9. Knowledge Deficit: Bronchitis Nursing Care Plans

 Knowledge Deficit
related to: the lack of information about the disease process and treatment at home.

As evidenced by:[Check those that apply]

Major: (Must be present)	(_) Verbalizes a deficiency in knowledge or skill. (_) Requests information. (_) Expresses and inaccurate perception of health status. (_) Does not correctly perform a desired or prescribed health behaviour.
Minor: (May be present)	(_) Lack of integration of treatment plans into daily activities. (_) Exhibits or expresses psychological alteration, (anxiety, depression) resulting from misinformation or lack of information.

Date & Sign.	Plan and Outcome[Check those that apply]	Target Date:	Nursing Interventions[Check those that apply]	Date Achieved:
	The patient will: (_) Describe disease process, causes, factors contributing to symptoms. (_) Describe procedure(s) for disease or symptom control. (_) Identify needed alterations in lifestyle. (_) Other:		(_) Assess patient's readiness to learn by assessing emotional respose to illness: Acceptance Anger Anxiety Denial Depression Other: (_) Allow person to work through and express intense emotions prior to teaching. (_) Examine patient's health beliefs: ________________________ ________________________ (_) Assess patient's desire to learn. (_) Assess preferred learning mode: Auditory Group One to one Visual Other: (_) Assess literacy level. (_) Provide health teaching and referrals: ___________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ (_) Plan and share necessity of learning outcomes with patient - s/o. (_) Evaluate patient - s/o behaviors as evidence that learning outcomes have been achieved: ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ (_) Other:________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________