Nanda Nursing Diagnosis

Nursing Diagnosis: Acute PainNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Comfort Level * Medication Response * Pain ControlNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Analgesic Administration * Conscious Sedation * Pain Management * Patient-Controlled Analgesia AssistanceNANDA Definition: Unpleasant sensory and

Nursing Diagnosis: Chronic PainNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Pain Control * Quality of Life * Family CopingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Pain Management * Medication Management * Acupressure * Heat/Cold Application * Progressive Muscle Relaxation * Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve

Nursing Diagnosis: PowerlessnessNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Health Beliefs: Perceived Control * Participation: Health Care DecisionsNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Self-Responsibility Facilitation * Self-Esteem EnhancementNANDA Definition: Perception that one’s own actions will not significantly

Nursing Diagnosis: Self-Care DeficitBathing/Hygiene; Dressing/Grooming; Feeding; ToiletingNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Self-Care: Eating * Self-Care: Bathing * Self-Care: Dressing * Self-Care: Grooming * Self-Care: Hygiene * Self-Care: ToiletingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Self-Care

Geriatrics, the study of old age, includes the physiology, pathology, diagnosis, and management of the diseases of older adults. The broader field of gerontology, or the study of the aging process, draws from the biologic, psychological, and sociologic sciences. Because hospitalized patients are being discharged to home “quicker and sicker” than ever before, nurses in all settings, including hospital, home care, rehabilitation, and outpatient settings, need to be knowledgeable about geriatric nursing principles and skilled in meeting the needs of elderly patients. Gerontologic or geriatric nursing is the field of nursing that specializes in the care of the elderly. The Standards and Scope of Gerontological Nursing Practice were originally developed in 1969 by the American Nurses Association; they were revised in 1976 and again in 1987. The nurse gerontologist can be either a specialist or a generalist offering comprehensive nursing care to older persons by combining the basic nursing p

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Sensory Perception: AuditoryHearing Loss; Hearing Impaired; DeafnessNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Hearing Compensation Behavior * Risk Control: Hearing ImpairmentNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Communication Enhancement: Hearing Deficit * Ear CareNANDA Definition: Change

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Sensory Perception: VisualVision Loss; Macular Degeneration; BlindnessNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Visual Compensation Behavior * Risk Control: Visual ImpairmentNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Communication Enhancement: Visual Deficit * Environmental Management *

Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for Impaired Skin IntegrityPressure Sores; Pressure Ulcers; Bed Sores; Decubitus CareNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Risk Control * Risk Detection * Tissue Integrity: Skin and Mucous MembranesNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Pressure Ulcer Prevention * Skin SurveillanceNANDA

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Sleep Pattern InsomniaNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Anxiety Control * SleepNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Sleep EnhancementNANDA Definition: Time-limited disruption of sleep (natural, periodic suspension of consciousness) amount and qualitySleep is required to provide

Nursing Diagnosis: Spiritual DistressNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Hope * Spiritual Well-BeingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Spiritual Support * Coping Enhancement * Emotional SupportNANDA Definition: Disruption in the life principle that pervades a person’s entire being and that integrates and

Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective Therapeutic Regimen ManagementNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Compliance Behavior * Knowledge: Treatment RegimenNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Self-Modification Assistance * Teaching: IndividualNANDA Definition: Pattern of regulating and integrating into daily living a

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Thought Processes - Altered Perceptions of Surrounding StimuliConfusion; Disorientation; Inappropriate Social Behavior; Altered Mood States; Delusions; Impaired Cognitive ProcessesNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Cognitive Ability * Distorted Thought Control * Safety Behavior: Personal * Mood EquilibriumNIC Interventions

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Thought Processes - Altered SleepConfusion; Disorientation; Inappropriate Social Behavior; Altered Mood States; Delusions; Impaired Cognitive ProcessesNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Cognitive Ability * Distorted Thought Control * Safety Behavior: Personal * Mood EquilibriumNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Thought Processes - Impaired Ability to Perform Activities of Daily LivingConfusion; Disorientation; Inappropriate Social Behavior; Altered Mood States; Delusions; Impaired Cognitive ProcessesNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Cognitive Ability * Distorted Thought Control * Safety Behavior: Personal * Mood EquilibriumNIC

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Thought Processes - Altered Mood StatesConfusion; Disorientation; Inappropriate Social Behavior; Altered Mood States; Delusions; Impaired Cognitive ProcessesNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Cognitive Ability * Distorted Thought Control * Safety Behavior: Personal * Mood EquilibriumNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Thought Processes - Altered Behavioral PatternsConfusion; Disorientation; Inappropriate Social Behavior; Altered Mood States; Delusions; Impaired Cognitive ProcessesNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Cognitive Ability * Distorted Thought Control * Safety Behavior: Personal * Mood EquilibriumNIC Interventions (Nursing

Nursing Diagnosis: Disturbed Thought Processes - DisorientationConfusion; Disorientation; Inappropriate Social Behavior; Altered Mood States; Delusions; Impaired Cognitive ProcessesNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Cognitive Ability * Distorted Thought Control * Safety Behavior: Personal * Mood EquilibriumNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions

Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral, Renal, Gastrointestinal, Cardiopulmonary, CerebralNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Tissue Perfusion: Cardiopulmonary * Tissue Perfusion: Cerebral * Tissue Perfusion: Abdominal Organs * Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral * Fluid Balance * Electrolyte and Acid/Base BalanceNIC Interventions (

Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Urinary Elimination - All Types of IncontinenceStress Incontinence; Urge Incontinence; Reflex Incontinence; Functional Incontinence; Total IncontinenceNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Urinary Continence * Urinary Elimination * Self-Care: ToiletingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels

Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Urinary Elimination - Total IncontinenceStress Incontinence; Urge Incontinence; Reflex Incontinence; Functional Incontinence; Total IncontinenceNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Urinary Continence * Urinary Elimination * Self-Care: ToiletingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels *

Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Urinary Elimination - Reflex IncontinenceStress Incontinence; Urge Incontinence; Reflex Incontinence; Functional Incontinence; Total IncontinenceNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Urinary Continence * Urinary Elimination * Self-Care: ToiletingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels *

Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Urinary Elimination - Functional IncontinenceStress Incontinence; Urge Incontinence; Reflex Incontinence; Functional Incontinence; Total IncontinenceNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Urinary Continence * Urinary Elimination * Self-Care: ToiletingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels *

Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Urinary Elimination - Urge IncontinenceStress Incontinence; Urge Incontinence; Reflex Incontinence; Functional Incontinence; Total IncontinenceNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Urinary Continence * Urinary Elimination * Self-Care: ToiletingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels *

Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Urinary Elimination - Stress IncontinenceStress Incontinence; Urge Incontinence; Reflex Incontinence; Functional Incontinence; Total IncontinenceNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Urinary Continence * Urinary Elimination * Self-Care: ToiletingNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels *

Nursing Diagnosis: Urinary RetentionNOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)Suggested NOC Labels * Urinary Continence * Urinary Elimination * Infection StatusNIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)Suggested NIC Labels * Urinary Retention CareNANDA Definition: Incomplete emptying of the bladderUrinary retention may occur in conjunction with or independent of