英文摘要 |
This article shares the experience of nursing a patient that attempted suicide due to the changes from becoming a chronic kidney diseases patient needing long-term renal replacement therapy. These included fears of discrimination from being a dialysis patient, inability to maintain his premorbid diet and social activities, as well as becoming a burden to his family members. The clinical data of the patient were obtained via direct patient care, physical evaluation and interviews between September 23 and November 16, 2010. The collected data was analyzed using Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns. Evaluation revealed problems such as poor adjustment, social dysfunction, and nutritional deficiency due to dietary change. We used a multidisciplinary approach including counseling by a clinical psychiatrist as well as diet education and evaluation by a dietician to accommodate his individual dietary needs. We taught the patient the knowledge about dialysis to help him face the dialysis course positively and adapt to the life with dialysist. Family support, religion, and other dialysis patient were also enlisted to help the patient rediscover his self-esteem and selfconfidence so he could socialize with family and friends once again. Personalized nursing care was used to provide active caring, listening and emotional support to help the patient cope with his illness and related problems. Finding the right response at the right time also made the patient feel less suicidal. |