The student nurse who is developing a plan of care for a postoperative patient who underwent abdominal surgery to remove a tumor.The student has chosen Risk for Infection as a nursing diagnosis.Which of the following is the most appropriate goal for this diagnosis?

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In an acute care setting the goal for the diagnosis Risk for Infection is "to control or decrease the progression of infection." An outcome is "The patient's wound drainage will decrease in 2 days." Decreased incisional pain is an expectation postsurgically and not directly related to infection.Having the patient describe the signs/symptoms of infection will aid in early detection,but not in preventing infection.

The Student Nurse Who Is Developing a Plan of Care