ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

ADL BEFORE DURING INTERPRETAION

HOSPITIZATION HOSPITALIZATI / ANALYSIS
ON
1. Nutrition When we asked The client Nutrition is the
the client about described his sum of all
the importance of appetite as interactions
health to him, he “matabang at between an
verbalized “ang hindi magana” as organism and the
kalusugan ay he verbalized food it consumes.
isang “hindi ako It is what a
mahalagang masyado person eats and
bagay na dapat nakakakain dito, how the body
nating dahil matabang uses it. People
pangalagaan.” ang lasa ko sa require the
And when we pagkain. he essential
asked about the drinks 1L of water nutrients infood
importance of only as doctor’s for the growth
nutrition, he order. and maintenance
verbalized “ang of all body tissues
magandang and the normal
nutrisyon ay functioning of all
tumutulong body processes.
upang tayo ay
maging malakas, (Kozier and Erb’s
malusog, at Fundamentals of
malayo sa sakit.” Nursing 7th
edition)
The client
described his
appetite as
“maayos” as he
verbalized “hindi
naman ako mapili
sa pagkain,
magana ako
kumain, lalo pag
gulay, isda, pero
hindi talaga ako
kumakain ng
karne.” The client
also eats fruits
especially banana
as his favorite. He
 doesn’t have any
food allergies. He
drinks 1 gallon of
water a day
regularly.
2. Elimination He had a bowel A normal pattern
movement of of bowel
twice a day elimination may
regularly. He vary
described his considerably. For
usual stool as some, it may be
solid and brown every other day,
in color. He voids for others twice a
for more than six day. Adequate
times a day as he roughage in the
verbalized, “sa diet, adequate
dami ng naiinom exercise, and 6-8
ko na tubig, glasses of fluid
marami talaga daily to prevent
akong beses constipation.
umihi sa buong
araw.” He - Kozier and Erbs,
described his 8th Ed.
urine as color
yellow. No pain
during defecating
and urinating.
3. Exercise The client’s usual He doesn’t have Exercise is a type
exercise is any exercise and of physical
walking regularly no other activity defined
because he can’t activities. as planned,
perform some structured, and
heavy exercises repetitive bodily
as he verbalized movement
“paglalakad lang performed to
talaga ang improve or
exercise ko, wala maintain one or
ng iba pa kasi more components
madali na din ako of physical
mapagod.” fitness. An
activity-exercise
pattern refers to
a person’s routine
of exercise,
activity, leisure,
and recreation. It
 includes activities
of daily living
(ADL) that require
energy
expenditure and
the type, quality,
and quantity of
exercise.

Kozier and Erbs,

8th Ed.

4. Hygiene The client doesn’t He doesn’t have Hygiene is the

have a regular any take a bath science of health
bathing as he since his day of and its
verbalized “hindi confinement. maintenance.
ako araw-araw Personal hygiene
naliligo, minsan is self-care by
lang talaga. But which people
he changed his attend to such
clothes everday, functions as
sometimes used bathing, toileting,
perfumes, and he general body
brushed his after hygiene, and
eating. grooming.
Hygiene is highly
personal matter
determined by
individual values
and practices. It
involves care of
the skin, hair,
nails, teeth, oral
and nasal
cavities, eyes,
ears, and
perineal-genital
areas.

Kozier and Erbs,

8th Ed.

5. Substance None None N/A

abuse
6. Sleep and Rest He described his The client said Older adults are
sleeping pattern that he sleeps sleeping 7 to 9
 as “maayos” as almost the whole hours on both
he verbalized, day and weeknights and
maagap ako somehow weekends. The
natutulog, satisfied on it. better the health
pinakamaagap na of older adults,
ang 6pm tapos the more likely
magigising ako they are going to
ng 3am, tuloy- sleep well.
tuloy na buong Somehow, they
araw.” He’s show an increase
satisfied with his in disturbed sleep
sleep. He doesn’t that can create a
take naps. His negative impact
usual relaxation on their quality of
is looking at life, mood, and
young girls alertness.
“chicks” outside
their house, Kozier and Erbs,
watching 8th Ed.
television, and
reading news
papers.
7. Sexuality He has a good He said that their During middle
relationship with family becomes adulthood both
his family. He stronger. No men and women
doesn’t have a sexual contact experience
child with his with his wife. decreased
wife, but this wife hormone
has three production,
children on her causing
ex-husband. climacteric in
Despite of that men. These
situation, they events often
were happy affect the
together. When individual’s
we asked about sexual self-
his sexual concept, body
activity, he image, and
described it as sexual identity.
“happy”. He Quality rather
usually had a than the number
contact with his of sexual
wife as he experiences
verbalized becomes
“hanggat pwede important.
sige lang”.
Kozier and Erbs,
8th Ed.