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Lung cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the airways or lung tissue. Most cases are linked to smoking, and many are found only after the cancer has spread. The nursing diagnoses used most often are Impaired Gas Exchange, Chronic Pain, Inadequate Protein-Energy Nutritional Intake, and Risk for Infection. Nursing care centers on breathing … See Nursing Diagnoses
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart defect with four parts: a ventricular septal defect, narrowing of the right ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary valve, an aorta that sits over both ventricles, and a thickened right ventricle. Oxygen-poor blood crosses from the right side to the left and goes out to the body, so … See Nursing Diagnoses
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a change in brain function caused by liver failure or by blood bypassing the liver, so toxins such as ammonia reach the brain. It ranges from subtle trouble concentrating to confusion, drowsiness, and coma, and it is reversible when the cause is found and treated. The nursing diagnoses used most often … See Nursing Diagnoses
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes continuous inflammation and ulcers in the inner lining of the colon, starting at the rectum. It comes and goes in flares, with bloody diarrhea, urgency, and cramping abdominal pain. The nursing diagnoses used most often are Diarrhea, Acute Pain, Risk for Deficient Fluid Volume, … See Nursing Diagnoses
A medical diagnosis names the disease or injury a client has, such as pneumonia, and guides medical treatment. A nursing diagnosis names how the client is responding to that disease or to a life process, such as Ineffective Airway Clearance, and guides the care nurses plan and carry out on their own. One client usually … See Nursing Diagnoses