Enfermería Actual de Costa Rica (Oct 2013)

Nursing process applied to a mother gynecobstetric teenager: a case study

  • Nathalie Alfaro Vargas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15517/revenf.v0i25.11775
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 25

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The present article summarizes the intervention done towards an adolescent mother who had a twinpregnancy. The methodology used is the process of nursing attention; the process is divided into four stages: first,the stage of valuating in which information is gathered through the revision of the health file of the adolescent andthe application of the nursing history; the second stage is nursing diagnosis used to identify the problemspresented by the patient; the third stage is planning which includes the designing of objectives and actions thatwould lead the interventions. The previous information is summarized in the “Plan de Cuidados de Enfermería”based on the theory of Dorotea Orem. Finally, it was apply the stage of performing in which there wereimplemented actions with the adolescent mother; she obtained necessary information based on her needs for theimprovement of life quality. Comprehensive and timely intervention allowed the reduction of risks for the motherand her children and the use of Orem's theory allowed the teenager taking skills to cope with their new role asmother.

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