Cues          Nursing          Inference       Goal and            Nursing               Rationale        Evaluation
Diagnosis                        Objectives          Intervention
Subjective:   Risk for falls   A cataract is   Goal:                  • Assess             •   To            1. Was
Objective:    related to       a clouding      After the 8 hr            mood,                 evaluat          the
              present eye      that develops   shift, the client         coping                e                client
              condition        in the          will be able to           abilities             client’s         able to
              specifically     crystalline     demonstrate               and                   cogniti          evaluat
              blurring of      lens of the     behavior and              personality           ve               e the
              the left eye     eye or in its   lifestyle to              styles                status           degree
              due to aging     envelope,       reduce the risk                                 in               and
              process          varying in      factor.                •   Monitor              relation         source
                               degree from     Objective:                 vital signs          to the           of risk
                               slight to           1. Within              and also             client’s         factors?
                               complete                the 8 hr.          the health           present
                               opacity and             shift,             condition of         conditi    Yes/No
                               obstructing             the                the patient          on         Why?
                               the passage             client             q4hr.                              1. Was
                               of light.               will be                             •   To               the
                                                                      •   Assist the           determ           client
                               Cataracts               able to            client and
                               typically               evaluate                                ine              able to
                                                                          provide              physiol          establis
                               progress                the                information
                               slowly to               degree                                  ogic             h
                                                                          regarding            factors          safety
                               cause vision            and                present
                               loss and are            source                                  that             measur
                                                                          eye                  could            es?
                               potentially             of risk            condition
                               blinding if             factors.                                also
                                                                          and risk             affect
                               untreated.                                 that
                               The condition      2. Within                                    the risk
                                                     the 8                accompany            for
                               usually                                    it
                               affects both          hour                                      acciden
                               the eyes, but         shift,           •   Discuss the          ts
                                                     the
almost           client         consequen          (falls).
always one       will be        ce of the
eye is           able to        previously     •   To
affected         establis       determined         enhanc
earlier than     h safety       risk factor        e
the other.       measur                            awaren
A senile         es.        •   Encourage          ess of
cataract,                       the client         the
occurring in                    to ask for         client
the aged, is                    help if she        regardi
characterized                   can’t afford       ng her
by an initial                   to do a            present
opacity in the                  certain            conditi
lens,                           task.              on
subsequent                  •   Advise the     •   To
swelling of                     client to          lessen
the lens and                    set/make           the risk
final                           safety             of
shrinkage                       precaution         acciden
with                            ary                ts
complete loss                   measures           (falls)
of                                                 and to
transparency                •   Advise the         enhanc
                                client, if         e self-
                                there is a         care
                                need for a         abilities
                                mood
                                modificatio
                                n.