Nursing Diagnosis for Integumentary and Skeletal System Diseases/Disorders

Dermatitis, seborrheic

Impaired skin integrity

Candidiasis

Impaired skin or tissue integrity
Acute pain or discomfort
Risk for sexual s\dysfunction

Eczema (dermatitis)

Pain or discomfort
Risk for infection
Social isolation

Frostbite

Impaired tissue integrity
Acute pain
Risk for infection

Pressure ulcer or sore

Ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion
Deficient knowledge (learning need) regarding condition, prognosis, treatment, self-care, and discharge needs.

Fractures

Risk for trauma
Acute pain
Risk for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction
Risk for impaired gas exchange
Impaired physical mobility
Risk [...]

Nursing Diagnosis for Hematologic and Immune System Diseases/Disorders

Anemia’s (Iron Deficiency, Pernicious, Aplastic, Hemolytic)

Activity intolerance
Imbalanced nutrition less than body requirements
Constipation or diarrhea
Risk for infection
Deficient knowledge (learning need) regarding condition, prognosis, treatment, self-care, and discharge needs.

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Sickle Cell Crisis

Impaired gas exchange
Acute or chronic pain
Ineffective tissue perfusion (specify)
Risk for deficient fluid volume
Impaired physical mobility
Risk for impaired skin integrity
Risk for infection
Deficient [...]

Nursing Diagnosis for Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders

Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa/ Bulimia Nervosa

Imbalanced nutrition, less than body requirements
Actual or risk for deficient fluid volume
Disturbed thought process
Disturbed body image
Low self-esteem
Impaired parenting
Risk for impaired tissue integrity
Knowledge deficient (learning need) regarding condition, prognosis, treatment regimen, self-care, and discharge needs

Eating Disorders: Obesity

Imbalanced nutrition, less than body requirements
Actual or risk for deficient fluid volume
Disturbed thought process
Disturbed body [...]

Nursing Diagnosis for Neurological/Sensory Disorders

Glaucoma

Disturbed visual sensory perception
Anxiety (specify level)

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Seizure disorders

Risk for trauma or suffocation
Risk for ineffective airway clearance or breathing pattern
Low self-esteem
Knowledge deficient (learning need) regarding condition, prognosis, treatment regimen, self-care, and discharge needs

View Sample Nursing Care Plan for Seizure
Craniocerebral trauma (Acute Rehabilitative Phase)

Ineffective cerebral tissue perfusion
Risk for ineffective breathing pattern
Disturbed [...]

Nursing Care Plan – Glaucoma

Here is a sample nursing care plan for patients suffering from Glaucoma.
Glaucoma is a disease in which the optic nerve is damaged, leading to progressive, irreversible loss of vision. It is often, but not always, associated with increased pressure of the fluid in the eye.
The nerve damage involves loss of retinal ganglion cells in [...]

Nursing Care Plan – Peptic Ulcer

Peptic Ulcer is a lesion in the mucosa of the lower esophagus, stomach, pylorus, or duodenum. Also known as ulcus pepticum, PUD or peptic ulcer disease, is an ulcer (defined as mucosal erosions equal to or greater than 0.5 cm) of an area of the gastrointestinal tract that is usually acidic and thus extremely painful. [...]

Nursing Care Plan – Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks the joints producing an inflammatory synovitis that often progresses to destruction of the articular cartilage and ankylosis of the joints.
Rheumatoid arthritis can also produce diffuse inflammation in the lungs, pericardium, pleura, and sclera, and also nodular [...]

Nursing Care Plan – Burn

A burn is a type of injury that may be caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, light, radiation, or friction. Burns can be highly variable in terms of the tissue affected, the severity, and resultant complications. Muscle, bone, blood vessel, and epidermal tissue can all be damaged with subsequent pain due to profound injury to [...]

Nursing Care Plan – Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the breast, usually in the inner lining of the milk ducts or lobules. There are different types of breast cancer, with different stages (spread), aggressiveness, and genetic makeup. With best treatment, 10-year disease-free survival varies from 98% to 10%. Treatment includes surgery, drugs (hormone therapy and chemotherapy), [...]

Nursing Care Plan – Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. This growth may lead to metastasis, which is the invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs. The vast majority of primary lung cancers are carcinomas of the lung, derived from epithelial cells. Lung cancer, the most common cause of [...]