Table A contains commonly used NANDA-I 2021-2023 nursing diagnoses categorized by domain. Many of these concepts are discussed in various chapters of this book. Nursing students may use Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns framework to cluster assessment data by domain and then select appropriate NANDA-I nursing diagnoses. For more information, refer to a current nursing care planning resource.
Table A Sample 2021-2023 NANDA-I Diagnoses by Domain
| Domain |
Class & Nursing Diagnosis |
| Health Promotion |
Health Awareness
Health Management
- Frail elderly syndrome
- Ineffective health maintenance
|
| Nutrition |
Ingestion
- Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements
- Readiness for enhanced nutrition
- Impaired swallowing
Metabolism
- Risk for unstable blood glucose level
Hydration
- Risk for electrolyte imbalance
- Deficient fluid volume
- Excess fluid volume
- Risk for imbalanced fluid volume
|
| Elimination and Exchange |
Urinary function
- Impaired urinary elimination
- Functional urinary incontinence
- Overflow urinary incontinence
- Reflex urinary incontinence
- Stress urinary incontinence
- Urge urinary incontinence
- Urinary retention
Gastrointestinal function
- Constipation
- Risk for constipation
- Diarrhea
- Bowel incontinence
Respiratory function
|
| Activity/Rest |
Sleep/Rest
- Insomnia
- Disturbed sleep pattern
Activity/Rest
- Risk for disuse syndrome
- Impaired bed mobility
- Impaired physical mobility
- Impaired wheelchair mobility
- Impaired sitting
- Impaired standing
- Impaired transfer ability
- Impaired walking
Energy balance
Cardiovascular/Pulmonary responses
- Activity intolerance
- Ineffective breathing pattern
- Decreased cardiac output
- Ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion
Self-care
- Bathing self-care deficit
- Dressing self-care deficit
- Feeding self-care deficit
- Toileting self-care deficit
|
| Perception/Cognition |
Attention
Cognition
- Acute confusion
- Chronic confusion
- Deficient knowledge
- Readiness for enhanced knowledge
- Impaired memory
Communication
- Readiness for enhanced communication
- Impaired verbal communication
|
| Self-Perception |
Self-concept
- Hopelessness
- Readiness for enhanced self-concept
Self-esteem
Body image
|
| Role Relationship |
Caregiving roles
- Caregiver role strain
- Risk for caregiver role strain
Family relationships
- Dysfunctional family processes
Role performance
- Impaired social interaction
|
| Sexuality |
Sexual function
|
| Coping/Stress Tolerance |
Post-trauma responses
- Risk for relocation stress syndrome
Coping responses
- Anxiety
- Ineffective coping
- Death anxiety
- Fear
- Grieving
- Complicated grieving
- Powerlessness
Neurobehavioral stress
- Risk for autonomic dysreflexia
|
| Life Principles |
- Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being
- Decisional conflict
- Spiritual distress
|
| Safety/Protection |
Infection
Physical injury
- Ineffective airway clearance
- Risk for aspiration
- Risk for bleeding
- Risk for falls
- Risk for injury
- Impaired dentition
- Risk for pressure ulcer
- Impaired skin integrity
- Impaired tissue integrity
Violence
Environmental hazards
Defensive processes
- Risk for allergy response
Thermoregulation
|
| Comfort |
Physical comfort
- Impaired comfort
- Nausea
- Acute pain
- Chronic pain
Social comfort
|
| Growth/Development |
- Risk for delayed development
|
