Course Project Milestone #2: Nursing Diagnosis and Care Plan Assignment

Health Assignment Student: Professor: Course title: Date: Course Project Milestone #2: Nursing Diagnosis and Care Plan Assignment 1: Analyze Assessment Data: Based on the health history information, identify the following: A. Areas for focused assessment (30 points) Provide a brief overview of those areas of strength and weakness noted from Milestone #1: Health History. The areas for focused assessment include the patient’s health patterns. Areas of weakness include fatigue which is related to occasional insomnia; stress which arose as a result of her divorce; being fearful; inadequate physical activity; anxiety; obesity and low self-esteem. Her strengths include motivation/enthusiasm, availability of support system, and having a health goal. B. Client’s strengths (30 points) Expand on areas identified as strengths related to the person's overall health. Support your conclusions with data from the textbook. Carpenito-Moyet (2008) stated that strengths refer to factors or qualities which help the individual to recover, cope with stressors, and progress to her/his original health or as close as possible prior to being hospitalized and before surgery or illness. In the case of this patient/client, her strengths include high enthusiasm to complete her bachelor’s degree online and obtain a better job; positive support system from her mother and children who the client says are much supported of her; health goal of seeing the swelling go down so that she can return to Alaska to her job. C. Areas of concern (30 points) Expand on areas previously identified as abnormal and those that place the person at a health risk. Support your observations with data from the textbook. According to Daniels (2004), weaknesses or areas of concern are those factors or qualities that serve to reduce rate of recovery. They also impede progress of the patient to his/her original health or to be as close as possible to how he/she was before being hospitalized. For the case o...