1. The patient presented with a fractured tibia and fibula from a fall, which caused chronic pain, swelling, and inability to move the lower leg.
2. After 4 hours of interaction with the nurse, the patient was able to properly use assistive devices and show progress in mobility without pain.
3. The goals of treatment were to relieve pain, prevent complications, and restore mobility and independence through exercises and proper use of assistive devices.
1. The patient presented with a fractured tibia and fibula from a fall, which caused chronic pain, swelling, and inability to move the lower leg.
2. After 4 hours of interaction with the nurse, the patient was able to properly use assistive devices and show progress in mobility without pain.
3. The goals of treatment were to relieve pain, prevent complications, and restore mobility and independence through exercises and proper use of assistive devices.
1. The patient presented with a fractured tibia and fibula from a fall, which caused chronic pain, swelling, and inability to move the lower leg.
2. After 4 hours of interaction with the nurse, the patient was able to properly use assistive devices and show progress in mobility without pain.
3. The goals of treatment were to relieve pain, prevent complications, and restore mobility and independence through exercises and proper use of assistive devices.
1. The patient presented with a fractured tibia and fibula from a fall, which caused chronic pain, swelling, and inability to move the lower leg.
2. After 4 hours of interaction with the nurse, the patient was able to properly use assistive devices and show progress in mobility without pain.
3. The goals of treatment were to relieve pain, prevent complications, and restore mobility and independence through exercises and proper use of assistive devices.
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Patient: Mr.
R Diagnosis: Fractured Tibia, Fibula Open Type II Complete, Comminuted 25 M
Assessment Diagnosis Scientific Basis Planning Intervention Rationale Evaluation Subjective Data: Chronic pain > A break in the Goal: Independent: > Identifying the After 4 hours of Patient verbalized,related to swelling bone is known as a After 4 hours of > Assess specific cause guides nurse- patient fracture. There are “Ngul-ngul akong and tenderness of nurse- patient symmetry, design of optimal interaction, the two main types of tiil”. the fractured fracture: the simple interaction, the strength, degree treatment plan. patient was able lower leg, and (close) and patient will be of mobility. >This optimizes to properly use Objective Data: inability to move compound (open). able to use > Position patient circulation to all assistive devices RR= 27 cpm purposefully in the The simple fracture assistive in proper body tissues and relieves as provided. T°= 36.6°C environment is a break in the equipment alignment. pressure. Patient was also bone that does not BP= 100/70 including mobility, properly, show > Encourage >Exercise promotes able to progress pierce the skin or mmHg transfers, and cause severe progress in isometric exercises increased venous in mobilization PR= 76 bpm ambulation damage to mobility on bed, when indicated. return, prevents through exercises > Patient is secondary to surrounding tissues. and be able to > Teach proper stiffness, and and was slowly unable to move fractured tibia, In the compound transfer without use of assistive maintains muscle able to move lower leg. fibula open type fracture, the skin feeling any pain. device such as strength and himself up in bed and tissues are > Skin is II complete, crutches. endurance. without pain. broken through. A discolored comminuted 25 fracture may also be Planned Actions: > Provide >Proper use of Patient was also > Swelling of M. complete, dividing the > Maintain or progressive wheelchairs, canes, able to properly skin noted bone into two or increase strength mobilization. transfer bars, and groom himself > Grimacing of more separate and endurance of other assistance can without help. patient’s face was pieces. It may be fractured lower Dependent: promote activity and Patient was able also incomplete or noted leg. >Passive/active reduce danger of to take the partial. In a > Patient is not comminuted fracture, > Make sure no ROM exercises as falls. prescribed properly groomed the bone is broken complications will ordered by >The longer the medication. into little pieces at develop during physician to the injured patient remains the point of fracture. body part. Medical Diagnosis: (Reader’s Digest immobilization. > Administer proper immobile the greater Fractured Tibia, Family Health Guide > Demonstrate medication as the risk of and Medical Fibula Open Type the proper use of prescribed by the complications. Encyclopedia) II Complete, > Lower leg assistive devices. physician. (www1.us.elsevierheal Comminuted 25 fractures include the th.com) M fractures of the tibia Expected Collaborative: and fibula. Of these Outcome: > Refer the two bones, the tibia > Patient would patient to a PT is the only weight be able to move or an OT. bearing bone. Fractures of the tibia lower leg with are generally less pain. associated with fibula > Patient will be fracture because the able to groom force is transmitted himself. along the > Patient will be interosseous membrane to the relieved from pain fibula. after administering (eMedicine.com) proper medication. > Causes include direct forces such as those caused by falls and motor vehicle accident. (eMedicine.com) Name of Student: Bongon, Claudine Y. BSN1-N1