List Of Nanda Nursing Diagnosis

3 min read 29-11-2024

The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA-I) provides a standardized language for describing nursing diagnoses. This list offers a categorized overview of common NANDA-I diagnoses. Note: This is not an exhaustive list, and the specific diagnosis chosen will depend on a comprehensive assessment of the individual patient. Always consult the most current NANDA-I taxonomy for the most accurate and up-to-date information.

Activity/Rest

Activity Intolerance: Insufficient physiological or psychological energy to endure or complete required or desired daily activities.
Impaired Bed Mobility: Limitation in ability to independently reposition self in bed.
Impaired Physical Mobility: Limitation in independent, purposeful physical movement of the body or of one or more extremities.
Risk for Falls: Increased vulnerability to falling.
Risk for Activity Intolerance: Increased vulnerability to insufficient physiological or psychological energy to endure or complete required or desired daily activities.
Sleep Deprivation: Prolonged or excessive disruption or lack of sleep.
Disturbed Sleep Pattern: Description of sleep-wake cycle that varies from established norms for the individual or culture.

Elimination

Bowel Incontinence: Involuntary passage of stool.
Constipation: Passage of hard, dry stools.
Diarrhea: Passage of loose, liquid stools.
Impaired Urinary Elimination: Problem with voiding urine.
Urinary Incontinence: Involuntary passage of urine.
Risk for Constipation: Increased vulnerability to passage of hard, dry stools.
Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity: Increased vulnerability to alteration in epidermis and/or dermis.
Risk for Infection: Increased vulnerability to invasion and multiplication of pathogenic organisms.

Nutrition

Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements: Intake of nutrients insufficient to meet metabolic needs.
Imbalanced Nutrition: More Than Body Requirements: Intake of nutrients exceeding metabolic needs.
Feeding Self-Care Deficit: Inability to obtain or consume food independently.
Risk for Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements: Increased vulnerability to insufficient nutrient intake to meet metabolic needs.
Risk for Imbalanced Nutrition: More Than Body Requirements: Increased vulnerability to nutrient intake exceeding metabolic needs.
Risk for Overweight: Increased vulnerability to excessive body weight relative to height.
Risk for Underweight: Increased vulnerability to weight less than that minimally required to meet ideal body weight.

Pain

Acute Pain: Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage.
Chronic Pain: Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience with intensity and duration that can affect functioning.
Pain (Unspecified): Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with actual or potential tissue damage.

Safety

Risk for Injury: Increased vulnerability to physical harm.
Risk for Suffocation: Increased vulnerability to cessation of breathing.
Risk for Trauma: Increased vulnerability to physical damage caused by external forces.

Skin Integrity

Impaired Skin Integrity: Damage to or disruption of the epidermis and/or dermis.
Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity: Increased vulnerability to alteration in epidermis and/or dermis.
Risk for Pressure Ulcer: Increased vulnerability to impaired skin integrity related to unrelieved pressure.

Cognitive

Impaired Memory: Decreased ability to recall past events or recent information.
Impaired Verbal Communication: Decreased, delayed, or absent ability to receive, process, transmit, and use a system of symbols.
Acute Confusion: A sudden state of confusion of sudden onset.
Chronic Confusion: A state of confusion of more gradual onset and longer duration.

Psychological

Anxiety: Vague, uneasy feeling of discomfort or dread accompanied by autonomic responses.
Caregiver Role Strain: Feelings of stress and being overwhelmed related to the demands of caring for an individual.
Decisional Conflict: Uncertainty about a course of action to be taken when choosing among competing options.
Fear: Emotional response to perceived threat that may be internal or external.
Ineffective Coping: Inability to form a valid appraisal of stressors, inadequate choices of practiced responses, and/or inability to use available resources.
Interrupted Family Processes: Interruptions or alteration in the family's usual pattern of functioning.
Readiness for Enhanced Coping: Pattern of expressing and experiencing emotions, related to the process of adjusting to changes associated with illness.

This list provides a starting point. A thorough nursing assessment is critical for accurate diagnosis and planning of appropriate interventions. Always refer to the official NANDA-I taxonomy for the complete and updated list of nursing diagnoses.