A client with a recently fractured left femur has been reluctant to comply with his physical therapy for fear of the pain associated with movement. A goal for this client is to attend therapy treatments 3 times each day
The nurse is evaluating the goal for this client. The client states, "I don't like therapy; it hurts, but I have been going twice a day." The client chart has an entry from the last shift nurse stating the client went to therapy 2 times with encouragement. The nurse evaluates the goal as:
A) goal met.
B) goal partially met.
C) goal completely unmet.
D) new diagnoses have developed.
E) goal revision needed.
Ans: B
Feedback:
After collecting data, nurses form a comprehensive picture of the client's behavioral responses. The next activity is to make a judgment about goal attainment by comparing the client's actual behavioral responses to the predicted responses or predetermined outcome criteria developed in the planning phase.
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