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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.
• Cryptococcosis
• Cytomegalovirus
• Histoplasmosis
• Kaposi’s sarcoma
• Toxoplasmosis

Instructions

Tom Howard, a 45-year old man with HIV from the community, has come to the clinic because he reports he had not been feeling well recently.  During the intake process, Tom complains of a dry cough and chilling.  The intake nurse takes his vital signs, and they are:  Temp 102 degrees Fahrenheit, Pulse 102, Respirations 28 breaths per minute, Blood pressure 135/86.  The clinic physician refers Tom to the local hospital for a suspected opportunistic infection.  

Suspected opportunistic infections for this patient are: (choose ONE to complete this template)

Use the template directly below these instructions to complete a care map to design care for a client with impaired immunity. For this assignment, include the following: assessment and data collection (including disease process, common labwork/diagnostics, subjective, objective, and health history data), three NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis, one SMART goal for each nursing diagnosis, and two nursing interventions with rationale for each SMART goal for a client with a immune system disorder.

Use at least two scholarly sources to support your care map. Be sure to cite your sources in-text and on a reference page using APA format.

Check out the following link for information about writing SMART goals and to see examples: 

http://rasmussen.libanswers.com/faq/212524

You can find useful reference materials for this assignment in the School of Nursing guide: 

https://guides.rasmussen.edu/nursing/referenceeboo…