Nurse's Pocket Guide

• Attainment/progress toward desired outcome(s).
• Modifications to plan of care.
DISCHARGE PLANNING
• Long-term needs and who is responsible for actions to be
taken.
• Specific referrals made.
SAMPLE NURSING OUTCOMES & INTERVENTIONS
CLASSIFICATIONS (NOC/NIC)
NOC—Psychosocial Adjustment: Life Change
NIC—Coping Enhancement
risk for Relocation Stress Syndrome
Taxonomy II: Coping/Stress Tolerance—Class 1 Post-
Trauma Responses (00149)
[Diagnostic Division: Ego Integrity]
Submitted 2000
Definition: At risk for physiological and/or psychosocial
disturbance following transfer from one environment to
another
Risk Factors
Move from one environment to another
Moderate to high degree of environmental change [e.g., physical,
ethnic, cultural]
Lack of adequate support system/group; lack of predeparture
counseling
Passive coping; feelings of powerlessness; losses
Moderate mental competence
Unpredictability of experiences
Decreased health status
NOTE: A risk diagnosis is not evidenced by signs and symptoms, as
the problem has not occurred and nursing interventions are
directed at prevention.
Desired Outcomes/Evaluation
Criteria—Client Will:
• Verbalize understanding of reason(s) for change.
Information in brackets added by the authors to clarify and enhance
the use of nursing diagnoses.
Diagnostic Studies Pediatric/Geriatric/Lifespan Medications 569
risk for RELOCATION STRESS SYNDROME