifically what you will teach the patient. Use terminology that the patient will understand

4. Evaluation (20 points) - What was the response to your teaching? Explain how you knew the patient did or did not learn what you were teaching?

Answer 1

1. Assessment

40 YEAR OLD MALE , TRACH IN PLACE, MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS - PNEUMONIA, ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE, ABDOMINAL SEPSIS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, HTN.

2. Planning / Nursing Diagnosis

breathing difficulty related to disease condition as evidenced by shortness of breath.

Goal will be patient able to breath properly with out any difficulty

Special teaching aids such as chart showing the picture of the lungs and how we are taking the breath etc can be explained to the patient.

3. Interventions ( 20 points) - Describe specifically what you will teach the patient. Use terminology that the patient will understand

The specific intervention and teaching should be to in semi fowlers position and then will reduce the breathing difficulty, the intervention can include giving chest physiotherapy to remove the secretions and teaching can include to drink plenty of water.

4. Evaluation (20 points) - What was the response to your teaching? Explain how you knew the patient did or did not learn what you were teaching?

The responses can be evaluated by the breathing difficulty comes down, respiratory rate become normal, and it can also evaluated by the patient was taking adequate water and also lie down in the bed always in the semi fowlers position etc can understand the patient get something from the teaching.