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.