Nursing Diagnosis for Epistaxis
Epistaxis is defined as acute hemorrhage from the nostril, nasal cavity, or nasopharynx. It is a frequent emergency department (ED) complain...
Nursing Diagnosis for Hypospadias
Hypospadias Nursing Diagnosis 1. Pain (Acute / Chronic) related to physical factors eg damage to the skin / tissue (incision), characte...
Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care
Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care [Paperback] Betty J. Ackley MSN EdS RN (Author), Gail B. Ladwig MSN RN CHTP (Author...
Nursing Diagnosis for Hematemesis - Melena
Hematemesis Hematemesis or haematemesis is the vomiting of blood. The source is generally the upper gastrointestinal tract. Patients can ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Gastritis
Gastritis Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach lining. Many things can cause gastritis. Most often the cause is infection with the ...
4 Nursing Diagnosis for Diarrhea
4 Nursing Diagnosis for Diarrhea Diarrhea can affect anyone, both children and adults. Diarrhea is a disease in which the patient experien...
NANDA, NOC, AND NIC LINKAGES: NURSING DIAGNOSES, OUTCOMES, & INTERVENTIONS
NANDA, NOC, AND NIC LINKAGES: NURSING DIAGNOSES, OUTCOMES, & INTERVENTIONS Marion Johnson Based on years of research at the Univer...
Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)
Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) Gloria M. Bulechek PhD RN FAAN (Author), Howard K. Butcher PhD RN APRN BC (Author), Joanne McCl...
Nursing Diagnosis for Cesarean section (C-section)
Nursing Diagnosis for C-section (Cesarean section) A Cesarean section (C-section) is surgery to deliver a baby. The baby is taken out thro...
Delmar's Maternal-Infant Nursing Care Plans
Review Written by practicing nurses for students and practitioners, this resource is a valuable reference. - IMPRINT, National Student Nur...
Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes
The most comprehensive nursing care planning book available, Nursing Care Plans, 7th Edition features more than 200 care plans covering the ...
Nursing Diagnosis for ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) , also known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (in co...
Nursing Diagnosis for Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung tissue affecting one or both sides of the chest that often occurs as a result of an infection. Inf...
Nursing Diagnosis for Alteration in Bowel Elimination : Constipation
Definition : A situation where an individual experience or a higher risk of static in the large intestine, resulting in a rare bowel move...
Nursing Diagnosis for Acute Confusion
NANDA Definition : Abrupt onset of a cluster of global, transient changes and disturbances in attention, cognition, psychomotor activity, le...
Nursing Diagnosis for Altered Sleep
Nursing Diagnosis for Disturbed Thought Processes - Altered Sleep Confusion; Disorientation; Inappropriate Social Behavior; Altered Mood Sta...
Nursing Diagnosis for Dysentery
Dysentery Dysentery is a general term for a group of gastrointestinal disorders characterized by inflammation of the intestines, particu...
Nursing Diagnosis for Kwashiorkor
Kwashiorkor Kwashiorkor is an acute form of childhood protein-energy malnutrition characterized by edema, irritability, anorexia, ulcerat...
Nursing Diagnosis for Marasmus
Marasmus is a form of severe protein-energy malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency. A child with marasmus looks emaciated. Body ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children. The virus is transmitted through contamina...
Nursing Diagnosis for Scabies
Scabies known colloquially as the seven-year itch, is a contagious skin infection that occurs among humans and other animals. It is caused ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Smallpox
Smallpox is a disease caused by the Variola major virus. Some experts say that over the centuries it has killed more people than all other...
Nursing Diagnosis for Cholera
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It has a shor...
Nursing Diagnosis for Goitre
Nursing Diagnosis for Goitre Goitre A goitre or goiter , is a swelling in the thyroid gland, which can lead to a swelling of the nec...
Nursing Diagnosis for Dyspepsia
Nursing Diagnosis for Dyspepsia Dyspepsia is description of a group of symptoms such as: stomach upset, heartburn, abdominal/chest pain, d...
Nursing Diagnosis for Dementia
Nursing Diagnosis for Dementia Dementia is a word for a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain. It is not a specif...
Nursing Diagnosis for Urolithiasis
Nursing Diagnosis for Urolithiasis Urolithiasis Urolithiasis is the condition where urinary calculi are formed or located anywhere ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Ineffective Thermoregulation
Ineffective Thermoregulation Definition: Circumstances where an individual experiencing or at risk of inability to maintain normal bod...
Nursing Diagnosis for Spinal Cord Tumor
Nursing Diagnosis for Spinal Cord Tumor Spinal cord tumors The spinal cord is a part of the central nervous system and runs down the...
Nursing Diagnosis for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Nursing Diagnosis for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Hepatocellular carcinoma Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common type of liver c...
Nursing Diagnosis for Bowel incontinence
Nursing Diagnosis for Bowel incontinence NANDA Definition: Change in normal bowel habits characterized by involuntary passage of stool...
Nursing Diagnosis Decreased Cardiac Output
Nursing Diagnosis Decreased Cardiac Output NANDA Definition : Inadequate blood pumped by the heart to meet metabolic demands of the bod...
Nursing Diagnosis for Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
Nursing Diagnosis for Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is a co...
Nursing Diagnosis for Pleural Effusion
Pleural Effusion Pleural Effusion is excess fluid that accumulates in the pleura, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. Exces...
Nursing Diagnosis for Bartolinitis
Bartolinitis Bartolinitis is Inflammation of Glands of Bartolino, located to both sides of Vagina, between the smaller lips and the wall...
Nursing Diagnosis for Self Care Deficit
Definition : Self Care Deficit is used when there is impaired ability to perform or complete bathing / hygiene, dressing / grooming, fee...
Nursing Diagnosis for Impaired Verbal Communication
Definition : Impaired verbal communication is defined as decreased, delayed, or absent ability to receive, process, transmit, and use a ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Sleep Pattern Disturbance
Definition Sleep Pattern Disturbance as time limited disruption of sleep (natural, periodic suspension of consciousness), amount, and qu...
Nursing Diagnosis for Impaired Skin Integrity
Impaired Skin Integrity Altered epidermis and/or dermis: Invasion of body structures, destruction of skin layers (dermis), and disruption ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis, scar tissue and regenerative ...
Nursing Diagnosis for UTI Urinary Tract Infections
A urinary tract infection , or UTI , is an infection that can happen anywhere along the urinary tract. Urinary tract infections have differe...
Nursing Diagnosis for Angina Pectoris
Angina pectoris is a term that describes chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia - a condition in which the amount of oxygen getting to th...
Nursing Diagnosis for Endocarditis
Endocarditis is an inflammation of your heart's inner lining. The most common type, bacterial endocarditis, occurs when germs enter you...
Nursing Diagnosis for Empyema
Empyema Empyema is a collection of pus in the space between the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall (pleural space). Causes ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Cystitis
Nursing Diagnosis for Cystitis Cystitis Cystitis is a term that refers to bladder inflammation that results from any one of a number o...
Nursing Diagnosis for Osteoporosis
Nursing Diagnosis for Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by a decrease in the density of bone, decreasing its strengt...
