A Quick Look on Nursing Diagnosis
What is a Nursing Diagnosis?
A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgement about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses are developed based on data obtained during the nursing assessment.
Different Types of Nursing Diagnosis
Actual Nursing Diagnosis
A type of nursing diagnosis in which the nurse based on his/her clinical judgement on the review of validated data.
Risk Nursing Diagnosis
It is based on the clinical judgment of a nurse to the client's degree of vulnerability to the development of a specific problem.
Possible Nursing Diagnosis
Evidence about a health problem is incomplete or unclear. This type of nursing diagnosis needs more data to support or refute it.
Wellness Nursing Diagnosis
This type of nursing diagnosis wherein the nurse focus on the transition from a specific level to a higher level of wellness.
Syndrome Nursing Diagnosis
It is a cluster of actual or high-risk diagnosis that are predicted to be present because of a certain situation.
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Category
Activity/Rest
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Info
Ability to engage in necesary/desired activities of life
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List of Diagnosis
Activity intorlerance
Risk for Activity intolerance Ineffective Activity Planning Risk for disuse syndrome Deficient diversional activity Fatigue Insomnia Sedentary Lifestyle Impaired bed mobility Impaired Wheelchair Mobility Readiness for enhance sleep Sleep deprivation Disturbed sleep pattern Impaired transfer ability Impaired Walking |
Circulation
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Ability to transport oxygen and nutrients necessary to meet cellular needs
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Autonomic Dysreflexia
Risk for Autonomic Dysreflexia Risk for bleeding Decreased Cardiac Output Decreased Intracranial Adaptive Capacity Ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion Risk for decreased cardiac tissue perfusion Risk for ineffective gastroentestinal perfusion Risk for ineffective renal perfusion Risk for Shock |
Ego Integrity
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Ability to develop and use skills and behaviors to integrate and manage life experience
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Anxiety (mild, moderate, sever, panic)
Death anxiety risk-prone health behavior Disturbed body image Decisional conflict Defensive coping Ineffective coping Readiness for enhance coping Readiness for enhance decision making Ineffective denial Risk for compromised human dignity Moral distress Distured field energy Fear Greiving Complicated Greiving Risk for Complicated greiving Readiness for enhance hope Hopelessness Disturbed personal identity Post-trauma syndrome Risk for post-trauma syndrome Readiness for enhanced power Powerlessness Risk for powerlessness Rape-trauma syndrome Readiness for enhanced relationship Impaired religiosity Readiness for enhanced religiosity Risk for impaired religiosity Relocation stress syndrome Risk for relocatino stress syndrome Impaired individual resilience Readiness for impared resilience Risk for compromised resilience Readiness for enhance self-concept Chronic low self-esteem Situational low self-esteem Risk for situational low self-esteem Chronic Sorrow Spiritual Distress Risk for spiritual distress Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being |
Elimination
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Ability to Excrete waste products
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Food/Fluid
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Ability to Maintain intake of and utilize nutrients and liquids to meet physiological needs
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Hygiene
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Ability to Perform activities of daily living
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Neurosensory
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Ability to perceive, integrate and respond to internal and external cues
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Pain/Discomfort
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Ability to Control internal/external environment to maintain comfort
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Respiration
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Ability to provide and use oxygen to meet physiological needs
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Safety
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Ability to provide safe, growth promoting environment
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Sexuality
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Ability to meet the requirements or characteristics of a male or female role
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Social Interaction
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Ability to establish and maintain relationships
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Teaching/Learning
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Ability to Incorporate and use information to achieve healthy lifestyle or optimal wellness
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