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Nurse's Pocket Guide

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• Modifications to plan of care.<br />

DISCHARGE PLANNING<br />

• Long-term needs and who is responsible for actions to be<br />

taken.<br />

• Available resources, specific referrals made.<br />

SAMPLE NURSING OUTCOMES & INTERVENTIONS<br />

CLASSIFICATIONS (NOC/NIC)<br />

NOC—Spiritual Well-Being<br />

NIC—Spiritual Support<br />

Relocation Stress Syndrome<br />

Taxonomy II: Coping/Stress Tolerance—Class 1 Post-<br />

Trauma Responses (00114)<br />

[Diagnostic Division: Ego Integrity]<br />

Submitted 1992; Revised 2000<br />

Definition: Physiological and/or psychosocial disturbance<br />

following transfer from one environment to<br />

another<br />

Related Factors<br />

Losses; feeling of powerlessness<br />

Lack of adequate support system; lack of predeparture counseling;<br />

unpredictability of experience<br />

Isolation; language barrier<br />

Impaired psychosocial health; passive coping<br />

Decreased health status<br />

Defining Characteristics<br />

SUBJECTIVE<br />

Anxiety (e.g., separation); anger<br />

Insecurity; worry; fear<br />

Loneliness; depression<br />

Unwillingness to move; concern over relocation<br />

Sleep disturbance<br />

OBJECTIVE<br />

Move from one environment to another<br />

Increased [frequency of] verbalization of needs<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 565<br />

RELOCATION STRESS SYNDROME

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