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 Spinal Cord Injury
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Definition of Fever
- Body temperature elevated above normal range
Nursing Care Plan for Ineffective Tissue Perfusion
Nursing Diagnosis for Activity Intolerance
Nursing Care Plan for Impaired Mobility
Nursing Care Plan for Knowledge Deficit
Nursing Diagnosis for Impaired Gas Exchange
Nursing Care Plan for Risk for Falls
Nursing diagnosis: Risk for Falls
Nursing Care Plan for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB)
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
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 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 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.
Nursing Care Plan for Diarrhea
Nursing Diagnosis: Diarrhea
Definition of Diarrhea
- Passage of loose, unformed stools
Nursing Care Plan for Imbalanced Nutrition Less Than Body Requirements
Definition of Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than Body Requirements
- Intake of nutrients insufficient to meet metabolic needs
Nursing Care Plan for Bleeding
Nursing Diagnosis: Bleeding
Definition of Bleeding
- At risk for a decrease in blood volume that may compromise health
Nursing Care Plan for Hepatitis
Definition of Hepatitis
Hepatitis is a widespread inflammation of the liver that results in degeneration and necrosis of liver cells. Inflammation of the liver can be due to bacterial invasion, injury by physical or toxic chemical agents (e.g., drugs, alcohol, industrial chemicals), viral infections (hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, G), or autoimmune response.
Nursing Care Plan for Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is a painful inflammatory condition in which the pancreatic enzymes are prematurely activated resulting in autodigestion of the pancreas.
Nursing Care Plan for Myocardial Infarction (MI)
Myocardial infarction (MI) is caused by marked reduction/loss of blood flow through one or more of the coronary arteries, resulting in cardiac muscle ischemia and necrosis.
Nursing Care Plan for Coronary Artery Disease (Angina)
Coronary Artery Disease (Angina)
The classic symptom of coronary artery disease (CAD) is angina—pain caused by loss of oxygen and nutrients to the myocardial tissue because of inadequate coronary blood flow.
Nursing Care Plan for Imbalanced Nutrition More Than Body Requirement
Definition of Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements
- Intake of nutrients that exceed metabolic needs
Nursing Care Plan for Anemia
Anemia is a symptom of an underlying condition, such as loss of blood components, inadequate elements, or lack of required nutrients for the formation of blood cells, that results in decreased oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.
Nursing Care Plan for Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis with Cholelithiasis
Cholecystitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the gallbladder, usually associated with gallstone(s) impacted in the cystic duct, causing distension of the gallbladder.
Nursing Care Plan for Cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy is a surgery to remove the gallbladder.
Nursing Care Plan for Seizure (Epilepsy)
Seizures (convulsions) are the result of uncontrolled electrical discharges from the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and are characterized by sudden, brief attacks of altered consciousness, motor activity, and/or sensory phenomena.
Nursing Care Plan for Ineffective Airway Clearance
Nursing Care Plan for Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA/Stroke)
Cerebrovascular disease refers to any functional or structural abnormality of the brain caused by a pathological condition of the cerebral vessels or of the entire cerebrovascular system.
Nursing Diagnosis for Fatigue
Nursing Care Plan for Stress
Nursing Care Plan for Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung parenchyma, associated with alveolar edema and congestion that impair gas exchange.
Nursing Care Plan for Ineffective Breastfeeding
Nursing Diagnosis for Ineffective Coping
Nursing Care Plan for Chronic Pain
Nursing Diagnosis for 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 Chronic Renal Failure
Chronic renal failure (CRF) is the end result of a gradual, progressive loss of kidney function. Causes include chronic infections (glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis), vascular diseases (hypertension, nephrosclerosis), obstructive processes (renal calculi), collagen diseases (systemic lupus), nephrotoxic agents (drugs, such as aminoglycosides), and endocrine diseases (diabetes, hyperparathyroidism).
Nursing Care Plan for Acute Renal Failure
Acute renal failure (ARF) has four well-defined stages: onset, oliguric or anuric, diuretic, and convalescent. Treatment depends on stage and severity of renal compromise.
Nursing Diagnosis for Breastfeeding
Nursing Care Plan for Cesarean Section
Cesarean Section Overview
A Caesarean section, (also called C-section, Caesarian section, Cesarean section, Caesar, etc.) is a surgical procedure in which one or more incisions are made through a mother's abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one or more babies, or, rarely, to remove a dead fetus.
Nursing Care Plan for Acute Pain
Nursing Diagnosis for Acute Pain
Nursing Care Plan for Decreased Cardiac Output
Nursing diagnosis: Decreased Cardiac Output
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