For example, powerlessness related to progressive nature of disease as evidence by patient reports frustration over inability to perform previous activities. This nursing diagnosis represents a lot of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease because a lot of people with the disease have a hard time doing things that they are used to doing. A person with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease might not be able to clean the house or take out the trash without getting short of breath, wheezing, or needing the help of others. A person with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may not being able to do these everyday things and having to rely on others can make them feel powerlessness. According to Fielding (2015), it gives the example of an older lady that is having trouble keeping up her house. Her friend’s son has to move into her basement in order to do household things for her, such as retrieve the mail, carry the laundry, and do the grocery shopping since she is no longer able to do so. That often happens a lot with this chronic disease as it
For example, powerlessness related to progressive nature of disease as evidence by patient reports frustration over inability to perform previous activities. This nursing diagnosis represents a lot of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease because a lot of people with the disease have a hard time doing things that they are used to doing. A person with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease might not be able to clean the house or take out the trash without getting short of breath, wheezing, or needing the help of others. A person with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may not being able to do these everyday things and having to rely on others can make them feel powerlessness. According to Fielding (2015), it gives the example of an older lady that is having trouble keeping up her house. Her friend’s son has to move into her basement in order to do household things for her, such as retrieve the mail, carry the laundry, and do the grocery shopping since she is no longer able to do so. That often happens a lot with this chronic disease as it