Instruction: Formulate a Nursing Care Plan based on the given case scenario.
You are a home health nurse visiting an 85-year-old female patient who lives with daughter. Patient has been in and out of the hospital due to venous stasis of bilateral lower extremities. Upon assessment: BP 120/70 mmHg, HR 66, RR 22 cpm, Temp. 101 F, 02 saturation 95%. Both lower extremities are wrapped with ace bandage and requires wound care every other day. You have noticed that both legs appear to be more swollen with serosanguinous drainage. Patient is obese and daughter reports that she has been experiencing loss of appetite and complains of swallowing difficulty. Patient has history of Dementia and is dependent to caregiver with ADLS. You have decided to assist the patient with feeding and educate the caregiver on how to effectively feed the patient.
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Using a reflection model, reflect into your own practice. Consider a time you have completed a needs assessment and implemented a care plan for adult with vascular dementia to meet the person's needs. Consider what model of care you utilised, your own skills into relation to this and how person-centred care was achieved.
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