Selected Nursing Diagnoses by Medical Diagnosis (H)

Headaches

■ Acute pain

■ Ineffective coping ■ Insomnia

Head injury

■ Activity intolerance

■ Acute confusion

■ Bowel incontinence

■ Chronic confusion

■ Chronic sorrow

■ Decreased intracranial adaptive capacity

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Delayed growth and development

■ Disturbed body image Disturbed sensory perception

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Dressing or grooming selfcare deficit Fear

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome

■ Impaired gas exchange

■ Impaired memory

■ Impaired parenting

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Impaired social interaction

■ Impaired swallowing

■ Impaired verbal communication

■ Ineffective thermoregulation

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

■ Posttrauma syndrome

■ Powerlessness

■ Risk for activity intolerance

■ Risk for aspiration

■ Risk for constipation

■ Risk for delayed development

■ Risk for disuse syndrome

■ Risk for imbalanced body temperature

■ Risk for imbalanced fluid volume

■ Risk for impaired parenting

■ Risk for injury

■ Risk for trauma

■ Risk for urge urinary incontinence

■ Sleep deprivation

■ Total urinary incontinence ■ Unilateral neglect

Head or neck cancer

■ Acute pain

■ Anxiety

■ Disturbed body image

■ Disturbed sensory perception (gustatory)

■ Impaired oral mucous membrane

■ Impaired tissue integrity

Impaired verbal communication
Ineffective airway clearance

Heart failure

■ Activity intolerance

■ Acute pain

■ Caregiver role strain

■ Death anxiety

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Excess fluid volume

■ Fatigue

■ Hopelessness

■ Imbalance nutrition: more than body requirements

■ Impaired gas exchange

■ Impaired home maintenance

■ Ineffective airway clearance

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

■ Powerlessness

■ Risk for activity intolerance

■ Risk for caregiver role strain

■ Risk for imbalanced fluid volume

■ Risk for injury

Hemodialysis

■ Complicated grieving

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Disturbed body image

■ Disturbed thought processes
■ Excess fluid volume

■ Interrupted family processes

■ Readiness for enhanced hope

■ Risk for falls

■ Risk for infection
■ Spiritual distress

Hemophilia

■ Acute pain

■ Chronic low self-esteem

■ Impaired gas exchange

■ Ineffective protection

■ Parental role conflict

■ Readiness for enhanced coping family

■ Risk for falls

Risk for imbalanced body temperature Risk for injury

Risk for shock

Risk for trauma

■ Risk-prone health behavior

Hemorrhage

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Impaired oral mucous membrane

■ Ineffective thermoregulation

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

(renal)

■ Risk for aspiration

Hemorrhoids

■ Acute pain

■ Constipation

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

Hemothorax 
■ Acute pain

■ Anxiety

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Fear

■ Impaired gas exchange

■ Impaired spontaneous ventilation

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

Hepatic coma

■ Acute confusion

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Disturbed sensory perception

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Moral distress

■ Risk for acute confusion

■ Risk for infection
■ Risk for injury

Hepatitis

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Ineffective community coping

■ Nausea

Readiness for enhanced community coping

Hip fracture

■ Compromised family coping

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Ineffective denial

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns
 ■ Powerlessness

■ Risk for activity intolerance

■ Risk for falls

■ Risk for impaired skin integrity

■ Risk for injury

■ Spiritual distress

Hodgkin’s disease

■ Grieving

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Impaired tissue integrity

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Ineffective protection

■ Risk for complicated grieving
 ■ Risk for infection

Huntington’s disease

■ Bathing or hygiene self-care deficit

■ Bowel incontinence

■ Caregiver role strain

■ Compromised family coping

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Hopelessness

■ Impaired physical mobility

■ Impaired verbal communication

■ Ineffective health maintenance

■ Risk for loneliness

■ Moral distress

■ Risk for injury

■ Social isolation

Hydatidiform mole

■ Acute pain

■ Deficient fluid volume
 ■ Disturbed body image
■ Grieving

Hydrocephalus

■ Acute pain

■ Anxiety
Compromised family coping

■ Delayed growth and development

■ Disturbed body image Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Interrupted family processes

■ Risk for impaired skin integrity

■ Risk for infection

Hyperbilirubinemia

■ Interrupted breast-feeding
■ Risk for injury

Hyperemesis gravidarum

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome

■ Deficient fluid volume

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Impaired skin integrity

■ Ineffective tissue perfusion

■ Risk for infection

■ Risk for unstable glucose level

Hyperparathyroidism

■ Acute pain

■ Anxiety

■ Hopelessness

■ Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements

■ Ineffective breathing pattern

■ Ineffective coping

■ Risk for imbalanced body temperature

■ Risk for impaired skin integrity

Hyperpituitarism

■ Acute pain

■ Disturbed body image

■ Ineffective coping

■ Risk for compromised human dignity Sexual dysfunction
Hypertension

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Excess fluid volume

■ Health-seeking behaviors

■ Imbalance nutrition: more than body requirements

■ Impaired environmental interpretation syndrome

■ Ineffective denial

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns

■ Ineffective therapeutic regimen management

■ Noncompliance (specify)

■ Powerlessness

■ Readiness for enhanced knowledge

■ Readiness for enhanced urinary elimination

■ Risk-prone health behavior

■ Situational low self-esteem

Hyperthermia

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Hyperthermia

■ Impaired oral mucous membrane

■ Ineffective thermoregulation

Hyperthyroidism

■ Activity intolerance

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Disturbed body image

■ Disturbed thought processes
■ Ineffective thermoregulation

■ Risk for imbalanced body temperature

■ Sleep deprivation

Hypochondriasis

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Ineffective coping

■ Ineffective health maintenance

Hypoparathyroidism

■ Anxiety

■ Compromised family coping

■ Decreased cardiac output Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements Ineffective coping
   Ineffective thermoregulation

Risk for trauma

Hypopituitarism

■ Risk for delayed development

■ Risk for disproportionate growth

Hypothermia

■ Deficient knowledge (specify)

■ Hypothermia

■ Ineffective thermoregulation

Hypothyroidism

■ Activity intolerance

■ Compromised family coping

■ Constipation

■ Decreased cardiac output

■ Disturbed body image

■ Disturbed thought processes

■ Functional urinary incontinence

■ Ineffective coping

■ Ineffective sexuality patterns

■ Ineffective thermoregulation

■ Risk for delayed development

■ Risk for disproportionate growth

■ Risk for imbalanced body temperature