Nursing Care Plan For Activity Intolerance
Scenario
Mrs. Smith is a 52-year-old housewife. She is overweight (admission record shows height as 170 cm and 82.6 kg (5feet 7 inches and a82 lb) and recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. During a visit to her primary care provider, she tells the nurse practitioner that she always feels tired. Over the last two months she has been participating less in family activities involving going outside. Mrs. Smith also had a history of heart failure, which is controlled and treated with medication. She expresses feelings of stress caused by excessive demands on her time at work as bookkeeper for her husband’s small business. She expresses her concerns, saying “I just feel like a blod. I know I have to do something. I guess I have to start exercising”. The nurse practitioner, Beth, will conduct an assessment and apply her knowledge and experience, knowing Mrs. Smith will benefit from a targeted regular exercise plan.
Imaging you are the nurse in the care plan. Complete the planning phase of the critical thinking model with those two questions in mind.
Question #1 When developing a plan of care, what intellectual or professional standards were applied to Mrs. Smith?
Question #2 What critical thinking attitudes might have been applied in developing Mrs. Smith’s plan?
