Question

An older adult client who is recovering from a stroke is scheduled to be transferred to the rehabilitation unit in the morning. The client is tearful and reports feeling lonely and abandoned in the hospital unit. The family visits daily, and flowers and cards are in the room. Documentation in the chart indicates that the client’s pastor has been by twice in the past week to visit. Which nursing diagnosis and outcome criteria need to be addressed immediately for this client?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The patient may currently be suffering from a complication of the stroke presented as memory loss and depression since he does not remember the visits that his relatives have regularly made and he also feels abandoned by the same situation.

It is very important to explain to family members the condition that your loved one is going through so that they are a source of company, supportive love and can help you recover or cope with the disease in the best possible way.

It is also important to the patient go to the motor and functional rehabilitation therapies necessary to improve what is possible, it is important that the companions are very attentive to remember that the patient takes the necessary medication; It is important that when they return home they take the necessary precautionary and accompanying measures to prevent trauma in the patient

In addition, it is very important to constantly evaluate the neurological function and perform exercises that allow the patient to work to improve in that sense.

Last but not least, the patient needs support and accompaniment through the area of psychology.