Nursing Care Plan #2 Acute pain
ASSESSMENT                DIAGNOSIS                PLANNING                     INTERVENTION                RATIONALE                  EVALUATION
Subjective:               Acute pain related to    Short term:                  Independent:                Independent:               Short Term:
“Parang tumatagos po      stab wound as evidence   After 2 hours of nursing     1.Established rapport.         1. To gain the          After 1 hour of nursing
yung sakit ng             by agony of pain, SOB    intervention the patient                                        patient’s trust.    intervention, patient
pagkasaksak sa akin” as   and subscapular pain.    will verbalized pain         2. Determined the              2. Aids in              verbalized reduced pain
verbalized by the                                  relief as manifested by      location,                          evaluating need     from pain scale of 8/10
patient.                                           the decrease in the pain     characteristics, onset,            for and             to 5/10.
                                                   scale of 5/10.               duration, frequency,               effectiveness of
                                                                                quality, and severity of           interventions.
Objective:                                         Long term:                   pain via assessment.           3. To obtain            Long Term:
BP: 140/90                                         After 8 hours of nursing                                        baseline data       After 8 hours of nursing
RR: 26                                             intervention, patient will   3. Monitored the vital             and elevated        intervention, patient was
PR: 91 b                                           appear relaxed and able      signs.                             vital signs may     able to breath with
TR: 37.2                                           to sleep appropriately                                          indicate that the   normal pattern and
Pain scale: 8/10                                   with a pain scale of 3/10.   4. Positioned the patient          client is           absence facial grimace.
                                                   Patient displays             in semi-fowler’s position          experience pain.    Vital signs were also
-facial grimace                                    improved well-being          if not contraindicated.        4. To promote lung      normal with BP: 120/80;
-shortness of breath                               such as baseline levels                                         expansion and       RR: 20cpm; HR: 88bpm
                                                   for pulse, BP,               5. Encouraged used of              decrease pain on    and TR: 36.5.
                                                   respirations, and relaxed    stress management                  the injured site.
                                                   body posture.                techniques such as deep        5. Refocuses
                                                                                breathing exercises.               attention, may      Goal was met
                                                                                                                   enhance coping
                                                                                6.Investigated reports of          abilities.
                                                                                progressive or poorly          6. To monitor the
                                                                                localized pain unrelieved          progress of
                                                                                by analgesics.                     recovery and
                                                                                                                   effectiveness of
                                                                                                                   interventions.
                                                                                Dependent:
                                                                                   7. Administered          Dependent:
                                                                                      medications, as          7. Many
                                                                                      indicated.                  medications and
8. Administered         routes of
    oxygen therapy      administration
    as ordered.         may be used.
9. Assisted          8. To provide
    performing          adequate oxygen
    thoracotomy.        in the body
10. Assisted            which increases
    performing          blood flow thus
    thoracotomy         relieving pain.
                     9. To remove air
                        and blood in the
                        pleural space
                        and promotes
                        lung expansion.