Explain components of multidimensional nursing care for clients with musculoskeletal disorders.

Module 05 Assignment – Designing a Care Map

Purpose of Assignment

 

1. Assist students with coordination of care for clients with musculoskeletal disorders.

 

2. Enhance understanding of the nursing process in coordinating care for a client.

 

Course Competency

 

• Explain components of multidimensional nursing care for clients with musculoskeletal disorders.

 

• Select appropriate nursing interventions when providing multidimensional care to clients experiencing alterations in mobility

 

Instructions

 

1. For this assignment you will pick Osteomyelitis as your musculoskeletal disorder

 

Develop a care map using the template directly after these instructions. For this assignment, include the following: assessment and data collection (including disease process, common labwork/diagnostics, subjective, objective, and health history data), three NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis, one SMART goal for each nursing diagnosis, and two nursing interventions with rationale for each SMART goal for a client with a musculoskeletal disorder.

 

Use at least two scholarly sources to support your care map. Be sure to cite your sources in-text and on a reference page using APA format.

 

Check out the following link for information about writing SMART goals and to see examples:

 

You can find useful reference materials for this assignment in the School of Nursing guide:

 

Have questions about APA? Visit the online APA guide: