Nursing Diagnosis: Activity intolerance May be related to Imbalance between oxygen supply and demand General weakness Exhaustion associated with interruption in usual sleep pattern because of discomfort, excessive coughing, and dyspnea Possibly evidenced by Verbal reports of weakness, fatigue, exhaustion Exertional dyspnea, tachypnea Tachycardia in response to activity Development/worsening of pallor/cyanosis Desired Outcomes Report/demonstrate a measurable increase in tolerance to [...]

Activity Intolerance is insufficient physiological or psychological energy to endure or complete required or desired daily activities

Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method devised by Marjory Gordon to be used by the nurses in the nursing process to provide more comprehensive assessment of the client. Below contains the list of nursing diagnoses approved by NANDA-I. Health Perception and Management Pattern Contamination Disturbed energy field Effective therapeutic regimen management Health-seeking behaviors Ineffective community therapeutic regimen management Ineffective [...]

A cholecystectomy consists of excising the gallbladder from the posterior liver wall and ligating the cystic duct, vein, and artery.

Bronchial asthma is a disease caused by increased responsiveness of the tracheobronchial tree to various stimuli. The result is paroxysmal constriction of the bronchial airways. This post contains 5 bronchial asthma nursing care plans.

Coronary Artery Disease or CHD nursing care plans. Look for medical management, pathophysiology and nursing care plans for CHD

Heart failure is a physiologic state in which he heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the metabolic needs of the body. Heart failure results from changes in systolic or diastolic function of the left ventricle.

Here are 10 Nursing Care Plans for Congestive Heart Failure.

Mastectomy is the surgical removal of the breast which is usually a surgical management for patients with breast cancer. This is done to prevent the metastasize of the cancer cells.

Here are 14 Mastectomy Nursing Care Plans