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IMPLEMENTATION/EVALUATION<br />

• Response to interventions/teaching and actions performed.<br />

• Attainment/progress toward desired outcome(s).<br />

• Modifications to plan of care.<br />

DISCHARGE PLANNING<br />

• Individual long-term needs, noting who is responsible for<br />

actions to be taken.<br />

• Specific referrals made.<br />

SAMPLE NURSING OUTCOMES & INTERVENTIONS<br />

CLASSIFICATIONS (NOC/NIC)<br />

NOC—Symptom Severity<br />

NIC—Nausea Management<br />

unilateral Neglect<br />

Taxonomy II: Perception/Cognition—Class 1 Attention<br />

(00123)<br />

[Diagnostic Division: Neurosensory]<br />

Submitted 1986; Revised 2006<br />

Definition: Impairment in sensory and motor response,<br />

mental representation, and spatial attention to body and<br />

the corresponding environment characterized by<br />

inattention to one side and overattention to the opposite<br />

side. Left side neglect is more severe and persistent<br />

than right side neglect.<br />

Related Factors<br />

Brain injury from: cerebrovascular problems; neurological illness;<br />

trauma; tumor<br />

Left hemiplegia from CVA of the right hemisphere<br />

Hemianopsia<br />

Defining Characteristics<br />

SUBJECTIVE<br />

[Reports feeling that part does not belong to own self]<br />

OBJECTIVE<br />

Marked deviation of the eyes/head/trunk (as if drawn magnetically)<br />

to the non-neglected side to stimuli and activities on<br />

that side<br />

Information in brackets added by the authors to clarify and enhance<br />

the use of nursing diagnoses.<br />

Diagnostic Studies Pediatric/Geriatric/Lifespan Medications 469<br />

unilateral NEGLECT

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