Nursing Care Plan for Diabetes Mellitus

Definition of Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by increased levels of glucose in the blood or hyperglycemia. Diabetes Melllitus is a collection of symptoms that arise in a person caused by the presence of...

Depression Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions

Risk for Violence: Self-Directed or Other-Directed Nursing Interventions for Depression The general objective: There was no violence for Self-Directed or Other-Directed Specific objectives Clients can build a trusting relationship Action: Introduce yourself...

Hypertension Nursing Care Plan : Assessment, Diagnosis and Interventions

Hypertension Nursing Assessment Assessment is the main basis of the nursing process. Assessment is the first step in one of the nursing process (Gaffar, 1999). Activities undertaken in the assessment is gathering data and formulating priority issues. In...

Ineffective Breathing Pattern NIC NOC

Nursing Diagnosis for Ineffective Breathing Pattern Definition: The exchange of air inspiration and / or expiration inadequate. Ineffective breathing pattern related to Hyperventilation Hypoventilation syndrome Damage muskuloskletal Neuromuscular Dysfunction Fatigue...

Ineffective Airway Clearance NIC NOC

Ineffective Airway Clearance Definition: Inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract to maintain airway patency. Maintaining a patent airway is vital to life. Coughing is the main mechanism for clearing the airway. However, the...

Urinary Retention

Urinary retention is the inability to empty the bladder. With chronic urinary retention, you may be able to urinate, but you have trouble starting a stream or emptying your bladder completely. You may urinate frequently; you may feel an urgent need to urinate...

Constipation

Constipation means different things to different people. For many people, it simply means infrequent stools. For others, however, constipation means hard stools, difficulty passing stools (straining), or a sense of incomplete emptying after a bowel movement. The...

Sample of Nursing Care Plan

Nursing care plan A nursing care plan outlines the nursing care to be provided to an individual/family/community. It is a set of actions the nurse will implement to resolve/support nursing diagnoses identified by nursing assessment. The creation of the plan is...

Schizophrenia Care Plan - Nursing Assessment, Diagnosis, Interventions and Implementation

Schizophrenia Care Plan - Nursing Assessment 1. History. Review the history of the client to the originator stressors and significant data. Biological-genetic vulnerability (family history) Stressful life events The results of the mental status examination Psychiatric...

Family Counseling In Schizophrenia Patients

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it...

Nursing Care Plan - Assessment, Diagnosis and Interventions for Acute Myocardial Infarction

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is a sudden loss of blood supply to an area of the heart, causing permanent heart damage or death. There are different types of AMI, classified by the location of the actual event in the heart...