Purpose of Assignment

For this assignment, you will demonstrate knowledge of the diagnostic process using the template below. You will identify common assessment data, three priority nursing diagnoses, client-centered outcomes, and nursing interventions with rationale for a client with impaired immunity.
Course Competency
Describe strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing practice when providing care for clients experiencing immunologic, infectious, and inflammatory disorders.
Scenario
Tom Howard, a 45-year-old man with HIV from the community, has come to the clinic because he reports not feeling well recently. During the intake process, Tom complains of a dry cough and chilling. The intake nurse obtains his vital signs: temperature 102 degrees Fahrenheit, pulse 102 beats per minute, respirations 28 breaths per minute, blood pressure 135/86mm Hg. The clinic physician refers Tom to the local hospital for a suspected opportunistic infection.

Instructions

Develop a care map for Mr. Howard using this template.
In this table, include this information:
Relevant data: Disease process, common lab work and diagnostics, and subjective, objective, and health history data
Three NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses
One SMART goal for each nursing diagnosis
Two nursing interventions provided with a supporting rationale for each SMART goal
Two scholarly sources to support information in the care map.
Cite sources in-text and on a reference page using APA format.