NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Altered Health Maintenance is a nursing problem, because the diagnosis describes a problem that can be treated by nurses within the scope of independent nursing practice.

Detailed explanation-2: -A nursing diagnosis of health maintenance alteration is the basis for an individualized plan of care of nursing intervention which is directed toward reducing risk factors and assisting the elderly client to achieve optimum levels of function and independence within the limits of defined health maintenance alterations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Altered mental status (AMS) is a broad term used to represent a variety of diseases affecting mental functioning ranging from mild disorientation to coma. Fundamentally, a patient’s level of consciousness and cognition are combined to form their mental status.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ineffective health maintenance incorporates components of related nursing diagnoses. Specific diagnoses such as impaired communication, confusion, grieving, hopelessness, spiritual distress, and many others can correlate to ineffective health maintenance.