Health Problem

Family Nursing Diagnosis Inability to recognize the presence of the problem due to: a. Lack of adequate knowledge. Attitude/philosop hyin life which hinders acceptance of a problem b. Inability to provide adequate nursing care to the sick or at risk member of the family due to: a. lack of adequate knowledge about child development and care. Lack of necessary facilities, equipment and supplies for care.

Goal and Objective of Care Goal of Care: After the Nursing Intervention and health teaching the family will be able to understand the consequences of self-medication.

Nursing Intervention - Provided health teaching to the family on the disadvantages of self medications

Methods of Care

Resources Required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family

Evaluation Goal Met. Mrs. Ennio Verbalizes understand ing about the importance of checkups, disadvanta ges of selfmedication , importance of prescribed medicines of physician and verbalizes to consult or sought the help of physician first whenever a crisis will come.

Self medication

- Provided health teaching to the family on the importance of going for check ups - Provided health teaching to the family on the importance and advantages of using medicines that is prescribed by a physician - Provided health teaching to the family about health promotion, prevention and health maintenance

Objective of Care: After an effective nursing intervention and health teachings, the family will be able to: a. learn the importance of going for check ups b. Learn the disadvantages of self medication.

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c. inadequate family resources for care,

- Provide information on the consultation hours c. Learn the advantages of the physician or importance of
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specifically: 1. Financial resources constraints d. philosophy in life which hinders caring for the sick or at risk member 2. Failure to utilize community resources for health care due to: A. unavailability of required care/service. Inaccessibility of required care/service dueto: 1. Cost constraints. lack of family resources :cost of medicine prescribe

using medicines that is prescribed by a physician D. has an idea about health promotion, prevention and health maintenance. e. consult the physician for the prescription of al ternative medicines and the correct usage

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Family Nursing Diagnosis

Goal & Objective of Care

Nursing Intervention 1. Discuss the implication of sign and symptoms of malnutrition and its possible consequen ces. 2. Discuss with the family the reasons and possible causes of malnutrition 3. Discuss with the family the nutrition needs of children. Specifically, vitamin supplement ations.

Methods of Care

Resources Required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family

Evaluation

Inability to Malnutrition perceive the as a Health condition or Deficit problem as a major health problem that needs immediate intervention and management. Inability to effectivlely decides about taking appropriate actions due to failure to comprehend the harm of this health problem. Inability to provide adequate nursing measures to a member suffering malnutrition due to:

Goal of care: After the nursing intervention and health teaching. The family will be able to understand the seriousness and urgency of needed care for the member suffering from malnutrition Objective of care After 1 hr. of health teaching, the family will be able to: 1. Identify ways on how to acquire their childrens nutritional needs. 2. Verbalizes understanding regarding the health teaching; 3. Encourage the family to plant a vegetables in their yard(mini garden)or plant it on empty and unused cans of milk, bottles, pails etc. to have a fresh supply of vegetables within their reach
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Goal Met, The family verbalized understand ing the seriousnes s and urgency of malnutritio n.

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a. Lack of knowledge about the consequen ces and harm condition could possible bring b. Lack of resources for care

4. Lastly, The family will be able to give the importance of having and Optimum level of Functioning

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Family Nursing Problem Inadequate competencie s in relating to each other for mutual growth and maturation.

Goal and Objective of care Goal of care: After the intervention, the family will be able to be competent in relating to each other for mutual growth and maturation. And able to know the importance of prioritization.

Nursing Intervention

Methods of care

Resources required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family

Evaluation

Entrance at school as foreseeable crisis

Objective of care: After the nursing intervention, the family will be able to decide and understand the preparation of the schooling of their children. After the intervention the family will be able to identify future resources needed

1. Discuss with the family about the importance of education. 2. Encourage verbalization of feelings regarding their prioritization in life. 3. Discuss the Importance of budgeting and saving for future needs. 4. Encourage to give prioritization in saving for the schooling of their children. 5. Give the benefit of having a savings and elaborate the future consequences or problem to be encountered if prioritization done.

Goal Partially met. Mrs. Ennio verbalizes understand ing the importance of prioritizatio n and savings for future needs but unable to decide on what to do for the said foreseeabl e crisis.

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Family Nursing Problem Inability to

Goal and Objective of care

Nursing Intervention Established rapport. Discuss with the family the possible risk factors that will result with the occurrence of the problem.

Methods of care

Resources Evaluation required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family Goal Met. Mrs. Ennio able to understand the risk factors on the actual condition and verbalizes to repair the said flooring as soon as possible.

Goal of care: After 3 days the family will be able to identify the risk factors on the actual condition and make plans to prevent from any accidents. Objective of care: After nursing intervention, client will be able to:

Presence of accident hazards related to broken flooring

Emphasize to the family the importance of y Verbalize understanding solving the of individual factors that problem and on contribute to possibility of maintaining an injury and take steps to environment correct situation. which is safety y Demonstrate behaviors, lifestyle changes to reduce at home. risk factors and protect self from injury. y Modify environment as indicated to enhance safety. Be free of injury

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Family Nursing Problem

Goal and Objective of care

Nursing Intervention

Methods of care

Resources required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family

Evaluation

Goal met The family verbalized understand ing and during our last home visit the family overall hygiene improved.

Personal Hygiene as Health Treat

Inability to provide a home environment conducive to health maintenance and personal development due to: a.) Inadequate knowledge of importance of hygiene in preventing other family members in acquiring infections and diseases b.) Lack of knowledge of preventive measures c.) Lack of skill in carrying out

GOAL Improve the overall personal hygiene practices of the family OBJETIVE After nursing intervention, the family will: Explore the possible means of obtaining cleanlines s and hand washing, brushing the teeth and daily bathing.

1.) Discuss what is personal hygiene and its importance to our body 3.) Teach the family the correct way to do the hand washing 4.) Emphasize the proper strokes in brushing the teeth 5.) Encourage the family to use a 1 teaspoon of table salt mix with 240 ml of water as a mouthwash after brushing regularly mouthwash 6.) Encourage the family to keep their fingernails and toenails trimmed properly and it should be cut straight across fungi 7.) Encourage to take a bath everyday 8.) Encourage the family to
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wash their clothes properly to prevent modes of transmission underclothes

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Family Nursing Problem

Goal and Objective of care Goal of care: After 3 days of nursing intervention the family will be able to understand the danger of Improperly kept medicine and able to store the medicine in the right place. Objective of care: After nursing intervention the family will be able to: - Place the medicine in the proper container place. - Able to verbalize understanding about the possible threat of improperly kept medicine.

Nursing Intervention - Discuss the danger hazards of improperly kept medicine if accidentally taken by the children. - Teach the family on the proper storing of medicine.

Methods of care

Resources required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family

Evaluation

Inability to Accident provide safe Hazard Due to home Improperly environment Kept Medicine which is as Health conducive to Threat personal development and maintenance due to: ignorance of preventive measures

Goal partially met. The family verbalizes understanding about the danger of improperly kept medicine but unable to perform or store the medicine in the proper storage or container

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Family Nursing Problem

Goal and Objective of care Goal Of Care :

Nursing Intervention

Methods of care

Resources required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family

Evaluation

Inadequate Living Space

Inability to provide a home environment conducive to health maintenance and personal development due to in adequate family resources, specifically with financial constraints and limited financial resources

After the nursing intervention and health teaching, the family will be able to decide on appropriate actions to maximize their living space that will facilitate easy performance of their daily working activities. Objective of Care: After a home visit with appropriate health teachings given to the family, the family will be able to: 1. Be able to verbalize understanding of the importance of having adequate living space for their daily activities. 2. Be able to select a method most appropriate for them in cleaning and arranging furnitures to maximize their living space

Discuss with the family the need of having adequate space for daily activities. Discuss adequate knowledge on the various ways on maintaining order in the house Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the methods to encourage better decision making on the most appropriate method to have adequate living space. Help the family rearrange the furniture to provide bigger space Explore with the family ways to encouraging growthpromoting leisure and relaxation activities

Goal not met. The family is unable to decide and maximize their living space due to inadequate family resources, effort and time.

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Family Nursing Problem Inability to provide a home environment conducive to health maintenance and personal development due to lack of skill in carrying out measures to improve home environment

Goal and Objective of care Goal of care After nursing interventions the family will provide home environment conducive to health maintenance by opening their window and adding some light bulb. Objective of care: After nursing interventions the family will: - Improve their skills in carrying out measure to improve home environment. - Properly understand the consequence of having a poor lighting and ventilation - Be able to find alternative way on improving their ventilation inside the house. -

Nursing Intervention Broaden the knowledge of the family about poor lighting and ventilation.

Methods of care

Resources required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family

Evaluation

Poor Lighting and ventilation as a health threat

Goal Not Met. The family unable to provide home environme nt which is conducive to health maintenanc e failed to add or open the window to generate proper air ventilation and unable to add additional light bulb.

Discuss with the family the consequenc es of having poor lighting and ventilation.

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Encourage the family to make some moves or actions for improving their home environment

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Family Nursing Problem

Goal and Objective of care Goal of care: After 3 days of nursing intervention the family will be able to recognize the threat of cross infection in the family and able to promote healthy living to promote immune system to fight from communicable disease. Objective of care: After a home visit with appropriate health teachings given to the family, the family will be able to:

Nursing Intervention -Encourage the family to verbalized feelings regarding the matter. - Broaden the knowledge of the family about the threat of CrossInfection from a communicable disease.

Methods of care

Resources required Human Resourcestime and effort of the nurse and the family

Evaluation

Inability to Threat for recognize Crosspresence of Infection from a problem a due to: communicable ignorance of disease facts, low salience of the problem and inability to generate proper air ventilation

Goal Partially mer. The family was able to recognize the problem after the nursing intervention but unable to do something regarding the matter to avoid the threat of crossinfection from communicabl e disease.

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-Encourage the family to generate proper air ventilation to - Verbalized understanding about the alleviate the threat of cross-infection possible threat for cross from a communicable infection in the diseases house. - Able to practice health living to boost immune system of each individual.

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Family Nursing Problem Inability to make decisions with respect to taking appropriate health action due to: Lack of knowled ge as to what to do.

Goal and Objective of care After nursing Intervention, the family will take the necessary measures to make the home environment more sanitary

Nursing Intervention - Discuss with the family how unsanitary conditions like stagnant water, open containers provide good breeding grounds for various insects and explain the seriousness of the diseases they can transmit. - Explore with the family ways of implementing sanitation measures. - Explore with family ways of minimizing vermin population.
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Methods of care

Resources required Material resources: Low-cost supplies to manage flies, mosquito. Time and effort of the nurse and family.

Evaluation

Presence of Breeding Places

Goal Partially Mer. The family verbalized understanding but unable to take the necessary measures to make the home environment more sanitary.

Objective of care: After the nursing intervention, the family will: Understand the health risk posed by unsanitary breeding grounds of diseasecarrying vermin. Implement the agreed-upon measures to home sanitation.

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