Introduction | |
Nursing Diagnoses | p. 1 |
Activity Intolerance | p. 2 |
Adjustment, Impaired | p. 7 |
Anxiety | p. 8 |
Body Temperature, High Risk for Altered | p. 13 |
Bowel Elimination, Altered | p. 21 |
Breastfeeding, Effective | p. 35 |
Breastfeeding, Ineffective | p. 37 |
Breastfeeding, Interrupted | p. 39 |
Cardiac Output, Altered: Decreased: (Specify) | p. 41 |
Caregiver Role Strain | p. 42 |
Altered Comfort | p. 49 |
Communication, Impaired | p. 60 |
Coping, Ineffective Individual | p. 66 |
Family Coping: Potential for Growth | p. 75 |
Ineffective Family Coping: Compromised | p. 76 |
Ineffective Family Coping: Disabling | p. 78 |
Decisional Conflict | p. 82 |
Disuse Syndrome | p. 85 |
Diversional Activity Deficit | p. 89 |
Dysreflexia | p. 91 |
Family Processes, Altered | p. 94 |
Fatigue | p. 98 |
Fear | p. 101 |
Fluid Volume Deficit | p. 105 |
Fluid Volume Excess | p. 108 |
Grieving | p. 111 |
Growth and Development, Altered | p. 119 |
Health Maintenance, Altered | p. 129 |
Health-Seeking Behaviors: (Specify) | p. 141 |
Home Maintenance Management, Impaired | p. 144 |
Hopelessness | p. 146 |
Infection, High Risk for | p. 152 |
Injury, High Risk for | p. 158 |
Knowledge Deficit | p. 166 |
Management of Therapeutic Regimen, Ineffective | p. 167 |
Mobility, Impaired Physical | p. 170 |
Neurovascular Dysfunction, High Risk for Peripheral | p. 175 |
Noncompliance | p. 179 |
Nutrition, Altered: Less Than Body Requirements | p. 181 |
Nutrition, Altered: More Than Body Requirements | p. 191 |
Nutrition, Altered: Potential for More Than Body Requirements | p. 194 |
Parenting, Altered | p. 195 |
Post-Trauma Response | p. 203 |
Powerlessness | p. 209 |
Protection, Altered | p. 212 |
Tissue Integrity, Impaired | p. 213 |
Relocation Stress (Syndrome) | p. 224 |
Respiratory Function, High Risk for Altered | p. 228 |
Role Performance, Altered | p. 242 |
Self-Care Deficit Syndrome | p. 243 |
Self-Concept Disturbance | p. 258 |
High Risk for Self-Harm | p. 273 |
Sensory-Perceptual Alteration | p. 282 |
Sexuality Patterns, Altered | p. 285 |
Sleep Pattern Disturbance | p. 291 |
Social Interaction, Impaired | p. 294 |
Social Isolation | p. 298 |
Spiritual Distress | p. 301 |
Thought Processes, Altered | p. 304 |
Tissue Perfusion, Altered: (Specify) | p. 310 |
Unilateral Neglect | p. 315 |
Urinary Elimination, Altered Patterns of | p. 318 |
Violence, High Risk for | p. 342 |
Diagnostic Clusters (Medical Conditions With Associated Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems) | p. 347 |
Medical Conditions | p. 348 |
Cardiovascular/Hematological/Peripheral Vascular Disorders | p. 348 |
Cardiac Conditions | p. 348 |
Hematological Conditions | p. 351 |
Peripheral Vascular Conditions | p. 353 |
Respiratory Disorders | p. 356 |
Metabolic/Endocrine Disorders | p. 359 |
Gastrointestinal Disorders | p. 366 |
Renal/Urinary Tract Disorders | p. 369 |
Neurological Disorders | p. 372 |
Sensory Disorders | p. 380 |
Integumentary Disorders | p. 381 |
Musculoskeletal/Connective Tissue Disorders | p. 385 |
Infectious/Immunodeficient Disorders | p. 389 |
Neoplastic Disorders | p. 392 |
Surgical Procedures | p. 396 |
Obstetrical/Gynecological Conditions | p. 422 |
Obstetrical Conditions | p. 422 |
Gynecological Conditions | p. 430 |
Neonatal Conditions | p. 432 |
Pediatric/Adolescent Disorders | p. 439 |
Mental Health Disorders | p. 461 |
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures | p. 468 |
Appendix: Adult Screening Admission Assessment Guide | p. 487 |
Index | p. 493 |
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