A client has the nursing diagnosis noncompliance with lithium therapy r/t dislike of side effects as evidenced by subtherapeutic lithium level and client statement that lithium makes his mouth dry
A correctly written outcome statement for this nursing diagnosis is:
1. Encourage client to take lithium as prescribed despite side effects
2. Admonish and give lab requisition for retesting lithium level in 1 week
3. Client will list interventions for dry mouth and will take lithium daily, resulting in lithium level within therapeutic range within 1 week
4. If client is in denial, provide information about his disorder and its treatment
ANS: 3
An outcome statement consists of specific, measurable indicators that are used by nurses to eval-uate the results of an intervention. Only option 3 is written as an outcome statement. The other statements address interventions.
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