Brain Tumor Assessment, Pre and Post Operative Nursing Diagnosis

Nursing Assessment for Brain Tumor

1. Health Perception and Health Management

• A family history of tumors.
• Exposed to excess radiation.
• A history of visual problems; lost visual acuity and diplopia.
• Alcohol Addiction, heavy smokers.
• There was a feeling abnormal.
• Personality disorder / hallucinations.

2. Nutritional Metabolic Pattern

• History of epilepsy.
• Loss of appetite
• The presence of nausea, vomiting during the acute phase.
• The loss of sensation on the tongue, cheeks and throat.
• Difficulty swallowing (interference on the palate and pharyngeal reflex).

3. Elimination Pattern

• Changes in the pattern of urination and bowel movements (incontinence).
• Bowel sounds; negative.

4. Activity and Exercise Pattern

• Disorders of muscle tone, the muscle weakness, impaired level of consciousness.
• Risk of trauma due to epilepsy.
• Hamiparese, ataxia.
• vision disorders.
• Feel tiredness, loss of sensation.

5. Sleep Rest Pattern

• Hard or easy to relax and fall asleep.

6. Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern

• Dizziness.
• Headache.
• weakness.
• Tinnitus.
• Motor aphasia.
• Loss of sensory stimuli contra-lateral.
• Impaired sense of taste, smell and sight.
• Decline in memory, problem solving.
• Lost the ability influx of visual stimuli.
• Impairment of consciousness up to coma.
• Not able to record images.
• Not able to distinguish right / left.

7. Self-Perception-Self-Concept Pattern

• The feeling of helplessness and despair.
• Emotions unstable and difficult to express.

8. Role-Relationship Pattern

• Speech problems.

9. Reproduction

• The existence of disturbances and irregularities.
• Influence / relationship to disease.

10. Coping-Stress Tolerance Pattern

• Existence of feelings of anxiety, fear, impatient or angry.
• Coping mechanism commonly used.
• Feelings of helplessness, hopelessness.
• Emotional response to the client's current status.
• People who help in solving the problem.
• Irritability.

11. Value-Belief Pattern

• The religion, whether religious activities interrupted.

Nursing Diagnosis for Brain Tumor Pre-Surgery

1. Imbalanced Nutrition Less than Body Requirements related to nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite / growth of cancer cells.
2. Acute Pain / Chronic Pain ; head related to the growth of cancer cells in the brain.
3. Impaired physical mobility related to movement disorders and weakness.
4. Impaired Verbal Communication related to damage to the cerebral circulation.
5. Low self-esteem related to dependency, role changes, changes in self-image.
6. Knowledge Deficit; about the condition and treatment of diseases related to lack of information.
7. Anxiety related to surgical plan.

Nursing Diagnosis for Brain Tumor Post-Surgery

1. Acute Pain related to the effects of surgery.
2. Low self-esteem related to dependency, role changes, changes in self-image.
3. Knowledge Deficit; about brain tumors related to ignorance about resources
4. Anxiety related to chronic disease and an uncertain future.

Brain Tumor - 4 Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions

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Brain Tumor - 4 Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions

Nursing Care Plan for Brain Tumor

Tumor is a general term covering any benign growth in every part of the body. This growth was not intended, is growing at the expense of the parasite and the human host.

Brain tumor is a benign tumor on the lining of the brain or one of the brain.

Brain carcinoma (malignant) is a neoplasm that grows in the lining of the brain.

Neoplasm is a collection of abnormal cells formed by cells that grow continuously in a limited, uncoordinated with the surrounding tissue and not useful to the body.


Nursing Diagnosis and Nursing Interventions for Brain Tumor

I. Acute Pain / Chronic Pain related to the effects of surgery.

Goal: Pain is reduced until it disappears after the act of nursing.

Outcomes:

• Clients can perform activities without feeling pain.
• Relaxed facial expression.
• Clients demonstrate discomfort disappear.

Interventions:
1. Assess the level of pain (location, duration, intensity, quality) every 4-6 hours.
R /: As an early indicator in determining the next intervention.

2. Assess the patient's general condition and vital signs.
R /: As an early indicator in determining the next intervention.

3. Give a pleasant position for the patient.
R /: To assist patients in controlling pain.

4. Give a lot of time resting and less visitors as desired patient.
R /: Can reduce physical and emotional discomfort.

5. Collaboration with physicians in drug delivery.
R /: To assist in the healing of patients.



II. Low self-esteem related to dependency, role changes, changes in self-image.

Goal: Impaired self-resolved after the act of nursing.

Outcomes: Clients can be confident with the disease state.

Interventions:
1. Assess the response, and the patient's family's reaction to disease and treatment.
R /: To simplify the process approach.

2. Assess the relationship between patient and close family members.
R /: Support families helps in the healing process.

3. Involve everyone nearby in education and home care planning.
R /: Can ease the burden on the handling and adaptation at home.

4. Give time / listen to the things that become complaints.
R /: continuous support will facilitate the adaptation process.


III. Knowledge Deficit: about brain tumors related to ignorance about resources.

Goal: Information about self care and nutritional status is understood, after the act of nursing for 1 x 24 hours.

Outcomes:
The client expressed an understanding of the information provided.
Client states of consciousness and changes in patterns of self-care plan.

intervention:
1 Assess the patient's level of knowledge.
R /: To determine the level of knowledge in the receipt of information, so as to give correct information.

2 Discuss the relationship of the causative agent of the disease.
R /: To provide an understanding to the patient about the things that trigger the disease.

3 Explain the signs and symptoms of perforation.
R /: Symptoms of perforation is pain in the chest.

4 Explain the importance of the environment without stress.
R /: To prevent an increase in sympathetic stimulation.

5. Discuss implementation method of stress.
R /: How stress management: relaxation, exercise and medication.


IV. Anxiety related to chronic disease and an uncertain future.

Goal: Anxiety can be minimized after the act of nursing.

Outcomes: Anxiety is reduced.

Intervention:
1. Listen patiently client complaints.
R /: Facing issues of patients and need to be explained and opened the way to resolve it.

2. Answering questions from clients and families, with friendly.
R /: Make sure the patient and believe.

3. Encourage client and family confide.
R /: Creating trust and decrease misperceptions.

4. Using therapeutic communication techniques.
R /: Establishing a trust relationship the patients.

5. Give the physical comfort of the patient.
R /: It is difficult to accept with the issue when it experiences extreme emotional / physical discomfort persist.

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