英文摘要 |
This case report described the caring experience of a patient who suffered from acute pancreatitis with pleural effusion. The author took care of the patient from the 14th to the 28th of December 2008. Based on the Gordon’s Model, the data were collected by means of observation, interview, and physical assessment during the nursing process. The patient’s health problems were identified as ineffective breathing related to pleural effusion on the right side, pain related to disease and vomiting, high risk of infection related to invasion of tubes, nutrition altered: less than body requirements, and altered health maintenance: lacking of the essential knowledge in health maintenance. The author specially designed a set of programs to alleviate patient’s discomfort according to his physical and medical conditions. During the nursing process, the author showed attentiveness towards patient and his family and established a good nurse-patient relationship and provided individualized nursing care to facilitate the patient creating a healthy living style. |