Appendix B Nursing diagnoses
allergy response, risk of latex
attachment, risk of impaired parent/infant/child
autonomic dysreflexia, risk of
body temperature, risk of imbalanced
breathing pattern, ineffective
comfort, readiness for enhanced
communication, impaired verbal
communication, readiness for enhanced
coping, readiness for enhanced
coping, readiness for enhanced community
coping, readiness for enhanced family
decision making, readiness for enhanced
diversional activity, deficient
environmental interpretation syndrome, impaired
family processes, dysfunctional, alcoholism
family processes, readiness for enhanced
fluid balance, readiness for enhanced
fluid volume, risk of deficient
fluid volume, risk of imbalanced
growth and development, delayed
growth, risk of disproportionate
health maintenance, ineffective
human dignity, risk of compromised
immunisation status, readiness for enhanced
impaired liver function, risk of
incontinence, functional urinary
incontinence, overflow urinary
incontinence, risk of urge urinary
infant behaviour, disorganised
infant behaviour, readiness for enhanced organised
infant behaviour, risk of disorganised
infant feeding pattern, ineffective
injury, risk of perioperative–positioning
intracranial adaptive capacity, decreased
knowledge, readiness for enhanced
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
parenting, readiness for enhanced
peripheral neurovascular dysfunction, risk of
rape-trauma syndrome, compound reaction
rape-trauma syndrome, silent reaction
religiosity, readiness for enhanced
relocation stress syndrome, risk of
self-care deficit, bathing/hygiene
self-care deficit, dressing/grooming
self-care, readiness for enhanced
self-esteem, risk of situational low
self-learning, readiness for enhanced
sexuality pattern, ineffective
skin integrity, risk of impaired
spiritual wellbeing, readiness for enhanced
sudden infant death syndrome, risk of
therapeutic regimen management, effective
therapeutic regimen management, ineffective
therapeutic regimen management, ineffective community
therapeutic regimen management, ineffective family
therapeutic regimen management, readiness for enhanced
unstable glucose level, risk of
urinary elimination, readiness for enhanced
ventilation, impaired spontaneous
ventilatory weaning response, dysfunctional
violence, risk of other-directed
Source: NANDA International. NANDA nursing diagnoses: definitions and classification, 2005–2006. Philadelphia: NANDA International. Available at www.nanda.org.