Knowledge Deficit Definition and Related Factors

Nursing Diagnosis for Knowledge Deficit Knowledge Deficit : About the Disease Process Knowledge Deficit Definition: The absence or lack of cognitive...

Nursing Management of Low Back Pain

1. Relieves Pain To reduce pain nurses can encourage patients to bed rest and modification of the position is determined to improve lumbar flexion....

LBP Low Back Pain Nursing Diagnosis

The lower back is an intricate structure of interconnected and overlapping elements: Tendons and muscles and other soft tissues Highly sensitive nerves...

Anxiety Nursing Diagnosis

Definition: Vague uneasy feeling of discomfort or dread accompanied by an autonomic response (the source often nonspecific or unknown to the individual);...

Nursing Diagnosis Ineffective Airway Clearance

Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective Airway Clearance NANDA Definition : Inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract to maintain...

Nursing Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

The main objective of Nursing Management program are as follows: To relieve pain and inflammation To maintain joint function and the maximum ability...

Nursing Assessment for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests...

Sample of Nursing Care Plan Tuberculosis (TB)

Nursing Care Plan and Nursing Diagnosis for Tuberculosis (TB) Pulmonary tuberculosis Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection...

Impaired Gas Exchange of Tuberculosis

 Nursing Diagnosis - Impaired Gas Exchange of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus) is a common, and in...

Sample of Nursing Care Plan for Heart Failure - Decreased Cardiac Output

Nursing Care Plan for Heart Failure    Nursing Diagnosis : Decreased Cardiac Output  NANDA Definition: Inadequate blood pumped by the...

Activity Intolerance of CHF (Congestive Heart Failure)

Nursing Diagnosis for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Activity Intolerance related to imbalance between oxygen supply. General weakness, long bedrest...

Acute Pain of Leukemia

Nursing Diagnosis for Leukemia - Acute pain  related to an agent of physical injury Purpose: pain is resolved Expected outcomes: The patient stated...

Risk for Fluid Volume Deficit of Leukemia

Nursing Diagnosis for Leukemia Risk for Fluid Volume Deficit related to fluid intake and output, excessive loss: vomiting, bleeding, diarrhea decrease...

Nursing Assessment for Obesity

Nursing Care Plan for Obesity Nursing Assessment for Obesity Physical Examination 1. Activity / Rest symptoms: - Weakness, drowsiness trended - Inability...

Sample of Nursing Care Plan for Myocardial Infarction

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is a sudden loss of blood supply to an area of the heart, causing permanent heart damage or death. There are different...

Risk for Injury of Hemophilia

Nursing Diagnosis : Risk for Injury related to weakness of the defense secondary to hemophilia characterized by frequent injuries Objectives / Expected...

Ineffective Tissue Perfusion of Hemophilia

Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective Tissue Perfusion related to active bleeding characterized by decreased consciousness, bleeding. Objectives / Expected...

Self-care deficit of Parkinson's disease

Nursing Diagnosis for Parkinson's disease -  Self-care deficit Parkinson's disease is a common disorder that arises due to some imperfection that...

Nursing Management of Pheochromocytoma

A pheochromocytoma or phaeochromocytoma (PCC) is a neuroendocrine tumor of the medulla of the adrenal glands (originating in the chromaffin cells), or...

Nursing Diagnosis for Acromegaly / Gigantism

Acromegaly is the overgrowth of the bones and soft tissues due to excessive secretion of the growth hormone. Incidence Acromegaly is uncommon; only...

Nursing Interventions for Diabetes Insipidus

Interventions 1. Fluid volume deficit related to excessive urinary output as manifested by increased thirst and weight loss. Ø Assess the fluid level...

Nursing Diagnosis for Diabetes Insipidus

Nursing Diagnosis for Diabetes Insipidus Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a condition which causes frequent urination. The reduction in production or release...

Nursing Diagnosis for Gastrostomy

Gastrostomy is a surgical procedure for inserting a tube through the abdomen wall and into the stomach. The tube, called a "g-tube," is used for feeding...

Sample of Nursing Diagnosis for Colostomy

Colostomy surgery is often a frightening prospect for most people. But it can dramatically improve a person's quality-of-life, especially in cases of...

Impaired Physical Mobility of Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (also known as Parkinson disease, Parkinson's, idiopathic parkinsonism, primary parkinsonism, PD, or paralysis agitans) is a degenerative...

5 Nursing Diagnosis Peritonitis

Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the thin tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs. Peritonitis...

Peritonitis Definition and Clinical Manifestations

Peritonitis Definition Peritonitis is inflammation of the peritoneum - the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and covers the viscera is dangerous...

Deficient Fluid Volume Nursing Diagnosis

Nursing Diagnosis for Deficient Fluid Volume Hypovolemia; Dehydration Definition: Decreased intravascular, interstitial, and/or intracellular fluid....

Nursing Care Plan for Pleura Effusion

Pleural effusion is excess fluid that accumulates between the two pleural layers, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. Excessive amounts...

2 Nursing Diagnosis Interventions for Hepatitis

HepatitisHepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, most commonly caused by a viral infection. There are five main hepatitis viruses, referred to as...

4 Nursing Diagnosis Interventions for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever 1. Nursing Assessment Assess the patient’s medical history Assess the increase in body...

Nursing Management - Ineffective Cerebral Tissue Perfusion related to Hydrocephalus

Nursing Diagnosis for Hydrocephalus Ineffective Cerebral Tissue Perfusion related to increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid. NOC : circulation status NOC...

Nursing Management of Hypertension

Nursing Assessment for Hypertension Basic Nursing Assessment data by Doenges (1999) : Activity / Rest Symptoms: weakness, fatigue, shortness of breath,...