Friday, November 26, 2010

Urinary Retention

Urinary Retention

NANDA Definition
It is defined as incomplete emptying of the bladder.

Self-Care Deficit Bathing/Hygiene; Dressing/Grooming; Feeding; Toileting

Self-Care Deficit
Bathing/Hygiene; Dressing/Grooming; Feeding; Toileting

NANDA Definition
Impaired ability to perform or complete activities of daily living, such as feeding, dressing, bathing, toileting.

Risk for Infection

Risk for Infection

NANDA Definition
At increased risk for being invaded by pathogenic organisms.

Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity

Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity

NANDA Definition
At risk for skin being adversely altered Immobility, which leads to pressure, shear, and friction, is the factor most likely to put an individual at risk for altered skin integrity.

Risk for Aspiration

Risk for Aspiration

NANDA Definition
At risk for entry of gastrointestinal secretions, oropharyngeal secretions, or solids or fluids into tracheobronchial passages

Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral, Renal, Gastrointestinal, Cardiopulmonary, Cerebral

Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral, Renal, Gastrointestinal, Cardiopulmonary, Cerebral

NANDA Definition
Decrease resulting in the failure to nourish the tissues at the capillary level

Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral, Renal, Gastrointestinal, Cardiopulmonary, Cerebral

Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral, Renal, Gastrointestinal, Cardiopulmonary, Cerebral

NANDA Definition
Decrease resulting in the failure to nourish the tissues at the capillary level

Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral, Renal, Gastrointestinal, Cardiopulmonary, Cerebral

Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral, Renal, Gastrointestinal, Cardiopulmonary, Cerebral

NANDA Definition
Decrease resulting in the failure to nourish the tissues at the capillary level

Ineffective Coping

 Ineffective Coping

NANDA Definition
It is the inability to form a valid appraisal of the stressors, inadequate choices of practiced responses, and/or inability to use available resources.

Ineffective Breathing Pattern

Ineffective Breathing Pattern

NANDA Definition
Inspiration and/or expiration that does not provide adequate ventilation

Ineffective Airway Clearance

Ineffective Airway Clearance

NANDA Definition
Inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract to maintain airway patency

Impaired Physical Mobility

Impaired Physical Mobility

NANDA Definition
Limitation in independent, purposeful physical movement of the body or of one or more extremities

Impaired Gas Exchange

Impaired Gas Exchange

NANDA Definition
Impaired gas exchange is an excess or deficit in oxygenation and/or carbon dioxide elimination at the alveolar-capillary membrane.

Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements

Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements

NANDA Definition
Imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements are the intake of nutrients that exceeds metabolic needs.

Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than Body Requirements

Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than Body Requirements

NANDA Definition
This nursing diagnosis means, the intake of nutrients is insufficient to meet metabolic needs.

Fatigue

Fatigue

NANDA Definition
Fatigue is an overwhelming sustained sense of exhaustion and decreased capacity for physical and mental work at usual level.

Excess Fluid Volume

Excess Fluid Volume

NANDA Definition
Excess fluid volume is the increased in isotonic fluid retention.

Disturbed Sleep Pattern

Disturbed Sleep Pattern

NANDA Definition
Sleep pattern disturbance means time-limited disruption of sleep (natural, periodic suspension of consciousness) amount and quality.

Disturbed Body Image

Disturbed Body Image

NANDA Definition
Disturbance in boy image is the confusion in mental picture of one’s physical self.

Diarrhea

Diarrhea

NANDA Definition
It is a passage of loose, unformed stools.

Deficient Fluid Volume

Deficient Fluid Volume

NANDA Definition
 Fluid volume deficit is the decreased intravascular, interstitial, and/or intracellular fluid. This refers to dehydration, water loss alone without change in sodium.

Decrease Cardiac output

Decreased Cardiac Output

NANDA Definition
Inadequate blood pumped by the heart to meet the metabolic demands of the body.

Constipation

Constipation

NANDA Definition
Decrease in normal frequency of defecation accompanied by difficult or incomplete passage of stool and/or passage of excessively hard, dry stool.

Activity intolerance

 Activity Intolerance

NANDA Definition
Insufficient physiological or psychological energy to endure or complete required or desired daily activities

Chronic pain

Chronic Pain

NANDA Definition
Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage (International Association for the Study of Pain); sudden or slow onset of intensity from mild to severe; constant or recurring without an anticipated or predictable end and a duration of greater than 6 months.

Anxiety

Anxiety

NANDA Definition
Anxiety is a vague uneasy feeling of discomfort or dread accompanied by an autonomic response (the source often nonspecific or unknown to the individual); a feeling of apprehension caused by anticipation of danger. It is an alerting signal that warns of impending danger and enables the individual to take measures to deal with the threat.

Acute Pain

 Acute Pain

NANDA Definition
Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage (International Association for the Study of Pain); sudden or slow onset of any intensity from mild to severe with an anticipated or predictable end and a duration of less than 6 months.