Needs assistance with ADLs: requires staff intervention or assistance to remain clean, neat and free of body odors due to:

Description
The individual requires staff ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
254
Code
00254
Downloads
124
References
Hickman, L., Newton, P., Halcomb, E. J., Chang, E., & Davidson, P. (2018). Best practices for the provision of social care and support to people with dementia in general hospitals: A realist review. Collegian, 25(1), 119-130. doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2017.02.005
Chang, Y. P., Li, J., & Porock, D. (2016). The effect on nursing home resident outcomes of creating a household within a traditional structure. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17(3), 236-242. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2015.09.007

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Will maintain ability to ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Client will preserve ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Maintaining self-care abilities ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
286
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12,923
Evaluate in days
90
Evaluation Date
06/15/2026
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Will be clean, dry, ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Client's hygiene and ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Ensuring the client's ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
285
Downloads
12,923
Evaluate in days
90
Evaluation Date
06/15/2026
Outcome References
Kuzu, N., Giray, N., Basar, F., Bektas, S., Günes, UY., & Mete, S. (2018). Personal Hygiene Care of Patients in ICUs: A Literature Review. European Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2(2), em0029. https://doi.org/10.20897/ejeph/3912
Reyes, B.A., Ho, G.P., Szanton, S.L., & Guralnik, J.M. (2017). Personal Hygiene among Military Veterans with Disabilities. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy: Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 71(3), 7103270020p1–7103270020p5. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2017.024414
Gould, L., Abadir, P., Brem, H., Carter, M., Conner-Kerr, T., Davidson, J., DiPietro, L., Falanga, V., Fife, C., Gardner, S., Grice, E., Harmon, J., Hazzard, W. R., High, K. P., Houghton, P., Jacobson, N., Kirsner, R. S., Kovacs, E. J., Margolis, D., ... Tomic-Canic, M. (2019). Chronic wound care: The essentials e-book. Wound Healing Society. https://doi.org/10.18411/d-2016-154
Brown, C. J., Redden, D. T., Flood, K. L., & Allman, R. M. (2017). The underrecognized epidemic of low mobility during hospitalization of older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(9), 1660-1665. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02446.x

Actions

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Observe, document, report to ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Medical practitioners continually ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: To monitor client ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1939
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21,486
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Explain plan of care. ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves discussing the ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Enhancing care understanding ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1940
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21,486
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Explain all procedures before ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves the clear ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Explaining procedures upfront ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1941
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21,486
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Provide necessary equipment and ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves supplying essential ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Ensuring clients have ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1942
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21,486
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Praise all efforts at ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves acknowledging and ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Praising self-care efforts ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1943
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21,486
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PT, OT evaluation and ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Involves a physical ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Physical and occupational ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1944
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21,486
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Provide/assist with bath or ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: This strategy ensures ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: To ensure the ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1945
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21,486
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Discuss with client, family ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Entails engaging with ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Keeping open communication ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1946
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21,486
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Be sure call light ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Outlines ensuring the ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Ensuring the call ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1947
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21,486
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Side rails up X___ ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Entails elevating bed ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Side rails are ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1948
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21,486
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Administer medications as ordered ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: Step involves delivering ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Giving medications as ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1949
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21,486
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Obtain and monitor lab/diagnostic ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Description: The nurse collects ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Rationale: Ensuring lab work ... Please Login or Join to access this information
Record Id
1950
Downloads
21,486
Action References
Spring, B., Ockene, J. K., Gidding, S. S., Mozaffarian, D., Moore, S., Rosal, M. C., Brown, M. D., Vafiadis, D. K., Cohen, D. L., Burke, L. E., & Zee, P. C. (2020). Better Population Health Through Behavior Change in Adults: A Call to Action. Circulation, 132(22), 2156–2164. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000450
Avery, A., Bostock, L., & McCullough, F. (2017). A systematic review investigating interventions that can help reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in children leading to changes in body fatness. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 30(1), 52–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12434
Baker, M., & Beveridge, R. (2020). A patient-centred dietetic service for inpatients. ARCHIVOS DE MEDICINA, 36, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i12b.14489
Hooper, P., Jutai, J. W., Strong, G., & Russell-Minda, E. (2018). Age-related macular degeneration and low-vision rehabilitation: a systematic review. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, 43(2), 180-187. https://doi.org/10.1139/h08-019
Clark, A., Duncan-Anderson, B., & Woolsey, C. (2020). Reinforcement of self-monitoring and self-reward produces self-management behavior in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 34(1), e7-e14.
Zoffmann, V., & Lauritzen, T. (2017). Guided self-determination improves life skills with Type 1 diabetes and A1C in high-risk adolescents. Nursing research, 66(2), 157-167.