Nursing Care Plan – 3 Pancreatitis Nursing Care Plan (NCP)
Pancreatitis, which is the inflammation of the pancreas, can be acute or chronic in nature. It may be caused by edema, necrosis or hemorrhage. In men, this disease is commonly associated to alcoholism,...
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Nursing Diagnosis: Imbalanced Nutrition Less Than Body RequirementsMay be related to:Insulin deficiency (decreased uptake and utilization of glucose by the tissues, resulting in increased protein/fat...
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Nursing Diagnosis: Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body RequirementsMay be related toInability or altered ability to ingest, digest and/or metabolize nutrients: nausea/vomiting, hyperactive gag reflex,...
View ArticleImbalanced Nutrition — Pneumonia Nursing Care Plan (NCP)
Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for Imbalanced Nutrition Less Than Body Requirements Risk factors may includeIncreased metabolic needs secondary to fever and infectious processAnorexia associated with...
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NURSING DIAGNOSIS: Risk for Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body RequirementsRisk factors may includeSelf-imposed or prescribed dietary restrictions, nausea/vomiting, dyspepsia, painLoss of nutrients;...
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NURSING DIAGNOSIS: Nutrition: imbalanced, less than body requirementsMay be related toDyspnea; sputum productionMedication side effects; anorexia, nausea/vomitingFatiguePossibly evidenced byWeight...
View ArticleImbalanced Nutrition — Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nursing Care Plan (NCP)
NURSING DIAGNOSIS: Nutrition: imbalanced, less than body requirementsMay be related toAltered absorption of nutrientsHypermetabolic stateMedically restricted intake; fear that eating may cause...
View ArticleImbalanced Nutrition — Liver Cirrhosis Nursing Care Plan (NCP)
Nursing Diagnosis: Nutrition: imbalanced, less than body requirementsMay be related toInadequate diet; inability to process/digest nutrientsAnorexia, nausea/vomiting, indigestion, early satiety...
View ArticleImbalanced Nutrition — Anorexia & Bulimia Nervosa Nursing Care Plan (NCP)
NURSING DIAGNOSIS: Nutrition: imbalanced, less than body requirementsMay be related toInadequate food intake; self-induced vomitingChronic/excessive laxative usePossibly evidenced byBody weight 15% (or...
View ArticleImbalanced Nutrition — Hepatitis Nursing Care Plan (NCP)
NURSING DIAGNOSIS: Nutrition: imbalanced, less than body requirementsMay be related toInsufficient intake to meet metabolic demands: anorexia, nausea/vomitingAltered absorption and metabolism of...
View Article13 AIDS (HIV Positive) Nursing Care Plans
Definition Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the final result of infection with a retrovirus, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV infection is a progressive disease leading to AIDS,...
View Article6 Diabetes Mellitus Nursing Care Plan (NCP)
Definition Diabetes is a chronic disease, which occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. This leads to an increased...
View Article7 Eating Disorders: Anorexia & Bulimia Nervosa Nursing Care Plans
Definitions Anorexia nervosa is an illness of starvation, brought on by severe disturbance of body image and a morbid fear of obesity. Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder (binge-purge syndrome)...
View Article6 Hypertension (HTN) Nursing Care Plans
Definition Hypertension is the term used to describe high blood pressure. Hypertension is categorized as primary/essential (approximately 90% of all cases) or secondary, which occurs as a result of an...
View Article8 Liver Cirrhosis Nursing Care Plans
Definition Cirrhosis is a chronic disease of the liver characterized by alteration in structure, degenerative changes and widespread destruction of hepatic cells, impairing cellular function and...
View Article5 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Nursing Care Plans
Definition Although many still believe it to be a problem of the past, pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is on the rise. Most frequently seen as a pulmonary disease, TB can be extrapulmonary and affect...
View ArticleImbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements – Anorexia Nervosa Nursing...
Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements is the state in which an individual, who is not on NPO status experiences inadequate intake or metabolism of nutrients for metabolic needs with or...
View Article6 Peritonitis Nursing Care Plans
Peritonitis is the inflammation of the peritoneal cavity. It is either caused by bacteria or chemicals, can either be primary or secondary, and acute or chronic. Here are 6 nursing care plans for...
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A burn injury is damage to your body’s tissues caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, sunlight or radiation. Scalds from hot liquids and steam, building fires and flammable liquids and gases are the...
View Article8+ Pancreatitis Nursing Care Plans
Pancreatitis is a painful inflammatory condition in which the pancreatic enzymes are prematurely activated resulting in autodigestion of the pancreas.
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