Patient’s Prognosis
CRITERIA GOOD FAIR POOR JUSTIFICATION
Onset of Since the second problem we made was met
Illness partially its goal.
Duration of Since the patient was not able to tolerate and
Illness alleviate the problem we’ve identify to her.
Willingness We had been rated the patient as good since
to take she is willing and is able to comply with the
treatment treatment advised to her by her doctor.
regimen
Age In your early 30s, your chances of getting
pregnant are only slightly lower than in your
late 20s and your risk of a miscarriage or a
baby with Down syndrome only slightly
higher — but at 35, that decline in fertility
begins to accelerate.
Source:
http://health.msn.com/pregnancy/articlepage.a
spx?cp-documentid=100161311
Race Babies born in England and Wales in 2008
were most likely to have a mother aged 25-34,
with over half (54%) of mothers being in this
age group and is increase of having high risk
complications in pregnancy.
Source:
http://www.mothers35plus.co.uk/intro.htm
Environ- We have rated the patient good since the
ment patient was given a well ventilated
environment and had the surroundings
cleaned. Also, environment plays an important
role in aggravating the patient’s present
condition.
Gender The patient was rated as good since she had no
difficulty in bearing child.
Family We rated her as fair since only her husband
Support supported her as he always encourages her to
stay calm and relax. Their parents were not
present since they were already in their right
age to manage the situation.
Legend:
Good - 3pts. Fair - 2pts. Poor -1pt.
Rating:
Good: 2.4 – 3 Fair: 1.7 – 2.3 Poor: 1 – 1.6
Computation:
Good: 3 x 4 = 12 18 ÷ 8 = 2.25
Fair: 2 x 2 =4
Poor: 1 x 2 =2
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General Prognosis:
The general prognosis of the patient is revealed as fair with the score of 2.25. Four out of
eight criteria under the specific/detailed prognosis has showed good forecast, two shows a fair
result and the other two is justified as poor. Therefore, the patient partially achieved a state of
good care providence by the health care team as well as the advices from her husband/ family.
Recommendations:
Recommendations were given to newborn to provide health promotion plan which
increases newborns chanced to facilitate healthy behaviors and lifestyles. Mothers should teach
themselves on setting an example of healthy lifestyles to their child.
The family and healthcare provider should:
1. Provided support system to their child, by giving concerns on precautionary and
safety measures especially from falling possibility.
2. Encouraged mothers to keep their child away from any form of injuries and violence.
3. Ensured adequate lightning to infants to see immediately newborns positioning and
condition.
4. Gave nutritious food to newborn depending on her age especially breast milk.
5. Mothers should breastfed her child because this helped newborn in developing her
growth, and provided antibodies that killed bad bacteria to their body.
6. Always provided a cleaned, ventilated, thermoregulated environment.
7. Supported always newborn from her needs, emotional state, and access of health.
Render an extraordinary care to infant.
Conclusion:
Each newborn arrived as a unique person with the energetic desired to grow and learn. At
birth, she was totally dependent on the caregiver because newborn was unable to directly
communicate her needs.
Newborn was capable to feel trust and mistrust, which began to trust caregiver and
developed drive and hope but if trust won’t achieve this will result to mistrust.
Performing newborns physical assessment consists of obtaining general survey, head-to-
toe assessments and test of reflexes that helped identifying infant’s conditions and its
implications. While anatomy and physiology began to review client and families understanding
to those physiological changes and basic characteristics occur at infancy.
Recommendations also were given to provide newborn and family a do and don’ts
activities to be render to the infant.
These really helped to promote healthy lifestyles and good growth development of an
newborn and therefore evaluated well- baby assessments, family that gave extraordinary care,
and using community resources to enhance family unit.
Evaluation:
After we gathered and completed all the pertinent data and information which we used as
our main reliable source and facts on the completion of our study, we evaluated newborns health
assessment as good and fair. Good because almost of the health assessments findings were
interpreted as normal, while fair because there were still findings that needs actions.
We explained the anatomy and physiology which provided physiologic normal changes
and was related to the client’s condition.
We constructed nursing care plan which indicated the problem and its corresponding
nursing interventions. Lastly, provided conclusion and recommendations that helped client and
family to promote good and well lifestyles.
