Nursing Care Plan for Constipation

Sample of nursing care plan for constipation

Nursing diagnosis: Constipation


Definition of constipation

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

Nursing Care Plan for Impaired Gas Exchange

Sample of Nursing Care Plan for Impaired Gas Exchange

Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Gas Exchange

Definition of Impaired Gas Exchange 

  • Excess or deficit in oxygenation and/or carbon dioxide elimination at the alveoli-capillary membrane [This may be an entity of its own, but also may be an end result of other pathology with an interrelatedness between airway clearance and/or breathing pattern problems.]

Nursing Diagnosis for Hypertension

Nursing Diagnosis for Hypertension (HTN) | Overview and Classification of Hypertension

Pressure inside blood vessels exceeds 140 mmHg systolic and 90 mmHg diastolicon more than one occasion resulting from a primary disease or no known cause.

NANDA Nursing Diagnosis

NANDA I Nursing Diagnosis and the history of NANDA-I

NANDA stands for North American Nursing Diagnosis Association was founded in 1982.

The organization grew out of the National Conference Group, a task force established in 1973, at the First National Conference on the Classification of Nursing Diagnoses, held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.