Nursing Diagnosis

S E C T I O N O N E:: Nursing Diagnosis in the Nursing Process 1

Introduction 3

O N E
Development of Nursing Diagnosis 4

T W O
Types and Components of Nursing Diagnoses 8

T H R E E
Nursing Diagnosis:: What It Is, What It Is Not 17

F O U R
Nursing Diagnoses:: Assessment and Diagnosis 26

F I V E
Planning Care With Nursing Diagnosis 38

S I X
Nursing Diagnoses:: Issues and Controversies 68

S E C T I O N T W O:: Manual of Nursing Diagnoses 77
Introduction 78
Activity Intolerance 80
Decreased Intracranial Adaptive Capacity 95
Impaired Adjustment 96
Anxiety 97
Death Anxiety 109
Risk for Imbalanced Body Temperature 111
Hyperthermia 115
Hypothermia 117
Ineffective Thermoregulation 120
Bowel Incontinence 123
Effective Breast-feeding 126
Ineffective Breast-feeding 127
Interrupted Breast-feeding 133
Decreased Cardiac Output 134
Caregiver Role Strain 136
Risk for Caregiver Role Strain 143
Impaired Comfort 146
Acute Pain 153
Chronic Pain 165
Nausea 169
Impaired Communication 172
Impaired Verbal Communication 185
Confusion 187
Acute Confusion 188
Chronic Confusion 196
Constipation 202
Perceived Constipation 211
Ineffective Coping 213
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Wandering 827

S E C T I O N T H R E E:: Manual of Collaborative Problems 831
Introduction 833
Potential Complication:: Cardiac/Vascular 834
Potential Complication:: Respiratory 846
Potential Complication:: Metabolic/Immune/Hematopoietic 853
Potential Complication:: Renal/Urinary 877
Potential Complication:: Neurologic/Sensory 885
Potential Complication:: Gastrointestinal/Hepatic/Biliary 895
Potential Complication:: Muscular/Skeletal 903
Potential Complication:: Reproductive 907
Potential Complication:: Medication Therapy Adverse Effects 916