Nursing Care Plan

Assessment Diagnosis Planning Intervention Rationale Evaluation

Subjective Data: “I Impaired social After implementing The nurse will: - The client
had concerns about interaction nursing successfully
my new boss and related to intervention, the - Provide - Depressed interacted with
colleagues. They anergia as client will: activities that people lack family/friends/peers
thought my work was evidenced by - patient will require minimal concentration
poor and slow. I had secluding self interact with concentration and memory.
no energy or from family and family/friends/peers (play simple This will help the
enthusiasm anymore.” peers boardgames with client interact
her children) more with her
children
Objective Data:
- Withdrawn
- expression of - Involve the - Such activities
feelings of client in gross will aid in
rejection motor activities relieving
- preoccupation that call for very tensions and
with own little might help in
thoughts concentration elevating the
(e.g., walking) mood

- Maximizes
- When the client potential for
is at the most interactions
depressed state, while minimizing
involve the client anxiety levels
in one-to-one
activity

- Socialization
- Eventually minimizes
involve the client feelings of
in group activities isolation.
(e.g., group Genuine regard
discussions, art for other can
therapy, dance increase feelings
therapy) of self-worth

- Contact with
- Eventually others distracts
maximize the the client from
client’s contacts self-
with others (first preoccupation
one other, then
two others, etc.)

- Refer the client - The client and

and family to self- family can gain
help groups in the tremendous
community support and
insight from
people sharing
their
experiences

- Show - to convey
unconditional belief in the
positive regard client as a
worthwhile
individual

- Be with the
client to offer - The presence
support during of a trusted
group activities individual
that may be provides
frightening or emotional
difficult for her. security for the
Or ask a family client
member or
trusted person to
be with the client

- Give recognition - Positive

and positive reinforcement
reinforcement for enhances self-
client’s voluntary esteem and
interaction with encourages
others repetition of
acceptable
behaviors

- maintain
calmness in - the client will
approaching the feel more secure
client if you are calm
and if the client
 feels you are in
control of the
situation

- provide
reassurance and - helps relieve
comfort anxiety
measures

- Encourage client - Verbalization

to talk about of feelings in a
traumatic nonthreatening
experience under environment
nonthreatening may help client
conditions. come to terms
Support client with unresolved
during flashbacks issues
of the experience