Priority Nursing Diagnosis Paper

I enjoyed reading your initial post for this week’s discussion. I agree with you that the priority nursing diagnosis for this patient is deficient fluid volume. A prior medical condition is not a concern for this patient at this point since the patient had a prior physical examination prior to camp. The patient had fluid depletion during football practice but no fluid intake because he left his water bottle in his room. A nursing intervention for this patient is the nurse will monitor the patient’s pulse, respiration, and blood pressure every 15 minutes to one hour for the unstable patient and every four hours for the stable patient