What This Document Is
This is a Nursing Care Plan completed by a student, Ishan Patel, at Gurnick Academy for the VN300 Medical Surgical course. It focuses on a 73-year-old female patient experiencing gangrene secondary to a post-surgical site infection following a partial foot amputation due to Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD). The care plan was documented on March 8, 2022, and reviewed by Instructor Ms. Santiago.
Why This Document Matters
This assignment is intended for nursing students learning to apply the nursing process – assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation – to a complex patient case. It demonstrates a student’s ability to prioritize nursing diagnoses and develop a plan of care for a patient with a serious condition like gangrene. It’s used as part of clinical skills development and assessment.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This is a student assignment and represents a learning exercise. It should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice or a comprehensive care plan developed by a qualified healthcare team. It reflects a snapshot in time and may not encompass the full complexity of the patient’s condition or evolving needs.
What This Document Provides
The care plan includes: a patient assessment (subjective and objective data), a prioritized nursing diagnosis (Impaired Skin Integrity), short- and long-term goals, nursing interventions with rationales for both short- and long-term goals, an evaluation plan, medication information (Rocephin, Tylenol, Levofloxacin), recent lab data, and anticipated patient teaching points. This preview does *not* include the full details of the patient’s medical history, a complete list of medications, or a comprehensive evaluation of the care plan’s effectiveness.