7.1.2. Nursing outcomes


5. Consistently redirect the PDD's focus to his or her own problems and to what he or she can do about them. You can facilitate the PDD's acceptance of responsibility for his or her own

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6. Encourage other PDD in the program to provide feedback for each other. Peer feedback usually is valued by the PDD, because it is coming from others with similar problems. 7. Positively reinforce the PDD when he or she identifies and expresses feelings or shows any insight into his or her behaviors and consequences. You convey acceptance of the PDD's attempts to express feelings and to accept responsibility for his or her own behavior.

Inability to form a valid appraisal of the stressors, inadequate choices of practiced responses,

behavior.

7.2.1. Assessment data • Stressful life crisis • Isolative behavior • Low self-esteem • Impulse control

• Superficial relationships

• Ineffective coping skills

7.2.2. Nursing outcomes

• Effective problem-solving skills

• Inability to form and maintain intimate personal relationships

• Express feelings directly and openly • Engage in realistic self-evaluation • Verbalize process for problem-solving

• Practice nonchemical alternatives to dealing with stress or difficult situations

• Develop a healthful daily routine regarding eating, sleeping, and so forth • Verbalize increased self-esteem, based on accurate information

• Avoidance of problems or difficult situations

• Immediate Persons with drug addiction will:

• Stabilization Persons with drug addiction will:

8. Evaluation of nursing outcomes.

7.2. Nursing diagnosis: ineffective coping

and/or inability to use available resources.
