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 Constipation
Nursing diagnosis: Constipation
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
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 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.