Nursing Diagnosis : Acute Pain related to Myocardial Infarction Goals and Expected outcomes :Expected loss or uncontrolled chest painThe expected outcomes:Patients are able to demonstrate the use of relaxation techniques.Patients...
Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the death of heart muscle from the sudden blockage of a coronary artery by a blood clot. Myocardial infarction most commonly due to occlusion (blockage)...
Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions for HypertensionKnowledge Deficit related to lack of information about the disease process and self-care.Purpose:Increased knowledge on the clientExpected outcomes:Clients understand...
Nursing Care Plan for Rheumatic Heart Disease - Nanda Nursing Diagnosis for RHDRheumatic heart disease is a condition in which permanent damage to heart valves is caused by rheumatic fever. The heart valve is damaged by...
Health is the thing that is needed by every human being, it is reflected in the large number of patients who come to health services for treatment and care, they come from many different groups, ranging from high-class economic...
Atherosclerosis (ath-er-o-skler-O-sis) also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD. comes from the Greek words athero - meaning gruel or paste and sclerosis meaning hardness - and is a hardening of the arteries...
Nursing Diagnosis Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity - Nursing Care Plan for Guillain-Barre SyndromeGuillain-Barre syndrome is a serious disorder that occurs when the body's defense (immune) system mistakenly attacks part...
Meningitis Meningitis is a disease caused by the inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord known as the meninges. It is most often caused by infection (bacterial, viral, or fungal),...
Nursing Care Plan for Guillain-Barre SyndromeGuillain-Barre syndrome is a severe inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerves. It is an autoimmune disease, i.e. the immune system that is supposed to attack foreign substances...
Hypertension is among the world's famous disease. Hypertension is a condition of increased blood pressure on blood vessels. There are a lot of things that we need to know about the disease hypertension. This is mostly the...
Neonatal sepsis is a major health problem globally. Neonatal sepsis is a blood infection that occurs in an infant younger than 90 days old. Early-onset sepsis is seen in the first week of life. Late-onset sepsis occurs between...
Myasthenia GravisMyasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction, the contact point between nerves and muscles. The muscles under our voluntary control become easily tired and weak because there...
What is Pneumonia ?Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. The lungs are made up of small sacs called alveoli, which fill with air when a healthy person breathes. When an individual has pneumonia, the alveoli are filled...
Milieu Therapy has been around since the late 1800's, when the moral care and therapeutic environment to psychiatric nursing major problem. Milieu Therapy can be a powerful therapeutic tool when dynamic individual and social...
There are some women whose vaginal discharge is so light that they don’t realize they even have a discharge. ust like any other physical characteristic, the amount of normal discharge varies a lot from woman to woman. Vaginal...
The word "prostate" comes from Medieval Latin prostate and Medieval French prostate. The ancient Greek word prostates means "one standing in front", from proistanai meaning "set before".The prostate is an exocrine gland...
Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin or cells stop responding to the insulin that is produced, so that glucose in the blood cannot be absorbed into the cells of the body.Diabetes...
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Symptoms of TB in the lungs may includeA bad cough that lasts 3 weeks or longerWeight lossCoughing up blood or mucusWeakness...
Nursing Care Plan for TuberculosisPulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). M. tuberculosis is an aerobic, nonmotile, non-spore-forming rod that is highly resistant...
Alzheimer's disease is a brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. People may have trouble remembering things that happened recently or names...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a general term which includes the conditions chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is the preferred term, but you may still hear it called chronic obstructive airways disease...
Nursing Assessment and Nursing Diagnosis for GoiterGoiter (struma), is a swelling of the thyroid gland, which can lead to a swelling of the neck or larynx (voice box). Goitre is a term that refers to an enlargement of the...