5 Nursing Diagnosis for Diverticulitis
Diverticular disease is an inflammatory disease that occurs in diverticula caused by muscle contraction of the colon (Painter, 2013). Diverticular disease, namely the presence of multiple pseudo...
View ArticlePerform an Accurate Mental Status Exam
Mental HealthMental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make...
View Article7 Non Medicine Treatments for Pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...
View ArticleNCP for Corneal Ulcer - 6 Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions
Corneal ulcer is an inflammatory or, more seriously, infective condition of the cornea involving disruption of its epithelial layer with involvement of the corneal stroma. It is a common condition in...
View ArticleNursing Diagnosis for Major Depressive Disorder
Mood disorder or "affective disorder" is a term now widely applied to a wide range of general conditions in which the most prominent symptom is an elevated or depressive mood. The most extreme forms of...
View ArticleSepsis Nursing Interventions
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. This initial stage is followed by suppression of the immune system....
View Article5 Nursing Diagnosis for Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. The bacteria that causes TB are spread from person to person through tiny droplets released into the air...
View ArticleIneffective Airway Clearance related to Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Nursing Care Plan for Pulmonary TuberculosisNursing Diagnosis : Ineffective Airway Clearance Ineffective airway clearanceDefinitionInability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory...
View ArticleNCP for Hallucinations - Assessment and Nursing Diagnosis
HallucinationsDefinitionPerceptionPerception is the process of receiving stimuli until the stimuli are realized and understood by the senses or sensations: the process of receiving stimuli.So...
View ArticleImpaired Tissue Perfusion r/t Encephalitis
Encephalitis Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain. The severity can be variable with symptoms including reduced or alternation in consciousness, headache, fever, confusion, a stiff neck, and...
View ArticleStroke - Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms and Problems that Occur After a Stroke
StrokeDefinitionStroke is a condition that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted (Sarkamo, 2008: 3).Stroke is a loss of brain function caused by the cessation of...
View ArticleStroke - Physical Examination (B1-B6) - Breathing, Blood, Brain, Bladder,...
After taking a history that leads to the client's complaints, a physical examination is very useful to support the data from the history study. Physical examination should be carried out systematically...
View ArticleNursing Diagnosis and Interventions for Non Hemorrhagic Stroke
Nursing Diagnosis for Non Hemorrhagic Stroke :Ineffective Tissue Perfusion : cerebral related to decreased brain oxygenImbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements related to inability to absorb...
View ArticleBody Temperature Regulation
Body temperature regulation is controlled by a balance between heat generation and heat loss. If the rate of body heat generation is greater than the rate of heat loss, heat will be generated in the...
View ArticleNursing Diagnosis and Interventions for Spina Bifida
Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions for Spina BifidaNursing Diagnosis Urinary incontinence related to the inability to control the urge to urinate.Knowledge deficit: parents about the disease process...
View ArticlePatient Education: Influenza - Understanding, Symptoms, Spread and How to...
Patient Education: Influenza1. UnderstandingInfluenza is an infectious disease that is easily contagious and is caused by the influenza virus that attacks the respiratory tract.Influenza virus belongs...
View ArticlePulmonary Tuberculosis - 7 Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions
Nursing Diagnosis for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) Nursing Diagnosis 1 : Ineffective airway clearance related to:Thick or bloody secretionsFatigueLess coughing abilityTracheal / pharyngeal edemaGoals...
View Article7 Nursing Diagnosis for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), also called tic douloureux, is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal or 5th cranial nerve, one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head. TN is a form...
View ArticleInsomnia - Definition, Symptoms, Classification, Causes and Effects
InsomniaInsomniaDefinition of InsomniaThe term insomnia comes from the Latin in- which means "not" or "without" and somnus which means "sleep" (Nevid et al., 2005:61).Insomnia or sleep disturbance is a...
View Article5 Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) Nursing Diagnosis
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) or also known as acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), acute idiopathic polyradiculoneuritis, acute idiopathic polyneuritis,...
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