ASSESSMENT DIAGNOSIS PLANNING INTERVENTIONS RATIONALE EVALUATION

Subjective: Imbalanced Short-term: 1. Assess the pre-pregnancy 1. Provides baseline data At the end of
Nutrition: Less After 30 minutes of weight and present weight of about the client. the nursing
than body nursing interventions the client. 2. To assess the usual food interventions,
requirements the client will be able 2. Determine client’s nutritional that she eats even before the client is
related to to: history, including her pre- pregnancy. able to
knowledge a. Verbalize pregnancy diet. / 3. Psychological factors understand
deficit of understanding 3. Determine the client’s attitude towards eating may affect the
appropriate on the towards eating. / one person’s appetite and importance
foods to eat importance of 4. Educate the client regarding also to know the client’s of proper
during proper diet. the importance of eating eating habits. diet. She is
pregnancy b. Enumerate foods healthy foods including vits 4. Education provides ample also able to
to be included in and minerals in terms of information that the client select the
her diet. benefits to her body and may not be aware of, meals she
especially to her baby. / hence leading to the kind wants to eat,
Long-term: 5. Educate the client regarding of eating habits and diet which are
After 1 day of nursing the vitamins and minerals that she is following. good sources
interventions, the are important during her 5. For the client to be aware of the
client will be able to: pregnancy, such as vitamin C, of the needed nutrients by nutrients
a. demonstrate folic acid, iron, calcium, and her body to nourish needed by
changes in her protein; and the sources of herself and her baby her and the
diet as these nutrients. throughout the baby. The
manifested by 6. Plan with the client her desired pregnancy. Also, giving client is also
proper food meals. sources of these nutrients able to
selection 7. Suggest ways that may assist helps the client to easier maintain the
After 1 week of the client in eating familiarize herself as to expected
nursing interventions, a. Ensure pleasant what foods she may weight gain
the client will be able environment. include in her diet. during the
to: b. Facilitate proper 6. Involving the client to her pregnancy.
a. demonstrate positioning. plan of care gives the
adequate 8. Instruct the client to avoid client the feeling of
weight gain as caffeinated beverages. independence. It also
expected in 9. Instruct the client to avoid junk personalizes the plan of
pregnancy (3-5 foods. care since the client does
lbs in the 1st 10. Instruct the client to follow the
trimester, 1-2 lbs prescribed number of servings
per week during of the meals included in her
the 2nd and 3rd meal plan.
trimester) 11. Encourage the client to
maintain the intake of the
healthy foods needed by her
body throughout the
pregnancy and also in the post
partum period.
make the choices in some
aspects of the plan.
7. A pleasant environment
gives the client a relaxed
feeling and will not spoil
her appetite. And proper
positioning reduces the
risk of aspiration and
heartburn.
8. Caffeinated beverages
may decrease the appetite
and will make the client
feel full easily.
9. Junk foods have empty
calories that provide no
nutritional help to the
client. The weight gain
that these foods may bring
is of no good for the client
and her baby.
10. Too much food intake is
not good for the body. Too
much weight gain, which is
out of the expected, may
bring about complications,
such as gestational
diabetes mellitus and
macrosomic babies.
11. To provide nourishment to
the client and her baby
that keeps both of them
healthy.