This nursing care plan includes a diagnosis and care plan for nurses with nursing interventions and outcomes for thefollowing conditions: Imbalanced Nutrition: More Than Body Requirements
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This care plan is listed to give an example of how a Nurse (LPN or RN) may plan to treat a patient with those conditions.
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Nursing Care Plan for: Imbalanced Nutrition: More Than Body Requirements
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A 23 year old male is admitted to your unit for treatment. The patient is pleasant. Pt history includes diabetes type 2, hypertension, and high cholesterol. The pt had a cholecystectomy last year and appendectomy at the age of 11. The patient is 5 ‘8 and weighs 295 lb. Pt BMI is 44.8. The has trouble walking and requires bariatric wheelchair to get around. The patient reports that he has little desire to exercise and has not actually physically exercised since he was 8. He says he has always be big and kids use to tease him and he quit playing in school during playtime. He states he coped by eating instead. He states he can 2 whole pizza by himself along with a 2 Liter of Coke and still be hungry. He states he knows he eats too much food but can’t quit. During the history you have the patient to list what a typical daily meal is for him and according to what the patient eats daily his caloric intake exceeds over 6,000 calories.
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Nursing Diagnosis: |
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Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements related to sedentary activity patterns as evidence by weight 10% over ideal for height and frame, reports undesirable eating patterns, and sedentary activity patterns.
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Subjective Data: |
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The patient reports that he has little desire to exercise and has not actually physically exercised since he was 8. He says he has always be big and kids use to tease him and he quit playing in school during playtime. He states he coped by eating instead. He states he can 2 whole pizza by himself along with a 2 Liter of Coke and still be hungry. He states he knows he eats too much food but can’t quit.
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Objective Data: |
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A 23 year old male is admitted to your unit for treatment. The patient is pleasant. Pt history includes diabetes type 2, hypertension, and high cholesterol. The pt had a cholecystectomy last year and appendectomy at the age of 11. The patient is 5 ‘8 and weighs 295 lb. Pt BMI is 44.8. The has trouble walking and requires a wheelchair to get around. During the history you have the patient to list what a typical daily meal is for him and according to what the patient eats daily his caloric intake exceeds over 6,000 calories.
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Nursing Outcomes: |
| -The patient will acknowledge he is overweight and is as risk for many health problems if he does not lose weights.-Pt will develop a daily food plan menu based on a daily caloric intake of 2,500 calories.-Pt will develop a exercise regime to complete daily.-Pt will verbalize support groups he can attend to help with weight loss. |
Nursing Interventions: |
| -The nurse will educate the patient on health problems that he may develop if he does not lose weight.-The nurse will assess the patients understanding on his weight status.-The nurse will provide the patient with the necessary tools to help him develop a food plan menu that includes on 2,500 calories a day. -The nurse will educate the patient on how to develop a exercise regime.
-The nurse will provide the patient with brochures of local weight loss support groups he can attend. |