Nursing Care Plan Knowledge deficit related to lack of information about cataract as evidenced by patient's verbalization of ignoring the symptoms of visual impairment Short term goal - Patient will...

Nursing Care Plan

Knowledge deficit
related to lack of information about cataract as evidenced by patient's verbalization of ignoring the symptoms of visual impairment

Short term goal- Patient will verbalize an understanding of their disease condition after 12 hours of nursing intervention

Long term goal
- The patient will demonstrate adequate coping techniques to carry out activities of daily living within the liminations of visual impairment until the cataract surgery on both eyes are complete throughout hospitalization

List 20 nursing interventions with rationales for the nursing diagnosis based on the scenario

Extracted text: CASE STUDY ON CATARACT Mrs. Janet Donald is a 66-year-old woman who lives alone in her own home. Her son found her unconscious on the floor approximately four hours after sustaining a fall. She was admitted to the Mount Hope hospital for ovemight observation. On admission, she had a small bump on her forehead but was awake, alert and oriented to time, place and person. When interviewed about the incident, she said that she has been experiencing blurring of her vision and complained of seeing glares and halos whenever she looks at bright lights even for| a split second. However, she ignored these, attributing them to tiredness. She admits that her vision is very foggy and she is having problems seeing as clear as she use to in earlier years. She claims that she under estimated the placement of the nat and her foot got entangled in it her eyes looked cloudy. Mrs. while exiting the bath. Assessment shows that the lens Donald was reviewed by the ophthalmologist on call and was diagnosed as having cataract in both eyes. She was scheduled for removal of cataract in the right eye the next day and the other eye in six months- time.