Acromegaly Nursing Care Plan
Nursing Diagnosis for Acromegaly
- Disturbed body image
- related to : enlargement of body parts as manifested by enlarged hands, feet and jaw.
- Ineffective coping
- related to : change in appearance as manifested by verbalization of negative feeling about the change in appearance.
- Disturbed sensory perception
- related to : enlarged pituitary gland as manifested by protrusion of eye balls.
- Disturbed sleeping pattern
- related to : soft tissue swelling as manifested by verbalization of the patient about insomnia.
- Fluid volume deficit
- related to : polyuria as manifested by excessive thirst of the patient.
- Anxiety
- related to : change in appearance and treatment as manifested by verbalization of the patient about body appearance.
- Knowledge deficit :
- regarding development of disease and treatment as manifested by repeated questions by the patient regarding disease and treatment.
Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Body Image related to the disease at the stage of development.
Goal:
Within 2-3 weeks the client will have returned positive body image.
Nursing Interventions
- Encourage clients to want to express their thoughts and feelings about body appearance changes.
- Rationale: Information from the client can determine the location of the discomfort as well as to determine the next action.
- Help clients identify the strengths and positive aspects that can be developed by the client.
- Rationale: Positive Aspects of the client is able to foster confidence in the client.
- Collaboration of drugs.
- Rationale: Given the client with acromegaly, to reduce the size of the tumor.
- Observation of the side effects of drug delivery.
- Rationale: Orthostatic hypotension, gastric irritation, nausea, abdominal cramps, and constipation.