Appendix B Nursing diagnoses

activity intolerance

activity intolerance, risk of

airway clearance, ineffective

allergy response, latex

allergy response, risk of latex

anxiety

anxiety, death

aspiration, risk of

attachment, risk of impaired parent/infant/child

autonomic dysreflexia

autonomic dysreflexia, risk of

body image, disturbed

body temperature, risk of imbalanced

bowel incontinence

breastfeeding, effective

breastfeeding, ineffective

breastfeeding, interrupted

breathing pattern, ineffective

cardiac output, decreased

carer role strain

carer role strain, risk of

comfort, readiness for enhanced

communication, impaired verbal

communication, readiness for enhanced

conflict, decisional

conflict, parental role

confusion, acute

confusion, chronic

confusion, risk of acute

constipation

constipation, perceived

constipation, risk of

contamination

contamination, risk of

coping, compromised family

coping, defensive

coping, disabled family

coping, ineffective

coping, ineffective community

coping, readiness for enhanced

coping, readiness for enhanced community

coping, readiness for enhanced family

decision making, readiness for enhanced

denial, ineffective

dentition, impaired

development, risk of delayed

diarrhoea

disuse syndrome, risk of

diversional activity, deficient

energy field, disturbed

environmental interpretation syndrome, impaired

failure to thrive, adult

falls, risk of

family processes, dysfunctional, alcoholism

family processes, interrupted

family processes, readiness for enhanced

fatigue

fear

fluid balance, readiness for enhanced

fluid volume, deficient

fluid volume, excess

fluid volume, risk of deficient

fluid volume, risk of imbalanced

gas exchange, impaired

grieving

grieving, complicated

grieving, risk of complicated

growth and development, delayed

growth, risk of disproportionate

health behaviour, risk prone

health maintenance, ineffective

health-seeking behaviours

home maintenance, impaired

hope, readiness for enhanced

hopelessness

human dignity, risk of compromised

hyperthermia

hypothermia

identity, disturbed personal

immunisation status, readiness for enhanced

impaired liver function, risk of

incontinence, functional urinary

incontinence, overflow urinary

incontinence, reflex urinary

incontinence, risk of urge urinary

incontinence, stress urinary

incontinence, total urinary

incontinence, urge urinary

infant behaviour, disorganised

infant behaviour, readiness for enhanced organised

infant behaviour, risk of disorganised

infant feeding pattern, ineffective

infection, risk of

injury, risk of

injury, risk of perioperative–positioning

insomnia

intracranial adaptive capacity, decreased

knowledge, deficient

knowledge, readiness for enhanced

lifestyle, sedentary

loneliness, risk of

memory, impaired

mobility, impaired bed

mobility, impaired physical

mobility, impaired wheelchair

moral distress

nausea

neglect, unilateral

non-compliance

nutrition, imbalanced, less than body requirements

nutrition, imbalanced, more than body requirements

nutrition, readiness for enhanced

nutrition, risk of imbalanced, more than body requirements

oral mucous membrane, impaired

pain, acute

pain, chronic

parenting, impaired

parenting, readiness for enhanced

parenting, risk of impaired

peripheral neurovascular dysfunction, risk of

poisoning, risk of

posttrauma syndrome

posttrauma syndrome, risk of

power, readiness for enhanced

powerlessness

powerlessness, risk of

protection, ineffective

rape-trauma syndrome

rape-trauma syndrome, compound reaction

rape-trauma syndrome, silent reaction

religiosity, impaired

religiosity, readiness for enhanced

religiosity, risk of impaired

relocation stress syndrome

relocation stress syndrome, risk of

role performance, ineffective

self-care deficit, bathing/hygiene

self-care deficit, dressing/grooming

self-care deficit, feeding

self-care deficit, toileting

self-care, readiness for enhanced

self-esteem, chronic low

self-esteem, risk of situational low

self-esteem, situational low

self-learning, readiness for enhanced

self-mutilation

self-mutilation, risk of

sensory perception, disturbed

sexual dysfunction

sexuality pattern, ineffective

skin integrity, impaired

skin integrity, risk of impaired

sleep deprivation

social interaction, impaired

social isolation

sorrow, chronic

spiritual distress

spiritual distress, risk of

spiritual wellbeing, readiness for enhanced

stress overload

sudden infant death syndrome, risk of

suffocation, risk of

suicide, risk of

surgical recovery, delayed

swallowing, impaired

therapeutic regimen management, effective

therapeutic regimen management, ineffective

therapeutic regimen management, ineffective community

therapeutic regimen management, ineffective family

therapeutic regimen management, readiness for enhanced

thermoregulation, ineffective

thought processes, disturbed

tissue integrity, impaired

tissue perfusion, ineffective

transfer ability, impaired

trauma, risk of

unstable glucose level, risk of

urinary elimination, impaired

urinary elimination, readiness for enhanced

urinary retention

ventilation, impaired spontaneous

ventilatory weaning response, dysfunctional

violence, risk of other-directed

violence, risk of self-directed

walking, impaired

wandering

Source: NANDA International. NANDA nursing diagnoses: definitions and classification, 2005–2006. Philadelphia: NANDA International. Available at www.nanda.org.