NCP Hospitalized Child - Anxiety

ANXIETY

Related to: Change in health status; change in environment; threat to self-concept; situational crisis (specify).
Defining Characteristics: Increased apprehension; fear; helplessness; uncertainty; distress over hospitalization; restlessness; expressed concern
over procedures, pain, loss of control, separation from significant others; crying; clinging; refusal to interact with staff, changes in VS, financial
stresses caused by required absence from employment (specify child's behavior).
Goal: Child and family will experience decreased anxiety by (date/time to evaluate).
Outcome Criteria
√ Reduced anxiety expressed by child and family.
√ (Specify behaviors to look for: e.g., child is not crying or clinging, facial features are relaxed, parents verbalize understanding of procedures and
plan of care, etc.)

NOC: Anxiety Control

 

NIC: Anxiety Reduction
Evaluation
(Date/time of evaluation of goal)
(Has goal been met? Not met? Partially met?)
(Did child or family express decreased anxiety? Use quotes. Describe behavioral change associated with decreased anxiety, e.g., child is no longer
clinging to parent.)
(Revisions to care plan? D/C care plan? Continue care plan?)