Nursing Care Plan for Spinal Cord Injury

Nursing Care Plan for Spinal Cord Injury: Overview

The leading causes of spinal cord injury (SCI) include motor vehicle crashes, falls, acts of violence, and sporting injuries. The mechanism of injury influences the type of SCI and the degree of neurological deficit.

Nursing Care Plan for Glaucoma

Nursing Care Plan for Glaucoma: Overview

Increased intraocular pressure (IOP) is the result of inadequate drainage of aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye. The increased pressure causes atrophy of the optic nerve and, if untreated, blindness.

Nursing Care Plan for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nursing Care Plan for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Overview

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease involving connective tissue and characterized by destruction and proliferation of the synovial membrane, resulting in joint destruction, ankylosis, and deformity.

Nursing Care Plan for Lung Cancer

Nursing Care Plan for Lung Cancer: Overview

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and usually develops within the wall or epithelium of the bronchial tree. The two major categories are small cell lung cancers (SCLC), such as oat cell; and non–small cell lung cancers (NSCLC), which include adenocarcinoma, squamous cell and large cell carcinomas.

Nursing Care Plan for Fractures



Nursing Care Plan for Fractures: Overview

Fracture Overview
  • A fracture is a discontinuity or break in a bone. There are more than 150 fracture classifications.

Nursing Care Plan for Cancer

Nursing Care Plan for Cancer: Overview

Cancer is a general term used to describe a disturbance of cellular growth and refers to a group of diseases and not a single disease entity.

Nursing Care Plan for Hemodialysis

Nursing Care Plan for Hemodialysis: Overview

In hemodialysis (HD), blood is shunted through an artificial kidney (dialyzer) for removal of toxins/excess fluid and then returned to the venous circulation.

Nursing Care Plan for Risk for Injury

Nursing Care Plan for Risk for Injury: Nursing Diagnosis for Risk for Injury | Definition of Risk for Injury; Defining Characteristics of Risk for Injury; Related Factors of Risk for Injury;

Definition of Risk for Injury

At risk for injury as a result of environmental conditions interacting with the individual’s adaptive and defensive resources.

Nursing Care Plan for Fever


Nursing Care Plan for Fever: Nursing Diagnosis for Fever (Hyperthermia)| Definition of Fever; Related Factors of Fever

Definition of Fever

  • Body temperature elevated above normal range

Nursing Care Plan for Ineffective Tissue Perfusion


Nursing Care Plan for Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: Nursing Diagnosis for Ineffective Tissue Perfusion | Definition of Ineffective Tissue Perfusion; Defining Characteristics of Ineffective Tissue Perfusion; Related Factors of Ineffective Tissue Perfusion

Nursing Diagnosis for Activity Intolerance


Nursing Diagnosis for Activity Intolerance | Definition of Activity Intolerance; Defining Characteristics of Activity Intolerance; Related Factors of Activity Intolerance

Nursing Care Plan for Impaired Mobility

Nursing Care Plan for Impaired Mobility: Nursing Diagnosis for Impaired Physical Mobility | Definition of Impaired Physical Mobility; Defining Characteristics of Impaired Physical Mobility; Related Factors of Impaired Physical Mobility

Nursing Care Plan for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB)

Nursing Care Plan for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB): Overview


Although many still believe it to be a problem of the past, pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is on the rise. Most frequently seen as a pulmonary disease, TB can be extrapulmonary and affect organs and tissues other than the lungs.

Nursing Care Plan for Risk for Infection

Nursing Care Plan for Risk for Infection: Nursing Diagnosis Risk for Infection | Definition of Risk for Infection; Risk Factors

Definition of Risk for Infection

Risk of infection is a nursing diagnosis which is defined as "the state in which an individual is at risk to be invaded by an opportunistic or pathogenic agent (virus, fungus, bacteria, protozoa, or other parasite) from endogenous or exogenous sources and was approved by NANDA in 1986.

Nursing Care Plan for Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa

Nursing Care Plan for Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa | Nursing Care Plan for Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia Nervosa (Eating Disorders)

Nursing Diagnosis for Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia Nervosa

Nursing Care Plan for Cirrhosis



Nursing Care Plan for Cirrhosis | Cirrhosis Overview

Cirrhosis of the liver Overview

Cirrhosis is a chronic disease of the liver characterized by alteration in structure, degenerative changes and widespread destruction of hepatic cells, impairing cellular function and impeding blood flow through the liver.

Nursing Care Plan for Nausea


Nursing Care Plan for Nausea: Nursing Diagnosis for Nausea | Definition of Nausea; Defining Characteristics of Nausea; Related Factors of Nausea; 

Nursing Diagnosis: Nausea

Nursing Care Plan for Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetic Ketoacidosis/DKA)



Nursing Care Plan for Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetic Ketoacidosis/DKA)| Diabetes Overview;

Diabetes Mellitus/Diabetic Ketoacidosis Overview

Diabetes affects 18% of people over the age of 65, and approximately 625,000 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed annually in the general population.