Osmotic diuretics: Nursing Care & Drug Study OSMOTIC DIURETICS General Description: Osmotic diuretics are the type of diuretics that induce osmotic diuresis in the kidney and thus decrease the plasma volume and controls blood pressure. Osmotic diuretic contains such type of drugs that are highly permeable and secrets into the lumen and increase solute concentration thus … Read more
Diuretics Nursing Care and Drug Study Diuretics Diuretic is an agent that increases urine volume, while a ‘natriuretic’ causes increase in renal sodium excretion. It is a golden rule, water leads to follow sodium, where sodium goes water follows it, therefore natriuretic are usually called diuretics. Diuretics decreases blood pressure broadly by two actions : by … Read more
Risk for Unstable Blood Glucose Level Nursing Diagnosis and Nursing Care Plan Risk for Unstable Blood Glucose Level Risk for unstable blood glucose level is the presence of possible variation of blood glucose/sugar levels from the normal range. Glucose is one kind of sugar which the body utilizes most and used it a source of … Read more
Impaired swallowing Nursing Diagnosis & Nursing Care Plan IMPAIRED SWALLOWING Impaired swallowing is defined by Nanda as an abnormal functioning of the swallowing mechanism associated with deficits in oral, pharyngeal, or esophageal structure or function. A good swallowing reflex is one of the factors that permits proper eating and absorption of nutrients needed by the … Read more
Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements Nursing Diagnosis and Nursing Care Plan Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements is defined by Nanda as an intake of nutrients insufficient to meet metabolic needs. An imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements is one of the updated nursing diagnoses which means that … Read more
Ineffective Infant Feeding Pattern Nursing Diagnosis and Nursing Care Plan Ineffective Infant Feeding Pattern Ineffective Infant Feeding Pattern is defined by Nanda as impaired ability of an infant to suck or coordinate the suck/swallow response resulting in inadequate oral nutrition for metabolic needs. Newborn’s primary source of food intake is through the breast milk of … Read more
Interrupted Breastfeeding: Nursing Diagnosis & Nursing Care Plan INTERRUPTED BREASTFEEDING Interrupted Breastfeeding is defined by nanda as a break in the continuity of providing milk to an infant or young child directly from the breasts, which may compromise breastfeeding success and/or nutritional status of the infant/child. Breastfeeding is a very crucial process in the part … Read more
Ineffective Breastfeeding: Nursing Diagnosis & Care Plan Ineffective Breastfeeding Ineffective Breastfeeding is defined by Nanda as a difficulty providing milk to an infant or young child directly from the breasts, which may compromise nutritional status of the infant/child. Breastfeeding is a very beneficial process for both the mother and her baby. It has a lot … Read more
Noncompliance: Nursing Diagnosis & Nursing Care Plan Noncompliance is literally defined as the patient’s failure to comply with the prescribed treatment regimen for his/her full recovery from such illness or disease. Health education or health teachings is one of the key factors in achieving the client’s full compliance to his/her treatment. It will have a … Read more
Ineffective Health Maintenance: Nanda Nursing Diagnosis and Nursing Care Plan Ineffective health maintenance is defined as the state of a person wherein he or she is unable to identify, manage and ask help in maintaining his/her healthy well-being. Health maintenance is a very crucial process to a person because he/she needs to maintain a healthy body … Read more