Patient’s Prognosis

CRITERIA GOOD FAIR POOR JUSTIFICATION

Onset of  Since the second problem we made was met

Illness partially its goal.

Duration of  Since the patient was not able to tolerate and

Illness alleviate the problem we’ve identify to her.

Willingness  We had been rated the patient as good since

to take she is willing and is able to comply with the

treatment treatment advised to her by her doctor.

regimen
Age  In your early 30s, your chances of getting

pregnant are only slightly lower than in your

late 20s and your risk of a miscarriage or a

baby with Down syndrome only slightly

higher — but at 35, that decline in fertility

begins to accelerate.

Source:

http://health.msn.com/pregnancy/articlepage.a

spx?cp-documentid=100161311
Race  Babies born in England and Wales in 2008

were most likely to have a mother aged 25-34,

with over half (54%) of mothers being in this

age group and is increase of having high risk

complications in pregnancy.

Source:
 http://www.mothers35plus.co.uk/intro.htm
Environ-  We have rated the patient good since the

ment patient was given a well ventilated

environment and had the surroundings

cleaned. Also, environment plays an important

role in aggravating the patient’s present

condition.
Gender  The patient was rated as good since she had no

difficulty in bearing child.

Family  We rated her as fair since only her husband

Support supported her as he always encourages her to

stay calm and relax. Their parents were not

present since they were already in their right

age to manage the situation.

Legend:

Good - 3pts. Fair - 2pts. Poor -1pt.

Rating:

Good: 2.4 – 3 Fair: 1.7 – 2.3 Poor: 1 – 1.6

Computation:
Good: 3 x 4 = 12 18 ÷ 8 = 2.25

Fair: 2 x 2 =4

Poor: 1 x 2 =2

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General Prognosis:

The general prognosis of the patient is revealed as fair with the score of 2.25. Four out of

eight criteria under the specific/detailed prognosis has showed good forecast, two shows a fair

result and the other two is justified as poor. Therefore, the patient partially achieved a state of

good care providence by the health care team as well as the advices from her husband/ family.

Recommendations:

Recommendations were given to newborn to provide health promotion plan which

increases newborns chanced to facilitate healthy behaviors and lifestyles. Mothers should teach

themselves on setting an example of healthy lifestyles to their child.

The family and healthcare provider should:

1. Provided support system to their child, by giving concerns on precautionary and

safety measures especially from falling possibility.

2. Encouraged mothers to keep their child away from any form of injuries and violence.
 3. Ensured adequate lightning to infants to see immediately newborns positioning and

condition.

4. Gave nutritious food to newborn depending on her age especially breast milk.

5. Mothers should breastfed her child because this helped newborn in developing her

growth, and provided antibodies that killed bad bacteria to their body.

6. Always provided a cleaned, ventilated, thermoregulated environment.

7. Supported always newborn from her needs, emotional state, and access of health.

Render an extraordinary care to infant.

Conclusion:

Each newborn arrived as a unique person with the energetic desired to grow and learn. At

birth, she was totally dependent on the caregiver because newborn was unable to directly

communicate her needs.

Newborn was capable to feel trust and mistrust, which began to trust caregiver and

developed drive and hope but if trust won’t achieve this will result to mistrust.

Performing newborns physical assessment consists of obtaining general survey, head-to-

toe assessments and test of reflexes that helped identifying infant’s conditions and its

implications. While anatomy and physiology began to review client and families understanding

to those physiological changes and basic characteristics occur at infancy.

Recommendations also were given to provide newborn and family a do and don’ts

activities to be render to the infant.

 These really helped to promote healthy lifestyles and good growth development of an

newborn and therefore evaluated well- baby assessments, family that gave extraordinary care,

and using community resources to enhance family unit.

Evaluation:

After we gathered and completed all the pertinent data and information which we used as

our main reliable source and facts on the completion of our study, we evaluated newborns health

assessment as good and fair. Good because almost of the health assessments findings were

interpreted as normal, while fair because there were still findings that needs actions.

We explained the anatomy and physiology which provided physiologic normal changes

and was related to the client’s condition.

We constructed nursing care plan which indicated the problem and its corresponding

nursing interventions. Lastly, provided conclusion and recommendations that helped client and

family to promote good and well lifestyles.