Recovery Care Plan: Case Study of Marie

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RECOVERY CARE PLAN: CASE STUDY OF MARIE
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Recovery Focused Nursing Care Plan: Case Study 1: Marie
Case Study: Marie M.
 Marie is a 31 year old married and working woman diagnosed with Major Depressive
Disorder coupled with episodes of Post Natal Depression
 Marie currently prefers to socially isolate herself or engage in social relationships other
than the Church.
 She is facing difficulties caring for her daughter and performing activities of daily living.
 Recent loss of once esteemed job identity coupled with past incidences of her brother’s
death and sister’s surgery has resulted in loss of self-esteem, life organization capabilities
and emergence of suicide ideation.
HONOs Result
Domain Results
Depressed Mood 0 1 2 3 4
Activities of Daily Living 0 1 2 3 4
Problems with Occupation and Activities 0 1 2 3 4

Running head: RECOVERY CARE PLAN: CASE STUDY OF MARIE
Consumers
Priority
Identified
Goals/Issues
The consumers
strengths to
address the issue
Consumer and
Nursing
Interventions
Person’s Responsible Timeframe
Consumer
Priority 1:
Marie has lost
her sense of
self-esteem,
positivity and
perceptions of
hope for the
future, as
evidenced in
her
prevalence of
a depressed
mood and
feelings of
worthlessness
due to the
occurrence of
past and
recent
traumatic
mental health
experiences
in her family
and job.
Issues: Marie’s loss
of self-esteem,
optimism, confidence,
self-worth and hope
resulting in
prevalence of
depressive episodes
and preoccupation
with suicide ideation.
Goals: Marie will
successfully be able to
regain her sense of
identity, self-esteem
and self-confidence
and will feel
empowered, confident
and hopeful for the
future.
HONOS Score: 4
After
collaboratively
communicating
with the case
manager, Marie
was successfully
able to identify her
strengths as
follows:
- Being in
possession of
positive
feelings of
kindness and
politeness
towards
others.
- An eagerness
towards
maintaining
attitudes of
hard work,
commitment
and dedication
towards
completion of
important
household
activities.
- To administer a
patient
centered
approach and
collaboratively
work with
Marie in the
development of
her own self-
motivation and
self-
empowerment
plan, where
Marie will
clearly discuss
her needs and
preferences
with the Care
Manager and
Nurse and
identify goals
for the future
which she
would wish to
achieve (Sklar
et al., 2016).
- To encourage
Marie in the
identification
of external and
- Marie has
expressed an
eagerness and
interest towards
engaging in her
recovery plan and
wishes to actively
participate in
monitoring,
performing and
modifying her care
plan as and when
the need arises.
- Marie has agreed
to collaboratively
work with the
nurse and Case
Manager in the
implementation of
her recovery care
plan as well as
provide key inputs
on her needs,
opinions and
preferences
concerning the
same.
- Marie has also
provided
permission and
- Marie’s risk of
suicide ideation
and self-harm
will be evaluated
on a weekly
basis.
- In the situation of
suicide ideation
or aggravation of
symptoms, the
nurse and the
Case Manager
must administer
increased levels
of monitoring,
risk assessment
or implement an
emergency care
team to further
prevent
occurrences of
any self-harm
episodes.
- It is estimated
that the
implementation
of this recovery
plan will
administer
feelings of

3RECOVERY CARE PLAN: CASE STUDY OF MARIE
- A
commendable
sense of
organization,
motivation
and positivity
towards
achievement
of future goals
of
empowerment
and
improvement.
- A strong sense
of dedication
and loyalty
towards going
out of to care
for her loved
ones, for
which Marie
recognized the
need for
administering
this attitude
towards
herself.
internal stimuli
in her
environment,
home or her in
her perception
which act as
triggers to her
feelings of
worthlessness
and suicide
ideation
(Hanley et al.,
2016).
- Collaboratively
work with
Marie in the
identification
of factors in
her life which
may trigger
feelings of
positivity and
will to live and
be hopeful for
the future.
- To engage the
usage of the
above
identified
positive factors
in every
situation
associated with
eagerness to
engage in referral
services after the
Case Manager and
nurse obtained
consent from her
concerning the
possibility of
contacting
additional health
professional
services.
- Marie has
expressed interest
and agreed to
communicate
actively with her
family concerning
the implementation
of her recovery
plan (Faruquie,
Parker & Talbot,
2016).
Upon conductance of a
family centered
approach by the nurse
and Case Manager,
Marie’s Family, that is,
her husband Ron and
her mother, has agreed
and expressed and
enthusiasm to
optimism,
positivity and
self-esteem in
Marie and
eradicate her
tendency towards
suicide ideation.
Hence, the nurse
and case
Manager will
engage in
assessing the
effectiveness of
the care plan
using weekly and
monthly
evaluation and
follow up.