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    NCP Alzheimers Disease

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    The document provides an assessment, nursing diagnosis, plan, interventions, and evaluation for a client experiencing cognitive decline and disturbed thought processes. The short term goals are for the client to have minimal wandering behaviors and for the family to understand required care. The interventions include assessing cognitive and neurological function, educating the family on resources, and maintaining routines. The long term goals are for the client to achieve functional ability and enhanced memory and orientation. After a week of care, the client should demonstrate reduced wandering and improved memory and orientation.

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    NCP Alzheimers Disease

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    The document provides an assessment, nursing diagnosis, plan, interventions, and evaluation for a client experiencing cognitive decline and disturbed thought processes. The short term goals are for the client to have minimal wandering behaviors and for the family to understand required care. The interventions include assessing cognitive and neurological function, educating the family on resources, and maintaining routines. The long term goals are for the client to achieve functional ability and enhanced memory and orientation. After a week of care, the client should demonstrate reduced wandering and improved memory and orientation.

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    NCP-ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

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    The document provides an assessment, nursing diagnosis, plan, interventions, and evaluation for a client experiencing cognitive decline and disturbed thought processes. The short term goals are for the client to have minimal wandering behaviors and for the family to understand required care. The interventions include assessing cognitive and neurological function, educating the family on resources, and maintaining routines. The long term goals are for the client to achieve functional ability and enhanced memory and orientation. After a week of care, the client should demonstrate reduced wandering and improved memory and orientation.

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    NCP Alzheimers Disease

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    Shawn Tejano
    The document provides an assessment, nursing diagnosis, plan, interventions, and evaluation for a client experiencing cognitive decline and disturbed thought processes. The short term goals are for the client to have minimal wandering behaviors and for the family to understand required care. The interventions include assessing cognitive and neurological function, educating the family on resources, and maintaining routines. The long term goals are for the client to achieve functional ability and enhanced memory and orientation. After a week of care, the client should demonstrate reduced wandering and improved memory and orientation.

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    ASSESSMENT 

    NURSING PLANNING INTERVENTIONS RATIONALE EVALUATION


    DIAGNOSIS

    Subjective Data: Disturbed Short term goals: Assess the patient’s Findings from the After a week of nursing care,
    thought overall cognitive assessment are used for client should have
    process After 6 hours of nursing function and further evaluation and to demonstrated behaviors like
     Wanders out of related to intervention: memory. guide treatment.
    the house at changes in
    night cognitive  Client will have Perform complete Get a baseline for
     States that he abilities as minimal wandering nursing assessment interventions and monitor
    “sees things that evidenced by behaviors. progression of disease
    aren’t there” illusions,
     Is able to dress, delusions,  Client’s family will Assess neurological Help determine
    bathe, and feed hallucinations. have an status and level of necessary interventions
    himself understanding of confusion routinely, and progression of
     Has trouble required care per facility protocols disease.
    figuring out how demonstrate
    to use his appropriate coping
    electric razor skills and utilize Assess for Clients in the earlier
     His wife is community depression or stages who are still able
    distressed about resources. reclusiveness to understand that they
    his cognitive are losing their sense of
    decline Long term goals: reality may become
     His wife says depressed and
    that she is After a week of nursing withdrawn.
    depressed and intervention:
    cannot watch
    him at night and Communicate Helps increase the
    get rest herself.  Client will achieve effectively. Speak in possibility of the client
    functional ability at a slow and low, understanding what is
    Objective Data: his optimum level comforting voice being communicated.
    with mod alterations
     CT scan: within his Call client by name Repeating the name
    Moderate environment to Speak face-to-face helps the client maintain
    cerebral atrophy compensate for a sense of self-identity.
    deficits.
     Client should have Orient client to
    demonstrated environment as often Helps client feel safer
    enhanced memory as needed and reassured of their
    and orientation to Calendars surroundings. Promotes
    time, place and Pictures awareness of
    significant person. Signs environment.

    Maintain schedule
    and routine Helps the client maintain
    an awareness of time of
    day and offers a sense of
    security and reality.
    Encourage the use of
    complementary and These activities can help
    alternative therapies reduce stress; stress can
    such as exercises, aggravate memory loss.
    guided meditation,
    massage.

    Educate family about


    disease process and Help families cope and
    resources for coping be prepared for the
    like changes in their loved
    therapy or one and adapt to the
    counseling for needs of the clients.
    families.

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