Marie C. Louis
M4D1 Assignment
Response
1. My assigned patient's priority diagnosis label related to pain:
Risk of discomfort due to chronic cancer pain
2. Three nursing interventions for my assigned patient:
a. Administer Opioids and/or non-narcotics medications as prescribed by a physician.
Rationale: Pain can be devastating; affecting someone's life at different levels. Especially in a patient like mine from scenario two fighting terminal cancer, who is subject to chronic severe pain, controlling her pain is making her daily life more worth living; it is providing her the comfort she deserves.
b. Monitor the patient for any possible opioids side effects and/or adverse reactions like constipation, nausea/vomiting and administer stool
M4D1 Assignment
Response
1. My assigned patient's priority diagnosis label related to pain:
Risk of discomfort due to chronic cancer pain
2. Three nursing interventions for my assigned patient:
a. Administer Opioids and/or non-narcotics medications as prescribed by a physician.
Rationale: Pain can be devastating; affecting someone's life at different levels. Especially in a patient like mine from scenario two fighting terminal cancer, who is subject to chronic severe pain, controlling her pain is making her daily life more worth living; it is providing her the comfort she deserves.
b. Monitor the patient for any possible opioids side effects and/or adverse reactions like constipation, nausea/vomiting and administer stool