Ineffective health maintenance Nursing Care plan

* Health-Promoting Behavior
* Self-Direction of Care
* Health-Seeking Behavior
* Social Support

NIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)
Suggested NIC Labels

* Health System Guidance
* Support System Enhancement
* Discharge Planning
* Health Screening
* Risk Identification

NANDA Definition: Inability to identify, manage, and/or seek help to maintain health

Altered health maintenance reflects a change in an individual’s ability to perform the functions necessary to maintain health or wellness. That individual may already manifest symptoms of existing or impending physical ailment or display behaviors that are strongly or certainly linked to disease. The nurse’s role is to identify factors that contribute to an individual’s inability to maintain healthy behavior and implement measures that will result in improved health maintenance activities. The nurse may encounter patients who are experiencing an alteration in their ability to maintain health either in the hospital or in the community, but the increased presence of the nurse in the community and home health settings improves the ability to assess patients in their own environment. Patients most likely to experience more than transient alterations in their ability to maintain their health are those whose age or infirmity (either physical or emotional) absorb much of their resources. The task before the nurse is to identify measures that will be successful in empowering patients to maintain their own health within the limits of their ability.