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...
Nursing Diagnosis for Meningitis
Nursing Diagnosis for Meningitis Meningitis is inflammation of the thin tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, called the menin...
Nursing Diagnosis for Hydatidiform Mole
Hydatidiform mole A hydatidiform mole is a rare mass or growth that forms inside the uterus at the beginning of a pregnancy. It is a type ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Self-Care Deficit
Definition: Impaired ability to perform or complete activities of daily living, such as feeding, dressing, bathing, toileting The nu...
Nursing Diagnosis for Impaired Physical Mobility
Definition: Limitation in independent, purposeful physical movement of the body or of one or more extremities Alteration in mobility ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Impaired Gas Exchange
Definition : Impaired Gas Exchange Circumstances where an individual has decreased course of gas (O2 and CO2) that an actual or risk of ...
Nursing Diagnosis Risk for Infection
Nursing Diagnosis Risk for Infection Definition: At increased risk for being invaded by pathogenic organisms Related Factors: See Risk Fa...
Nursing Diagnosis for Peptic Ulcer
A peptic ulcer is a sore in the lining of your stomach or your duodenum, the first part of your small intestine. A burning stomach pain is ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Deficient Knowledge
NANDA Definition: Absence or deficiency of cognitive information related to a specific topic Defining Characteristics: Verbalization of th...
Nursing Diagnosis for Deficient Fluid Volume
Definition: Decreased intravascular, interstitial, and/or intracellular fluid. This refers to dehydration, water loss alone without change i...
Nursing Diagnosis for Acute Pain
Nursing Diagnosis for Acute Pain Definition: Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage o...
Nursing Diagnosis for Violence
Violence Definition Violence can be defined in many ways. The World Health Organisation (WHO) promotes a broad definition of violence: ...
Nursing Diagnosis for Ineffective Airway Clearance
Ineffective Airway Clearance Definition : Inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract to maintain a...
Nursing Diagnosis for Placenta Previa
Nursing Diagnosis for Placenta Previa Placenta previa is an obstetric complication that occurs in the second and third trimesters of p...
Nursing Diagnosis for Cushing's Syndrome
Nursing Diagnosis for Cushing's Syndrome Cushing's syndrome is a hormone disorder caused by high levels of cortisol in the bloo...
Nursing Diagnosis for Myopia
Myopia Myopia, "nearsightedness" , "shortsightedness" is a refractive defect of the eye in which collimated light prod...
Nursing Diagnosis for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia BPH
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) , also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy, is a histologic diagnosis characterized by proliferation of...
Nursing Diagnosis for Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease. Like the common cold, it spreads through the air. Only people who are sick with TB in their lungs...
Nursing Diagnosis for Encephalitis
Nursing Diagnosis for Encephalitis Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoen...
Nursing Diagnosis for Sepsis
Nursing Diagnosis for Sepsis Sepsis is a clinical term used to describe symptomatic bacteremia, with or without organ dysfunction. This t...
Nursing Diagnosis for Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus The term hydrocephalus is derived from the Greek words "hydro" meaning water and "cephalus" meaning head...
Nursing Diagnosis for Bronchopneumonia
Bronchopneumonia or bronchial pneumonia or "Bronchogenic pneumonia" (not to be confused with lobar pneumonia) is the acute inflam...
Nursing Diagnosis for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Congestive heart failure , or heart failure , is a condition in which the heart is unable to adequately pum...
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